Phonics

Peter Gray offers a perspective on how and when your children should be taught to read. Or, rather, why your children shouldn’t be taught to read. Unfortunately, many schools are still convinced that children should be inundated with methods like phonics so every child in one grade can be on the same level. The underlying problem with this is that children are individuals; different methods of learning work for different children. Furthermore, even if children learn well with the same method,…

category consists of supports in which students are to use in how they figure out unknown words they encounter whilst reading and also to gain meaning from the text, this can be seen in the graph below. Cueing Systems Graphophonic Syntatic Semantic • Phonics • Phonemic Awareness • Letters • Sounds • Spelling • Vocabulary • Grammar • Tenses • Comprehension • Making sense of texts (Graph adapted from Dr Ali Cullerton, Ph.D (2015) Semantic The semantic portion…

take a phonics test were unable to complete it with ease as they should be able to. “Emily Binks-Cantrell of Texas A&M University and her colleagues tested 66 professors of reading instruction for their knowledge of literacy concepts. When asked to identify the number of phonemes in a word, they were correct 62 percent of the time. They struggled more with morphemes, correctly identifying them 27 percent of the time.” The problems and struggles that youth of today are facing when learning…

Knowing now that dyslexia means people cannot sound out unfamiliar words and differentiating phonemes, I learned valuable teaching tips as a future educator. If students are taught phonics, they will most likely read and write more accurately. In comparing English to education systems of different countries, they teach phonics at an earlier age and more in depth, a concept I would like to adopt in my own classroom. Accommodations are also key in helping students with dyslexia. As an advocate for…

Learning to read is probably the single most critical skill that a child will acquire in his or her lifetime. According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, as many in every five children has a significant reading disability (American Psychological Association, 2014). An important part of reading instruction for struggling students is the use of the right program and intervention at the right time. With so many packaged reading intervention programs out there, it is difficult to…

A classroom environment is key component to a successful learning experience. I want to create an inclusive for all children to learn. Here is a list of some items I will have in my future kindergarten classroom. First item on my list is a mini library that will have a variety of books. I will have it in the corner with a rug and beanbag chairs. I think that having books in my classroom is a great idea. Once students are done their work they may read a book from my mini library. In the morning…

Presley’s study also reveals that exemplary teachers use guided reading lessons where it typically incorporate mini lessons on phonics and phoneme awareness, the use of new and familiar text, the introduction and use of new and familiar vocabulary. These teachers show their pupils how to use a range of reading cues (graphophonic, picture, syntactic and semantic cues) in the context…

sequence of sounds. The word work activity in the informative text got the students to increase their vocabulary and spelling knowledge by working with compound words. The word work activities in both lessons also involved systematic and explicit phonics since the students had to identify syllable patterns in the words in addition to me modeling to the students how I decoded words that were difficult like multisyllabic words. The students were able to improve their knowledge of concept of print…

the most important part of my literacy development. It encompasses from post kindergarten all the way up to high school. During this stage I learned words, basic sentences, and essays as well as reading. I have had the program similar to “Hooked on Phonics”, started a reading encyclopedias and books, etc. Finally, stage three, which is like a fine tuning and expansion stage. This stage is still in progress. It deals with me turning into a better writer by learning new and proper techniques of…

Colin is a kind and friendly fourth grade student with a fun and unique personality. Colin had greater challenges in the beginning of the school year as he was having difficulty with his transition to a new school, but since then has made significant progress with his behavior, attitude and effort in the classroom. Colin is now putting more thought and attention into his work and has been getting excited about the accomplishments that he has made. When he is proud of himself, he enjoys sharing…