A solid foundation in phonics is now requirement in UK schools, starting from around age four. From Wordnik.com. [Memo to Educators: Stop the Lies About Reading « Literacy Articles « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
But if synthetic phonics is best, how have we found that out?. From Wordnik.com. [This year’s educational panacea] Reference
This dichotomy between “whole language” and phonics is false. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Teaching Reading Right] Reference
I have to agree ... there IS a place for it and I use it in phonics and spelling. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican Education System] Reference
Zoo-phonics is a wonderful way to teach younger children the letters and their sounds. From Wordnik.com. [A Learning Activity That Can Be Used For A One Year, Two Year And Four Year Old Child For Literacy Skills? « Literacy Skills « Literacy Help « Literacy News] Reference
Synthetic phonics is a method to teach reading which emphasises first learning the …. From Wordnik.com. [Literacy News – 898th Edition « News « Literacy News] Reference
Learning phonics is time consuming but it is something your child has to do to be able to read properly. From Wordnik.com. [To Learn to Read Your Child Has to Learn Phonics « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
Synthetic phonics is another system that has been around for a long time and taught me to read many years ago. From Wordnik.com. [When You Start to Teach Your Child to Read You Need to Learn How to Teach Phonics « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
Maybe synthetic phonics is a better way of teaching reading, even though many of those pushing it have a commercial interest in doing so. From Wordnik.com. [This year’s educational panacea] Reference
Another element in the learning process is word analysis, which can be described as phonics with an emphasis on the phoneme-grapheme pairs. From Wordnik.com. [Phonics and Sight Words: Two Building Blocks of Reading « Literacy Articles « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
The only things I have thought of so far are either some kind of phonics game or a story related activity. From Wordnik.com. [Any ideas for a 15 minute CLL (reception class) activity for a teaching interview? « Teaching Literacy « Literacy Help « Literacy News] Reference
In fact, DOE has often been one of the more ideological departments, engaging in the battles such as phonics vs. whole language. From Wordnik.com. [Why the Education Dept. should be eliminated -- Wood] Reference
Parents sue the schools if the teachers actively sabotage their children's education (eg by not using "phonics" to teach literary). From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
Traditional learning - such as phonics, the chronology of history and mental arithmetic - would be emphasised. From Wordnik.com. Reference
They did this when I was in school also - it was called "phonics," a subject that has fallen out of favor, unfortunately. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
Bad spelling is a result of the "look and say" method of teaching children to read, rather than the traditional "phonics" method. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Fawkes' blog] Reference
… Between the Lions Gawain Gawain’s word phonics short literacy reading education instruction Siriius Thinking WGBH. From Wordnik.com. [Between the Lions: Gawain’s Word – “dance” « General Literacy « Videos « Literacy News] Reference
That’s why it’s important to make sure that children have help with beginning reading concepts such as phonics and syllabics. From Wordnik.com. [Tips and Tools to Help Children Become Ready to Learn to Read « Literacy Articles « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
At least two daily periods should be given to phonics. From Wordnik.com. [How to Teach Phonics] Reference
To be fair, there is not enough evidence to say phonics works. From Wordnik.com. [A 'shoot-out' between methods won't help us teach more children to read] Reference
Especial attention is called to the system of phonics developed. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends] Reference
This tale takes on a new interest as a remarkable study of phonics. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Fairy Tales] Reference
There should be at least two ten-minute lessons in phonics each day. From Wordnik.com. [How to Teach Phonics] Reference
And the second thing is you have to mandate the teaching of phonics. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2004] Reference
Many teachers feel the evidence is not compelling, and don't like phonics. From Wordnik.com. [A 'shoot-out' between methods won't help us teach more children to read] Reference
From the first day a definite place on the program should be given to phonics. From Wordnik.com. [How to Teach Phonics] Reference
But now more book companies are trying to put the fun back in phonics with gadgets. From Wordnik.com. [Technology: Throw The Books At 'Em] Reference
And they had a couple little workbooks they did for math, and she taught them phonics. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 21, 2001] Reference
The curriculums have to understand the science of reading -- phonics works, by the way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: George W. Bush Delivers Address on Education - March 30, 2000] Reference
You ought to be demanding they use a curriculum based upon phonics so that children can learn. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2001] Reference
NARRATOR: In Ms. Lewis's class, you'll see students learning phonics, grammar, math and reading. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2002] Reference
As new words are met containing known sounds, the pupils should apply their knowledge of phonics. From Wordnik.com. [How to Teach Phonics] Reference
He had picked up on phonics and was reading chapter books by ages three and four and he was creating poetry. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2006] Reference
Setting, element of fairy tale as short-story, 77-82; sequence in, 78-79; story told by, 81-82; and phonics, 79-81. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Fairy Tales] Reference
The real difficulty in phonics lies in the fact that the pronunciation of the English language abounds in inconsistencies. From Wordnik.com. [How to Teach Phonics] Reference
And the simple phonics -- we had a program if you give a kid a vocabulary of as many as 20,000 words after about 38 different lessons. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2004] Reference
We found in my state that phonics needs to be an integral part of a reading curriculum to make sure every single child learns to read. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2001] Reference
By simply saying that we're going to have a phonics program that is going to be given to all children is not going to overcome poverty. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2006] Reference
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