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PHONICS & DECODING. Chapter 6. Background & Research. By Rachel Jensen. Background. * Phonics : how spellings are related to speech sounds (letter-sound relationships)
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PHONICS & DECODING Chapter 6
Background & Research By Rachel Jensen
Background *Phonics: how spellings are related to speech sounds (letter-sound relationships) *Decoding: using your knowledge of phonics to read unknown words; also includes structural analysis, onset and rime, body and coda, and use of sight words
syllabication RESEARCH onset & rime body & coda • 2 Questions to ask: • WHICH phonics skills are important for children to learn? • HOW might you teach these skills in your classroom? • A teacher must be a phonics EXPERT in a classroom where students are still learning to read. soft vs. hard sound r-controlled CVC VCe diphthong morpheme
EXPLICIT & Systematic PHONICS • There is a need for explicit and systematic phonics instruction. • Phonics should be part of a comprehensive reading program; don’t teach it in isolation. • Include the systematic code instruction with the reading of meaningful connected text. vocabulary comprehension reading fluency writing
Modify or combine any of these approaches based on your students’ needs. Approaches • 5 approaches to phonics instruction: • Synthetic= traditional; children taught to read unknown words by “sounding it out” • Embedded= NOT systematic; teaching phonics along with reading actual text; waiting for “teachable moments” • Analogy-based= using knowledge of word families to identify new words (e.g. knowing the word “might” can help me read the word “light”) • Analytic= starts with a whole word, and has the student analyze part of it; studying previously learned whole words to discover letter-sound relationships • Phonics through Spelling= segmenting spoken words into phonemes, then writing letters that represent those sounds
Phonics They Will Use • (Teacher’s Book of Lists is an excellent resource!) • Letter Names & Sounds: There are 26 letters, • but 44 speech sounds. And they are represented 350 ways!!) • Common Rules Governing Letter Sounds • The C Rule • The G Rule • The CVC Generalization • Vowel Digraphs • The VCE Final E Generalization • The CV Generalization • R-Controlled Vowels • Special Consonant Rules • Single Consonants • Consonant Digraphs • Initial Consonant Blends or “Clusters” • Double Consonants • PH and the /f/ Sound Special Vowel Rules • Schwa /ǝ/ • Diphthongs • Y Rules
Research Continued By Marilyn Barrett
Research on Other Decoding Skills • Syllabication (segmenting words into syllables) • Onset & Rime: “Word Families” • Body & Coda • body= onset plus vowel • coda = all sounds following the vowel in a syllable
Research on Other Decoding Skills • Structural Analysis (studying the meanings of word parts) • *free morpheme= words or word parts, also known as “root words.” • *bound morpheme= must be attached to a root word to carry meaning (prefixes & suffixes) • Sight Words • high frequency vocabulary words; best learned through memorization (more in chapter 8)
Scope & Sequence pg. 170
English Learners (EL) • Phonics instruction is CRITICAL to English learners! • Keep in mind that the basic differences between English and Spanish languages may cause problems in the learning of phonics. • e.g. the letter “e” in Spanish has a long /ā/ sound, as with “eight.”
Teaching Strategies • Ten Things to Do: • Sequence your instruction. • Be very direct (explicit AND implicit) in your instruction. • Have daily lessons and review sessions. • Focus on ONE skill at a time. • Keep lessons brief. • When practicing a new phonics skill, use easy reading materials. • Help kids become “wordsmiths.” • Adjust the pace of instruction to meet the individual needs of students. • Link phonics instruction to spelling. • Make clear what you want kids to do.
Teaching Strategies • What NOT to do! • Avoid round-robin teaching. • Try not to direct students too quickly. • Avoid drill-and-kill teaching.
Assessment options By Karen Nelson
PHONICS ASSESSMENT OPTIONS… • Nonsense Word Fluency • Early Names Test • Core Phonics Survey • StarpointPhonics Assessment (including Analyzing the Miscues) • Running Records • Words Their Way • Sight Word Assessments
Intervention options By Shellie Rush
PHONICS INTERVENTION OPTIONS… • Phonics Fish Card Game • Tongue Twisters • Creating Nonsense Words • Explicit Phonics Instruction • Letter-Sound Cards • Spelling in Parts • Sound Swirl • “Button” Sounds • Stomping, Clapping, Tapping, and Snapping Sounds • Making Words • Wide Reading • Word Boxes • Word Detective
Tongue Twisters • I thought a thought • But the thought I thought • Wasn’t the thought I thought I thought!
Creating Nonsense Words Example using the –ish word family: One fish, two fish, Red fish, blue fish. One kish, two kish, Red kish, blue kish.
Other Implications / Resources • www.MrsJensen.com • Sight Word activities • Fluency Graph options for keeping track of progress