PHONICS

Phonics as Hill, S (2006, p 208) suggests “focuses on the sound-letter relationships used in reading and writing, and involves an understanding of the alphabetic principle.” The five stages of Phonics are:  1. The letters of the alphabet  2. Onset and rime-common rimes  3. Blends  4. Digraphs and other letter combinations  5. Structural analysis


 * PHONEMIC AWARENESS - ** The ability to hear and manipulate the sound in oral language. Children pay conscious attention to the sounds in words. As we see in the video, the child pays conscious attention to the sound in the teachers oral language.

The video below demonstrates the sound and letter relationship used in reading and writing.

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