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Reading Fluency
Reading Fluency: Part 1 Reading fluency is the ability to identify words quickly , accurately, and understanding their meaning. Learners develop reading fluency by reading daily at their reading level. This reading level is constantly changing .Learners start developing fluency at an easy reading level. Then they move on to the next book, which will …
Phonics: The Advanced English Code
Advanced English Code Characteristics A learner who has mastered the basic English code is ready to move on to the advanced English code. In addition to the subskills previously learned, the student needs to develop the ability to understand that sometimes two or more letters represent a sound. For example: – the word “eight” has …
Phonics: the ‘sloppy /u/ ‘ sound
My 3 year old granddaughter was reading the word ‘but’ on a T-shirt. She said, “/bu/u/t.” She was adding a ‘sloppy /u/ sound to the consonant /b/. This is common when we teach children to ‘sound out’ and we attach the /u/ sound to a consonant. For example, we say, /bu/ instead of just making …
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