This lesson emphasizes the importance of meaning, structure, and visual cues in teaching reading fundamentals. It explores how meaning underpins reading, and how structure and phonics aid in understanding sounds, symbols, and print conventions. The lesson also introduces effective prompting strat...

This content delves into the multifaceted aspects of teaching phonics in reading and writing. It underscores the significance of teaching phonics in context and navigates the ongoing debate between using decodable text and level text. Demonstrations are given for teaching phonics and grammar less...

The focus is on teaching phonics and reading, underlining the crucial role of phonics in reading and writing. The intricate link between letter patterns and sounds is recognized. Various phonics programs, assessments, and decodable texts are explored, with a new program supplementing existing met...

In this lesson, the focus is on phonic strategies, particularly the 'oo' sound. The teacher guides students through an activity where they find words with the 'oo' sound in the book 'Aliens in Underpants.' Afterward, students sort and categorize these words based on different 'oo' sound represent...