What should every parent should understand about reading? It's all about the sounds. I want to provide parents a clear understanding about reading. As a student and a teacher I just wanted a clear answer to how to teach a child to read successfully. I did not have time to read through, what felt like a thousand pages, just to find the answer. So, I want to provide an easy to understand information.
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Rhyming
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Syllables
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Sounds
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Nursery
Rhymes
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clap
out the parts
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identify
environmental sounds
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Songs
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count
the parts
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same
sounds
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Word
families
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different
sounds
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Games
with pictures
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Count
the sounds
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Segmenting
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Blending
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Letter sounds
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pull
words apart by the sounds
cat
= c-a-t
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put
the sounds together
c-a-t
= cat
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emphasize
sounds more than names
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Use
arm to touch the sounds.
Shoulder=
beginning sound
elbow
= middle sound
wrist
= ending sound
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Since
prior knowledge of segmenting and blending without knowledge of sounds has be
provided, now real reading can begin
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Phonics
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Letters
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Letters
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Letters
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Blends
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Sight Words
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Words
read should only include the letters that have been learned.
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m
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h
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b
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s
makes /z/
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Introduce
as the words as the corresponding letters are introduced.
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a
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n
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k
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ch
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t
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s
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l
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sh
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i
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f
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j
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quiet
th – thumb
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d
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v
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r
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buzzing
th - the
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g
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z
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u
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qu
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c
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e
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w
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ng
– king
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o
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p
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x
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ck
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y
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This process provides confidence in young children by building upon skills they previously learned. In my classroom this entire process, expect the blends and sight words, is completed in the first semester. My students are not just reading, but they are confident and successful readers.
If you have any questions, please leave a comment and I will respond as quickly as I can.
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