Phonics

__**Phonics﻿﻿ **__
 * A What is Phonics? **
 * A method of teaching people to read by correlating sounds with letters or groups of letter in an alphabetic writing system.
 * This is when a kindergarten student learns that the letter "D" has the sound /d/ and when a first or second grade student learns that "tion" sounds like /shun/.


 * Why is phonics important? **
 * If a child understands phonics, then it will be easier for the child to be able to read and write. Phonics allows children to understand that individual letters represent sounds. This skill will allow children to decode unfamiliar words whenever they are reading and writing.


 * When should phonics be taught? **
 * Phonics is a skill that is taught in the primary grades (K-2). In Kindergarten, child usually learn the sounds of consonants (b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z) and vowel (a,e,i,o,u). The teacher will typically decide upon how these letters are introduced and taught to their students. In first and second grade, children begin learning letter combinations and word parts. Additionally, children start practicing reading and writing the letter patterns in order to become fluent readers and writers.

//(Reading and Language, 2010) //

__**﻿ Phonics Strategies ﻿﻿ **__ ﻿ Basic Letter and Sound Identification Alphabet Books  Environmental Print  Letter Tiles/Letter Stamps  Good Reader Bookmarks  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Decodable Readers  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Sorting by Sounds  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Personal Word Chart  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Word Family, Phoneme, and Structurl Anyalsis Books  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Flap Books<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">﻿﻿   <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Predictable Language Approach  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Sequencing Sentences  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Cut-Up Sentences<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">﻿   <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Sound Boxes  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Magnetic Letters  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Configuration Boxes  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Chanting Words  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Message Writing  //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">(McAndrews, 2008) // **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">﻿ **

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