Looking for easy ways to sneak in a short reading activity? Here are some quick tips you can easily incorporate to help nurture a successful reader.
Easy Ways to Sneak in a Short Reading Activity
The Importance of Phonics Instruction
After introducing and explicitly teaching young students phonemic awareness, phonics instruction follows naturally as the second step necessary to produce good readers. In this blog, we will continue digging deeper into our “The Big Five” blog post, focusing on the second skill - Phonics.
The Big Five
From 1997 – 2000, the US Department of Education formed the National Reading Panel. The purpose of the panel was to determine the most effective way to teach reading. They reviewed over 100,000 reading studies to make their evaluation and put forth a recommended plan. Their plan is known as the BIG FIVE.
How to Teach Phonics Using One Easy Method
Knowing the consonants is the easiest part of learning to read. A “p” says p and a “t” says t. But those vowel sounds can be very tricky! Most early readers get the beginning consonant sound, and then they guess at the word because they don’t know the correct vowel sound. Does this sound familiar?