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How to make comprehension fun

Posted on 27th May 202029th May 2024 in Decodable Books, Dyslexia, Learning to Read, Reading Difficulties, Reading Resources and tagged activities, activities for comprehension, article, beginner readers, comprehension activities, comprehension and decoding, decoding and comprehension, fun comprehension, how to make comprehension fun, how to teach comprehension, making comprehension fun, teaching comprehension, teaching ideasLeave a Comment

Most teachers will agree that the purpose of reading is comprehension. But many children, especially kids who struggle with reading and spelling, hate comprehension activities. It’s not because they hate comprehending or answering questions. It’s because many comprehension activities often entail writing the answer. And many kids hate writing. Why? Because it’s really hard! Writing […]

How to help your child read a decodable book

Posted on 27th April 202011th June 2024 in Decodable Books, Learning to Read, Reading Resources and tagged #learning to read, article, beginner readers, blending, Free decodable book, graphemes, help my child learn to read, how to read with my child, Phonic Books, Phonics, read a decodable book, Read ad decodable book with my child, reading at homeLeave a Comment

Decodable books are books that a child can read once she/he has been taught the phonics in the book. It is really important to see decodable books as an experience that will be successful if enough preparation is made beforehand. First, do the activities that are recommended in the video below. Once your child is […]

Should we teach spelling in the digital age?

Posted on 30th October 201911th June 2024 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Dyslexia, Morphology, Synthetic Phonics, Whole-Word Reading and tagged article, beginner readers, can spell check help with spelling, how to teach spelling, learning to spell, Phonics, Should we teach spelling, spell check, spelling and reading, spelling in the digital age, writingLeave a Comment

Many children struggle with spelling. Is it important to teach them how to spell in the digital age when ‘Spell Check’ is there to help? The answer is ‘yes’. Why? Firstly, because at present Spell Check makes errors, as do voice recognition tools. Spell check may offer homophone or spelling options – but can students […]

How to practice reading ‘tap’ and ‘tape’

Posted on 2nd July 201911th June 2024 in Dyslexia, Games, Learning to Read, Reading Difficulties, Reading Resources, Synthetic Phonics and tagged #learning to read, article, beginner readers, game for a-e, game for magic e, magic e, Phonics, reading activities, reading games, split digraphs, teaching a-e, vowel + eLeave a Comment

Many students struggle with split vowel spellings a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e. These spellings are also known as ‘split digraphs’, ‘magic e’ and ‘vowel + e’. These students need extra explicit instruction and practice reading words with these split spellings. It is important to take the time to embed this learning as split spellings are […]

Thumbs up for READ, SOUND, WRITE, CHECK!

Posted on 23rd April 201911th June 2024 in Dyslexia, High-Frequency Words, Reading Difficulties and tagged alphabetic code, article, beginner readers, CHECK, graphemes, how to teach spelling, memory, READ, SOUND, spelling lists, spelling words with th, teach spelling, WRITE2 Comments

So, we are resuming our campaign to change the way teachers send home spelling lists every week using the LOOK, WRITE, COVER, CHECK approach. Why doesn’t it work with so many children? Many children have a poor visual memory and as hard as they try, they cannot remember the shape of the word. This is […]

Reading with expression can help with reading fluency

Posted on 3rd November 201811th June 2024 in Learning to Read, Reading Difficulties and tagged article, beginner readers, comprehension, How to get children to read fluently, intonation, punctuation, read with expression, Reading Fluency, reading fluently, rereading, understanding textLeave a Comment

Do you have children. who. r-ea-d. l-ike. th-i-s? How can we get children to read fluently? Firstly, why do we need to read fluently? We need to read fluently because it is difficult to understand what we are reading if we read in a halting way. Our working memory can’t combine all the different aspects […]

Top tips for teaching phonics

Posted on 20th September 20181st June 2024 in Learning to Read, Synthetic Phonics and tagged article, beginner readers, blending, Phonic Books, reluctant readers, spelling, struggling readers, synthetic phonics, teaching a struggling reader, teaching approaches, word-buildingLeave a Comment

Teach step-by-step You don’t need to teach the whole alphabet to get reading going. Start with just a few letters, and get children to build words from them. Phonic Books starts with ‘s’, ‘a’, ‘t’, ‘i’ and ‘m’. Work with word-building Word-building is the best way to teach reading and spelling. Write letters on cards […]

How to use decodable books

Posted on 12th September 20183rd June 2024 in Decodable Books, Reading Resources, Synthetic Phonics and tagged article, beginner readers, blending, catch-up readers, decodable books, decoding, group reading, how to use decodable books, older readers, phonics lessons, phonics programme, scope and sequence, teaching phonicsLeave a Comment

Decodable books are controlled texts that beginner readers can read independently once they have been taught the spellings in the text. Children learning to read with phonics benefit from reading decodable texts because these texts allow them to practice what they have been taught and experience success. They also help children develop an effective strategy […]

300 high-frequency word phonic chart

Posted on 21st March 201830th May 2024 in High-Frequency Words, Learning to Read and tagged article, beginner readers, high-frequency words, how to teach tricky words, phonics resources, red words, sight words, teaching resources, tricky words, word chart, word lists6 Comments

Do your children forget spellings from one week to the next? Many teachers issue spelling lists each week only to find that a week or two down the road the children have already forgotten them. At Phonic Books we believe that teaching children the first 300 high-frequency words in a way that links up with […]

Sound Snap: a fun way to teach precise pronunciation

Posted on 18th May 20171st June 2024 in Learning to Read, Synthetic Phonics and tagged article, beginner readers, phonic pronunciation, precise pronunciation, pronounce alphabet letters, pronounce phonic sounds, pure phonic sounds, sounds of english, synthetic phonic soundsLeave a Comment

I have just started to teach a struggling reader in Year 1. The first thing I observed from my assessment was that she did not use pure phonic sounds, also known as ‘precise pronunciation’. Many of the consonants were pronounced with an added ‘uh’ sound: for example, /k/ was pronounced ‘kuh’ and /p/ was pronounced […]