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Letter Name Stage
(Semi Phonetic-Gentry)
(Early Phonetic-Beers)
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ages 5-9, students begin to read and write in conventional ways, have ability to segment words into sounds, tracking print is prevalent, word-by-word readers |
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develop fluency |
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work with known words (word banks) |
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influences on vowels: w, l, and r |
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consonant blends and digraphs |
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preconsonantal nasals: n and m |
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Word
(bed)
(ship)
(chase) |
Early
d, b, bd
p, s, sp
a, c, cs |
Middle and Late
bad
sep, shep
cas, chas |
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Focus on word families with different initial consonants. |
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| Sorts |
- Begin with picture sorts and how pictures sound alike at the beginning.
- After initial-consonant word sorts, move on to final consonant word sorts.
- Begin consonant-blend picture/word sorts.
- Begin contrasting consonant/consonant-blend word sorts
- Begin short-vowel picture/word sorts.
- Begin consonant-digraph word sorts.
- Begin contrasting consonant/consonant-digraph word sorts.
- Beginning/Ending Sort: book/tub
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Word Hunts |
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Alphabetizing with alphabet strips |
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Word Wheels |
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Word Maker Cards |
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Boggle |
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| Take and Make Activity |
Word Maker Game |
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Walters & Kehus, 1998
www.oakland.edu/~mikehus/wordstudy.htm
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