Okay, a new year and new posting and a new thing. The New Thing is the attempt to teach phonics to the first year kids. Of course this is contingent upon the JTE's permisssion. What we are planning to do is to take from 3 to 5 minutes at the begining of each class and present the kids with some letters or groups of letters along with example words and try to help them remember, in some cases learn, the sound that letter or group represents. We're going to start with short vowels and consonants for the first month. The next month digraphs, then consonant blends and then vowel blends.
The idea is to go slow and with a lot of repetition. What we want to have happen is; at the end of the year the children should be able to pronounce a word they have never seen before.
If the teacher lets us.
The idea is to go slow and with a lot of repetition. What we want to have happen is; at the end of the year the children should be able to pronounce a word they have never seen before.
If the teacher lets us.
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