Knowledge of phonics and how it should be applied to sounding out unknown words is an essential skill that all readers must develop in order to learn to read with ease and understanding. If phonics is taught in a step by step fashion with much of the time spent on giving the student practice in applying the skill, tremendous results occurs.
The secret lies in teaching one skill at a time and then giving the student plenty of practice is using the skill. In this way the student internalizes the phonetic sound and can apply it to improve his reading skills.
One should first test this phonemic awareness in students, and then follow with instruction in letter/sound relationships, each letter/sound at a time. The next steps would be to teach blending sounds, and building words.
Start with one syllable words, then gradually increase this to two syllables, three syllable and then finally four and five syllable words. Teach them the vowels a,e,i,o,u and sometimes y. Explain to them about the short sounds (eg; i in pitch, a in bat, etc) and long sounds (eg; a in lake, o in cone, e in seat, etc). Make them learn prefixes, suffixes and their usage.
Teachers need to show students that even tiny sounds, that are not always consciously discernable to the ear, are there, and that they are represented by letters. In addition to teachers, parental involvement by way of encouraging them to worksheets, online reading program like ClickNRead and software is an added assistance to children.
The secret lies in teaching one skill at a time and then giving the student plenty of practice is using the skill. In this way the student internalizes the phonetic sound and can apply it to improve his reading skills.
One should first test this phonemic awareness in students, and then follow with instruction in letter/sound relationships, each letter/sound at a time. The next steps would be to teach blending sounds, and building words.
Start with one syllable words, then gradually increase this to two syllables, three syllable and then finally four and five syllable words. Teach them the vowels a,e,i,o,u and sometimes y. Explain to them about the short sounds (eg; i in pitch, a in bat, etc) and long sounds (eg; a in lake, o in cone, e in seat, etc). Make them learn prefixes, suffixes and their usage.
Teachers need to show students that even tiny sounds, that are not always consciously discernable to the ear, are there, and that they are represented by letters. In addition to teachers, parental involvement by way of encouraging them to worksheets, online reading program like ClickNRead and software is an added assistance to children.
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