Teaching of Phonics

Reflections on the training session attended at ELTC  on The Teaching of Phonics

Phonic Segmentation Skills
- ability to break words down into individual sounds
- an example of a phonological awareness skills
- supports the aqcuisition of literacy skills

Sample goal for phoneme segmentation skills
The learner will
- listen to a target sound (phoneme) presented orally
- determine the word that begins with the target phoneme
- indicate the word by saying it out loud, signing it, and selecting the appropriate picture.

Instructional Task

* The teacher says
                              the sound /m/ (only the sound)

* The learner
                      Listens to the sound
                      Looks at each picture / symbol
                      Segments the initial sound of the words
                      Determines the word that starts with the target sound
                      Says the word out loud, signs it and selects the correct picture.

Instructional Procedure
                       - model
                       - guided practice
                       - independent practice