HOW TO TEACH A CHILD TO READ

I follow these 6 STEPS to teach my students HOW TO READ. 📚 

𝒮𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝟣: 𝒫𝓇𝑒-𝑅𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒮𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁𝓈

Look for and encourage:

* Awareness and concept of print

* Sound manipulation and discrimination

* Awareness of rhyme

𝒮𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝟤: 𝐿𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐿𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈

* Letters don’t have to be taught in alphabetical order.

* Mastering a single letter by identifying the letter visually, and memorizing the sound associated with the letter. 

𝒮𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝟥: 𝐵𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒮𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹𝓈

 Try this technique:

* Using a 2 or 3-letter word, point to the letters and say each sound.

* Then start back at the beginning of the word. Slide your finger slowly under the letters as you stretch the sounds and put them together. 

𝒮𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝟦: 𝒮𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝒹𝓈

Sight word practice can include flash cards, hunting for the words in books, and using computer games. 𝒮𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝟧: 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝐹𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓈

Teach kids that if they can read the word “can,” then they can also read “man,” “pan,” and “fan.” 2-letter word families are perfect at this stage (-am, -at, -et, -en, -it, etc

𝒮𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝟨: 𝒫𝒽𝑜𝓃𝒾𝒸𝓈 𝒮𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁𝓈

Follow this sequence as I introduce other phonics patterns:

Blends: Two letters that are frequently together in words, both letter sounds can be heard. Examples are bl, tr, sk, dr, sm

Digraphs: Two letters that make a new sound (sh, th, wh, ch, ck)

Glued Sounds: These are a blend but are 3 letters and come at the end of a word (all, ell, ill, ull, ank, ink, onk, unk, ang, ing, ong, ung)

𝑀𝑒𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑀𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔

Making meaning should be woven in as soon as a child starts reading sentences. Help the child make meaning by:

* Asking questions about what they just read.

* Encouraging them to reread if they didn’t understand what the author was saying.

* Demonstrate your own reactions to the text.

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