Category Archives: Phonics

WHAT IS IT? Word recognition strategies are strategies that students use to decode unknown words by looking at word parts. Word recognition strategies are often taught during explicit phonics instruction (Caldwell & Leslie, 2013). HOW DOES THIS IMPACT STRIVING READERS/WRITERS? Word recognition strategies help striving readers and writers focus on the internal structure of words.Continue reading “Word Identification Strategies”

WHAT IS IT? Phonics is the correlation between phonemes and graphemes in the English language. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound in spoken words and graphemes are the written letters that represent each sound. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Teachers must explicitly and systematically teach phonics as it helps students understand the alphabetic principle. TheContinue reading “Phonics”