Ch. 10 – Word Ch. 10 – Word IdentificationIdentificationCh. 10 – Word Ch. 10 – Word IdentificationIdentification

Short VowelsShort Vowels

Onsets & RimesOnsets & Rimes

Consonant Clusters & Consonant Clusters & DigraphsDigraphs

Long VowelsLong Vowels

R-Controlled VowelsR-Controlled Vowels

Special Vowel CombinationsSpecial Vowel Combinations

Phonic GeneralizationsPhonic Generalizations

Short Vowels• After consonants are taught• Before long vowels• Most first words are c-v-c

Short Vowels

• How to teach? – Direct practice– Connected Text

Reading•Decodable books Reading A-Z

Onsets and Rimes• Onsets: the part of the syllable

that comes before the vowel• Rimes: AKA phonograms or word

families• Provides strategy for identifying

unknown words

Onsets and Rimes- Consonant Substitution

Onsets & Rimes- Games

• Tic-Tac-Toe• Hink Pinks• Make a Crazy Story

Make a Crazy Story

• Mary went for a walk with her cat bat. They sat in the park for awhile and played with a small tall dog.

Consonant ClustersConsonant Diagraphs

Clusters & Digraphs Activities

• Word sorts• Group-Response Activity

“She wore braces now her teeth are __He is not weak, he is ___”

Long Vowel Sounds• Easier to learn• Sounds like the name• Same teaching strategies as Short

Vowels• Writing

R-Controlled Vowels• When a vowel is followed by an R• Hard to learn • Many variations for same sound• How to teach?

- Read stories- Matching activity (hands-on)

R-controlled Vowels

Special Vowel Combos

Special Vowel Combinations

• Dipthong: gliding sound• Digraph: 2 vowels make 1 sound• Not taught as separate categories,

but fall under Special Vowel Combinations– Infrequent and/or too many

exceptions

Important Special Vowel Combinations

• AU -OI -OY -OO -OU

Phonic Generalizations

Teach after basics Obviously aids reading fluencyProvide opportunities

Memorize vs. Internalize

Phonic Generalizations

• Common Vowel– Short vowels between 2 consonants

• 71%

– When 2 vowels are together the first one does the talking

• 34%

– Silent e at the end means a long vowel before

• 57%

Phonic Generalizations

• Can you think of any?

Phonic Generalizations

• Obstacles– Prompting– Many exceptions to the rules

•“get” “friend” “way” “sew” “bread”

– Can you think of any?

Phonic Generalizations

• Help with Onsets and Rimes• “The human brain appears to

have greater facility for detecting patterns than for applying rules”

Phonic Myths

• Direct –Practice activities are good enough

• Middle & High School will never get it

• It’s for bright students only

• It’s the only way to teach reading