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CVC Puzzles Short Vowel O

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  3 Types of readers in children Whether you are a parent or teacher, working with children and helping them learn to read is rewarding. I had the opportunity to teach 6 year olds this past year and I have observed that there are three types of students: strong readers, emerging readers and weak readers. Strong readers  have good phonemic awareness and are excellent decoders. (Please refer to my introduction to phonemic awareness and decoding words) Emerging readers  are on the way and are expanding their knowledge of phonics sounds and applying it to decode familiar and unfamiliar words. Weak readers  need frequent prompts for segmenting and blending the sounds together. In severe cases, they may even struggle to remember letters and consonant sounds. HOW DOES THE BRAIN PROCESS WORDS? ·           Through Phonological awareness (i.e learning the sounds of words) and orthography (spelling of words). Skilled readers were abl...
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Phonics Basics: Letter Names & Sounds

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It is very important to help your child know the Letter sounds and names by heart. Knowing letter names will help him/her to spell words. Whereas knowing letter sounds will help him/her in blending and decoding words when reading. The bottom line is recognition of letter names and sounds form the base for reading and writing. Here are some exercises you can do with your child to help him/her learn the letter names. Step 1: Teach Lowercase letter names first. The reason is that most of the letters in a text appear in lowercase. Secondly, the names of letters are constant and do not change, unlike letter sounds. 1) Print out the Lowercase letter chart   2) Progress to Uppercase letter chart after.  3) Sing the ABC Song with your child and point to the letters. Then get your child to sing and point on his/her own. * Make sure that he/she points to the correct letter while singing. Step 2: Teach the Lowercase letter sounds Your child can learn letter sounds with this video  ...
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