Reading Horizons Who Am I What matters most

Reading Horizons

Who Am I (What matters most)?

Who Am I? (Part II) • Currently a Professor at SUU • A teacher and Administrator in public schools for about 15 years • I have worked in Education in Japan, Taiwan, California, New York, Minnesota, and Utah.

Why am I here? In 1993, I was told (very enthusiastically), “THOU SHALT NOT PHONICATE!” “PHONICATION IS AN ABOMINATION!”

Can You See the Arrow?

Can You See the Arrow?

Reading Horizons Methodology understand X X X

Framework 42 Sounds 5 Phonetic Skills 2 Decoding Skills

Consonants & Vowels Bb Ff Dd Gg Aa Hh Jj Ll Mm Ee Ss Oo Nn Pp Rr Tt Vv Ww Xx Yy Uu Zz Qq Cc Kk Ii

The Slide ba da

Beginning Words bag dad gab fad X X

How do you know when to spell with a C and when to spell with a K?

can X cot X cop X cup X kit X kid X keg X Ken X

Blends L - gl glad R - fr fro X frog X S - sn snip X

L-Blends bl cl fl gl pl sl R-Blends br cr dr fr gr pr tr S-Blends sc sk sl sm sn sp st sw

Blend Words drag trek X X slid X grid X plum bled X X spin scan stop X X X crop X clip X swim X

Short / Long Vowels a e o u i

Five Phonetic Skills * 1. met X One guardian consonant makes the vowel short.

Five Phonetic Skills * * 2. jump X Two guardian consonants make the vowel short.

Five Phonetic Skills 3. me X When a vowel stands alone, it is long.

Five Phonetic Skills 4. smile X X When a word ends in a silent E, the vowel is long.

Five Phonetic Skills * pin X

Five Phonetic Skills pine X X

Five Phonetic Skills 5. boat X X When two vowels are adjacent, the second vowel is silent and the first vowel is long.

* met * * jump me smile X X boat X X X

Decoding Skill #1 motel

Decoding Skill #1 3. mote 1. mo X X * 2. mot X X 4. motel X X

Decoding Skill #1 motel X X One consonant (guardian) goes on

Decoding Skill #1 provide X X X One consonant (guardian) goes on

Decoding Skill #2 campus X X Two consonants (guardians) split

Decoding Skill #2 extreme X X X Two consonants (guardians) split

Murmur Diphthongs ar or X X er ir ur X X X er X

Digraphs ch sh wh th th ph gn kn ck wr

Digraphs wheat X X shark X

Special Vowel Sounds au aw oi oy ou ow o X X X oo oo book X zoo X X X

Special Vowel Sounds hound toil X crawl X book X X zoo X

e accomplishment X X

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