Creative Approach To Teaching Spelling The What Why And How Of Teaching Spelling Starting With Phonics PDF Download

Why Phonics? Phonics is the MAGIC KEY that unlocks and opens the door to the wonderful world of Reading. Learning to read by Phonics is merely converting the letters of our English-speaking alphabet into their respective sounds. Phonics is the natural and logical way to learn to read.Phonics is the Science of sounds as it applies to letters or groups of letters called phonograms. Since words form from the sounds the letters make, we teach the sounds first- and not the names of the alphabet letters in the beginning (but teach in a later lesson). This gets him on the Reading road quickly, rather than bogging him down for months with alphabet instruction. Without the use of Phonics, the love of Reading is undeveloped, comprehension misunderstood, vocabulary limited, and Spelling difficult.With Phonics, children from Kindergarten-age to adults in business have learned to read, spell, and write without having to memorize hundreds- if not thousands of words. Once learning the sounds is under way, students are reading words, and shortly after that, complete sentences. But what sets this phonics program apart from others, is that words are taught in 'Families', include Reading 'Rules', and exceptions to those rules. Reading and Spelling taught apart from word families leave the student confused over many words that sound alike but are spelled differently. How to Teach Phonics (by this author) is such a book that will give the best foundation for Reading and Spelling. I cannot stress enough the importance of teaching words in their own families.