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Practice Phonics With Sight Words and Online Books

Teach the most common phonic rules with simple words from these Starfall books.

This practice can be started as soon as a reader knows all short and long vowel sounds.

Explain that some words won't follow the rules you are teaching, but most words will.

Make sure the reader knows the difference between consonants and vowels. The C stands for consonant and the V stands for vowel.

Start with following words and rules. The reader is expected the pause at the hypen and blend sounds together without the hypen. You can copy these words, write the words with a space instead of a hypen, or use magnetic letters making a space and sliding together as needed.

CV = long vowel

ay = long a          y = long i
m – e   me     m – e     me
sh – e   she    sh – e    she

g – o     go     g – o     go

n – o     no     n – o     no

w – ay   way    w – ay    way

m – y my m – y my

CVC = short vowel
c – a – n    ca - n    can    c – an     can

r – e – d     re - d    red    r – ed     red

y – e – s     ye - s    yes    y – es    yes

b – i – g     bi - g     big     b – ig    big

th – i – s    thi - s     this     th – is    this

w – i – ll    wi - ll     will     w – ill     will

n – o – t    no - t     not      n – ot     not

b – u – t    bu - t     but      b – ut     but

f – u – n     fu - n     fun      f – un     fun

VC = short vowel
a – t    at    a – t    at

i – n    in     i – n     in

i – s    is     i – s     is

i – t     it     i – t     it

o – n    on     o – n     on

u – p     up     u – p    up

2V and SE = long vowels
Two vowels together usually make the first vowel long. An e at the end of a word will sometimes make the single vowel before it long.

s – ee     see     s – ee     see

b – l – ue    bl – ue    blue    bl – ue    blue

m – a – ke    ma - ke     make     m - ake     make

t – a – ke     ta - ke     take     t -ake     take

h – e – re     he - re     here    h - ere    here

l – i – ke     li - ke     like     l - ike     like

r – i – de     ri - de    ride     r – ide     ride

Have the beginning reader listen to each story at least once before looking at the words in the stories. The first fiction and the first nonfiction Starfall books have an ear you can click on to listen to the story read fluently. Have the reader listen to these books thinking about the story, enjoying the picture, and monitoring for comprehension. Then read the other books to the beginning reader. Have conversations about the stories. You could plan to practice five words and read one book to the learner each teaching session. The five words can and should be practiced more than once. This type of practice trains the eye and brain to read a word from beginning to end.

Make flashcards for the following words and practice. An explanation follows words with bold letters.
a                schwa sound "uh"  Good examples for placement of sound are : ( banana, come, and away) 


and

are             ar sounds like ar in car

at

away          schwa sound, ay makes long a like in day

big

blue

but

can

come          schwa sound

did

do              long u sound as in too

down         ow sound like in cow

find            ind is a pattern that makes long i like in kind, mind, grind

for             or

fun

funny         y at the end of a two syllable word sounds like long e

go

giv        most English words don't end in a v, so it could be short or long i, the short sound is right

have        most Engligh words don't end in a v, so it could be short or long a, the short sound is right

here

how

house

I

in

is

it

like

little

look

make

me

my

no

not

now

oh

on

one

out

play

pretty

red

ride

run

see

she

some

so

take

the

that

this

there

thing

to

too

up

walk

want

who

what

will

with

way

work

we

yellow

yes

you

Some words will not follow phonic rules. Expect a new reader to look at the word while reading. Decoding skills break down when a reader looks away and tries to remember the shape of a whole word to read it. Some parts of the word will match a letter, group of letters, or a pattern with sounds the reader knows.

After all the books have been read once, read the stories a second time pointing under each word as you read. Ask the learner to read the same page as you pointing under the words and looking at each word while reading.

Starfall sells these books from an online store if you want your own copies. The nonfiction books have extra higher level content at the end.
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