Phonics

 **Phonics and Decoding** //Phonics//  is the understanding that there is a pattern and relationship between the sounds (phonemes) of spoken language and the letters and spellings (graphemes) that represent those sounds in written text. //Decoding//  is what readers do when they use their knowledge of letter-sound relationships to identify words. When readers intentionally use the letter-sound and syllable-sound connection, they may call this process "sounding out" words.
 * Read-Write-Think phonics This lesson uses whole-to-parts phonics instruction as an approach to beginning reading. Letter-sound correspondences are taught within a meaningful context, and in an explicit, systematic, and extensive manner. This lesson uses onset-rime analogy to present word families and spelling patterns.
 * Pre-school learning to read This lesson uses whole-to-parts phonics instruction as an approach to beginning reading. Letter-sound correspondences are taught within a meaningful context, and in an explicit, systematic, and extensive manner. This lesson uses onset-rime analogy to present word families and spelling patterns.
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 * Reading Challenges Council for Exceptional Children // Trategies+Technology // . R eading is one of the most complex tasks we ask students to perform. It involves numerous memory and attention skills, which make up the foundation of reading, as well as phonemic awareness, decoding, and comprehension skills. Reading is difficult for approximately 80 percent of students with learning disabilities - and some students never master it. Students struggle with reading from preschool and kindergarten through high school, and poor reading skills affect every aspect of a student's academic career.