important info from Phonics 11/13

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One important thing to learn in Letter name stage

Short Vowels

Early Readers are usually at the middle letter name phase

They call them by many different names just focus on the features.

Affricates - DR-J CH

Preconsonantal Nasals- MP M&N are nasals - preconsonantal nasals come from M or N being before a consonant

EMAIL HER AND ASK FOR THE QUESTIONS FROM THE CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING BC I NEED IT

Transitional readers are I

Emergent A-C

Within word pattern stage spellers are figuring out word patterns not just the sounds they hear

Long and "Other" vowels

Origin of words

Position in the word

Other sound around them affect the sounds

Vowels can be

Short has the U above it

Long has the - above it SAY THEIR NAME u-ew is also a long vowel sound

R-Influenced

Neither Short nor Long

An open syllable is a syllable that ends in a vowel sound

A closed syllable is a syllable that ends in a consonant

A c