1. Phonics and Sight Word Instruction
Musselman
each person introduce him or herself

2. Phonics
Phonics approaches focus on direct and explicit instruction in phoneme - grapheme relationships.
Phonics instruction is just a means to help students achieve proficient reading and spelling competency.
Christina

3. Additional Information
Explanation of what phonics is in video format
Explanation of phonics in text format
Jeanette
play the video. then explain the second site but don’t click on it

4. Examples of Systematic Phonics Approaches
Corrective Reading (
Choose your subject and grade level. Then it provides multiple programs available from that publishing company to teach your curriculum.
Explode the Code (
Offers additional curriculum for after school programs, tutorials, interventions, ect.
Jordan

5. Examples of Systematic Phonics Approaches
Foundations (
In the website are several literacy instructional models to meet the needs of distinct student populations: prevention and early intervention for K-3 students, intervention for older students, and intensive intervention.
Glass Analysis (
Glass-Analysis with its highly respected and proven clustering approach, gets your students to identify, visually and auditory, letters and clusters in whole words, all leading to correct sounding-out to automatic level.
Candace is reading the explanation. not clicking on any sites

6. Typical Sequence of Phonics Instruction
Blending and segmentation
Single consonants and short vowels in closed syllables
christina

7. CVCe syllables
Consonant digraphs
jeanette

8. Open Syllables Vowel digraphs and diphthongs (vowel team syllable)
christina
Open syllables

9. Silent letters
candace

10. Common prefixes and suffixes
Additional syllable types (r-controlled and consonant -le)
jordan

11. Sight Word Instruction
Instant words
A way to practice high-frequency words is to use a carefully developed list of words, such as Edward Fry’s list of 300 Instant Words (Fry, 1977).
Sight words make up about 65% of the words used in written material and it may be used for both reading and spelling instruction.
jeanette just read the slide

12. Rapid word recognition chart
Another simple way to improve speed of recognition for words with an irregular element is the use of a rapid word recognition chart (Carreker, 2005a).
christina

13. Examples of Websites with Information of Basic Reading Skills
Dolch Sight Words (
Fry Instant Words (
Starfall (
christina

14. Interactive Strategies for Phonics and Sight Words
When the music starts, dance as you find your teammates who share the same color sticks.
Strategies for Phonics and Sight Words will be provided in each group
jeanette read the directions
jordan will hit play

15. Conclusion
If a reader has poor basic reading skills, automatic word recognition and fluency are sacrificed and comprehension is compromised.
Candace