Targeting alphabet sounds, phonemic blending and CVC decoding
Single word decoding involves two primary base skills:
Visual Skills: The recognition of the alphabet symbol and the conversion of this symbol into a sound (ie: Not letter name).
Auditory Skills: The phonemic awareness skill of blending three sounds (or phonemes) together to form a word.
The following example illustrates the process of early decoding. To read the word âsitâ a student must:
Visually recognise the symbol ‘s’ and convert the symbol to the sound /s/.
Visually recognise the symbol ‘i’, and convert the symbol into the sound /i/.
Visually recognise the symbol ‘t’, and convert the symbol into the sound /t/.
Finally, the ‘s’, ‘i’ and ‘t’ sounds are held in the working memory, then need to be blended together to form the word.
Over time children become more efficient at a visual and an auditory level. For example, rather than decoding the word ‘sit’ in three parts the word may be decoded in two parts (e.g. s-it). After much decoding practice students develop automatic word recognition and will read the word in full without sounding.
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Targeting alphabet sounds, phonemic blending and CVC decoding
Single word decoding involves two primary base skills:
Visual Skills: The recognition of the alphabet symbol and the conversion of this symbol into a sound (ie: Not letter name).
Auditory Skills: The phonemic awareness skill of blending three sounds (or phonemes) together to form a word.
The following example illustrates the process of early decoding. To read the word ‘sit’ a student must:
Visually recognise the symbol ‘s’ and convert the symbol to the sound /s/.
Visually recognise the symbol ‘i’, and convert the symbol into the sound /i/.
Visually recognise the symbol ‘t’, and convert the symbol into the sound /t/.
Finally, the ‘s’, ‘i’ and ‘t’ sounds are held in the working memory, then need to be blended together to form the word.
Over time children become more efficient at a visual and an auditory level. For example, rather than decoding the word ‘sit’ in three parts the word may be decoded in two parts (e.g. s-it). After much decoding practice students develop automatic word recognition and will read the word in full without sounding.
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Targeting alphabet sounds, phonemic blending and CVC decoding
Single word decoding involves two primary base skills:
Visual Skills: The recognition of the alphabet symbol and the conversion of this symbol into a sound (ie: Not letter name).
Auditory Skills: The phonemic awareness skill of blending three sounds (or phonemes) together to form a word.
The following example illustrates the process of early decoding. To read the word ‘sit’ a student must:
Visually recognise the symbol ‘s’ and convert the symbol to the sound /s/.
Visually recognise the symbol ‘i’, and convert the symbol into the sound /i/.
Visually recognise the symbol ‘t’, and convert the symbol into the sound /t/.
Finally, the ‘s’, ‘i’ and ‘t’ sounds are held in the working memory, then need to be blended together to form the word.
Over time children become more efficient at a visual and an auditory level. For example, rather than decoding the word ‘sit’ in three parts the word may be decoded in two parts (e.g. s-it). After much decoding practice students develop automatic word recognition and will read the word in full without sounding.
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The document outlines how to implement PLD's literacy, Movement and Motor and Oral Language resources during the Early Years, Foundation, Year 1 & 2 and across Years 3 to 6. Each page provides suggested time frames and implementation recommendations.
The purpose of this document is to provide an implementation outline to assist schools in scheduling the PLD programs within a broad school-based strategy. When
At PLD we advocate for a strong junior primary process, in which the connections between classrooms and year levels is well organised. Most students require
Schools will have literacy results maximized over the long-term when they systematically plan how students progress from pre-literacy (or emergent literacy skills) into their early
To Create A Good Speaking And Listening Environment
Brainstorm with students what makes a good listener and speaker. Have a reward system that promotes good listening and speaking behaviours in the classroom. Give
A phonemic awareness program for 4 and 5 year olds targeting CVC blending.
One of the most significant pre-requisites for reading, spelling and writing is phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is strongly associated with early literacy achievement. In Preparing for reading for 4 and 5 year olds, blending is targeted as blending represents an immediate precursor to decoding ability. This resource contains coloured card sets recommended for explicit 5 minute instruction sessions and provide clear guidelines on how to effectively teach blending. These instructions can form the basis of assistant and parent education.
The PLD developmental 5 step phonological awareness process has been designed by Speech Pathologists for use in schools. When used in conjunction with PLD’s pre-literacy screening, this program forms a significant component in a school’s preventative early intervention strategy.
