Teaching the Dolch Sight Word List…the Easy Way!
What if you only had to teach 20 sight words from the Dolch list? Guess what? You can–because the other 200 words are completely decodable.
A New Model for Teaching High-Frequency Words
Often, high-frequency words are called “sight words” with the expectation that these words are irregular and must be memorized. Integrating high-frequency words into phonics lessons allows students to make sense of spelling patterns for these words. To do this, high-frequency words need to be categorized according to whether they are spelled entirely regularly or not….
Lose the Rules: Reading and Spelling Multi-syllable Words Made Easy
In this PaTTAN webinar, Michael Hunter outlines a flexible strategy for reading and spelling multisyllabic words. Students identify the vowels in words to determine the number of syllables and where to break the word.
Reading Multisyllable Words with Xavier
In this video, Linda Farrell demonstrates a lesson focused on teaching a flexible strategy for decoding multisyllabic words.
Sounding Out New Multisyllabic Words
Linda Farrell explains the process readers go through when they decode new multisyllabic reading. In the video, she highlights set for variability, where a reader flexes sounds to adjust close approximations.
Learning Multisyllabic Words with Silent “e” and Vowel Teams
Linda Farrell highlights an instructional approach to teaching multisyllable words with silent “e” and vowel teams in this brief video.
What is Set for Variability?
Dr. Stephanie Stollar explains set for variability in this brief video. Set for variability is the set of skills that allow students to correct close approximations while decoding.
Kate Winn Vocabulary & Comprehension Lesson 2: Hana’s Hundreds of Hijabs by Razeena Omar Gutta
In this vocabulary and comprehension lesson, Ontario Teacher Kate Winn provides a step-by-step lesson designed to increase and enhance vocabulary and comprehension. Using the picture book Hana’s Hundreds of Hijabs by Razeena Omar Gutta, this lesson plan provides detailed, explicit instruction on using vocabulary from the book and includes the blackline master for a follow-up writing activity.
Leçon de phonétique: introduire un nouveau graphème
Ce document nous montre l’ordre d’une leçon phonétique qui inclut un bref description de chaque étape. Adaptation de la méthode utilisée en anglais par The Reading Clinic, Kingston Ontario.
“Lorsque vient le temps d’introduire un nouveau graphème, il s’agit de commencer la leçon avec une révision des cartes des leçons précédentes (voir l’exemple). On continue ensuite en introduisant un nouveau graphème qui sera ajouté au paquet de cartes”.
Graphème : la lettre écritePhonème : le son d’une lettre
Using Elkonin Boxes
This is a handy guide that explains how to use Elkonin boxes in instruction, with the helpful addition of word lists for teaching.
Essential Principles of Systematic and Explicit Phonics Instruction
Phonics instruction should be explicit and systematic – but what exactly does that mean? This article clarifies these commonly used terms.
The Reading Process
Expert reading researcher Dr. Reid Lyon highlights key components of reading development, including the role of phonics in this complex process.
