PHONICS
Phonics is: the ability to apply your knowledge of letter-sound relationships, including knowledge of letter patterns, to correctly pronounce written words. Understanding these relationships gives children the ability to recognize familiar words quickly and to figure out words they haven't seen before. Although children may sometimes figure out some of these relationships on their own, most children benefit from explicit instruction in this area. Phonics is one approach to reading instruction that teaches students the principles of letter-sound relationships, how to sound out words, and exceptions to the principles.
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A student may be struggling in this area if he/she:
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Difficulty with matching sounds with letters
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Decodes words in very labored or slow manner
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Has trouble with reading or spelling words phonetically
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Guesses at words based on first letter
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Is not able to recognize previously taught letter patterns when reading
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Has difficulty with sounding out or recognizing sight words
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Poor spelling
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Difficulty with reading fluently due to constantly sounding out words
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Phonics Interventions
Lots of interventions including but not limited to Compound Words, Morphemes, Blend Syllables, Segment Syllables, Base Words, Blend Letter Sounds, Letter Recognition and Letter Sounds
Targets alphabetic (phonics) skills.
Helps student who has not yet mastered all letter sounds or knows letter sounds but does not identify them with high rates of automaticity
Helps students who are having difficulty hearing the individual sounds in words and writing the corresponding letters to make the words
Helps student learn to map the sounds of speech to the symbols of the alphabet
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