Phonemic Awareness Readiness for Reading
The phonemic awareness pre-requisite skill involved in reading simple regular CVC [consonant-vowel-consonant] words such as ‘fig’, ‘tin’ and ‘mat’ is the skill of blending.
First students must learn to blend at an onset and rime level. E.g. ‘Listen carefully and put these sounds together and guess this word:’ ‘f’ (one second pause) ‘ig’?’
Students then learn to blend at the phonemic or individual sound level: E.g. ‘Listen carefully and put these sounds together and guess this word; ‘m’ (one second pause) ‘a’ (one second pause) ‘t’? Answer: ‘mat’.
Features:
Instruction manual (24 pages)
5 different blending activities with instructions
125+ colour cards, 3 x game boards
The programs within the range include:
Preparing for the Alphabet
Preparing for Spelling
Preparing for Reading
This product is mentioned in the Early Years Teaching Sequence Manual on page 8 and the Foundation Teaching Sequence Manual on page 7 and the Year 1 & 2 Teaching Sequence Manual on page 19.
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Targeting alphabet sounds, phonemic segmentation and CVC spelling
Single word spelling involves three primary base skills:
Visual Skills: The recognition of the alphabet symbol and the conversion of this symbol into a sound (ie: Not letter name).
Auditory Skills: The phonemic awareness skill of blending three sounds (or phonemes) together to form a word.
Fine Motor Skills: The formation or handwriting of the symbols.
The following example illustrates the establishment of early spelling ability. To spell the word ‘sun’ a student must:
Apply phonemic awareness skills and identify the initial sound ‘s’, retrieve the symbol ‘s’ from the visual memory and then form or write the letter ‘s’.
The student must again apply phonemic awareness skills and identify the medial sound ‘u’, retrieve the ‘u’ from the visual memory and then write the letter ‘u’.
The final step requires the phonemic awareness skill of identifying the final ‘n’ sound then retrieving from the visual memory the ‘n’ symbol and finally write the ‘n’.
Once this spelling process has been rehearsed the students can typically spell the word automatically and often through the application of letter names ‘s-u-n’. Students will typically read better than they will spell. This is because the recognition of the words (i.e. reading) is typically much easier than the reproduction of the letter sound correspondences to formulate the words. It is common for students to require repeated targeted spelling practice, in order to master skills.
The other programs within the range include:
Teach a Child to Spell in 3 Steps
Teach a Child to Read in 3 Steps
This publication is mentioned within the Year 1 & 2 Teaching Sequence Manual on page 19.
A program for 4-6 year olds, incorporating Stage 1 phonic concepts.
Introduction to the Program
An A5 flipbook utilising a multi-sensory approach to help early readers master Stage 1 phonic concepts. By engaging visual, auditory, and tactile sense, children build a strong foundation in letter recognition, formation, and sound association.
The Program Includes:
Stage 1 – Target 1 alphabet sounds
Group 1: s, p, n, i, a, t
Group 2: m, r, h, e, d, c
Group 3: f, l, g, o, u b
Group 4: w, j, v, k, z, y, q, x
Stage 1 – Target 2 phonic concepts
‘th’ (voiced) & ‘th’ (voiceless); ‘sh’; ‘ch’; ‘ee’; ‘oo’ (long) & ‘oo’ (short); ‘ck’
Stage 1 – Target 4 phonic concepts
‘ng’; ‘ay’; ‘or’; ‘ar’; ‘ai’; al(l)’; ‘wh’; ‘qu’; ‘qu’
Multi-sensory cues to develop alphabet sound recall and formation
Mnemonic letter sound pictures
Verbal cues to support the correct letter formation of each letter
Mouth cues for the alphabet sound
Picture cues for the alphabet sound
Initial teaching cards with multisensory cues and consolidation teaching cards without cues.
Other Programs within the Range:
Alphabet the Multi Sensory Way – Cursive Font
Pre-literacy Flip Book Bundle
Phonic Sound Wall Charts for Foundation
Letter Formation for Little People – Step 1
Links to the Teaching Sequence Manuals
This product can be used to support the implementation of the:
Early Years Teaching Sequence Manual
Foundation Year Teach Sequence Manual
Year 1 and 2 Teaching Sequence Manual
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