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When kids learn letter sounds, and phonics sounds in general, they benefit from interleaving--a practice in which you mix up material. For example, if t is a new sound, and the student already knows …
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Do you have a student who is learning letter sounds? Encourage beginners by introducing just a handful of sounds at a time. Never bombard your student with a lot of sounds at once. Instead, introduce …
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Phonemic awareness is the ability to segment, blend and manipulate sounds. A phonemically aware student, for example, can answer "What are the sounds in Sam?" by stretching out the sounds: …
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Is your student done learning letter sounds? Can he read simple short vowel sentences like The cat met a hen? Make sure your student reads through a few short vowel books before moving on to new …
As of today, the story of reading research is largely one of success. For a long time, people didn’t know how to teach children to read. Teachers guessed, pulling from a wide variety of tactics. …
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