What is Analytic
Phonics?
The Analytic Phonics method teaches children
the phonic relationships among words.
Children are taught to analyze letter-sound
relationships and look to decode words based
upon spelling and letter patterns and their
sounds.
For example, if the child knows "bat", "cat"
and "hat", then the word "mat" will be easy to
read.
What is the Appropriate
age range?
This method is appropriate for first and
second graders and struggling readers.
How to Teach it
First the students must know all the letters in
the alphabet and their sounds.
The child will need to be able to identify the
sounds in the beginning, middle and end of a
word.
Once the students are able to do that, the
teacher then selects a text that has a lot of
letter sounds.
Next the teacher presents the words to the
students (usually site words are selected to
start).
For example, the teacher places these words
on the board: light, bright, night or green,
grass, grow.
The teacher then asks the students how these
words are alike. The student would respond,
"They all have "ight" at the end of the word."
or "They all have "gr" at the beginning of the
word.
Next the teacher focuses on the sound of the
words make by saying, "How does the "ight"
sound in these words?" or "How does the "gr"
sound in these words?"
The teacher picks a text for the students to
read that has the sound they are focusing on.
For example, choose a text that has the word
family, "ight" (light, might, fight, right) or
choose a text that has the word family, "gr"
(green, grass, grow, gray, great, grape).
Finally the teacher reinforces to the students
that they just used adecoding strategyto
help them read and understand words based
upon the relationships letters have with one
another.
Tips for Success
Use books that have predicable, repetitive
sentences.
Encourage children to use picture clues for
any unknown words.
Teach students aboutword families. (now,
how cow) (down, frown, brown)
Encourage students to look for constant
clusters at the beginning and ends of words.
(bl,fr,st,nd)
When teaching analytic phonics make sure to
emphasize on the importance of each sound
What is it?
Repeated readings is when a student reads the
same text over and over again until the rate of
reading has no errors.
This strategy can be done individually or in a
group setting.
Purpose of the
Strategy
Teachers use this reading strategy to help
their students develop fluency
andcomprehensionwhile reading.
This method was designed to help students
who have little to no experience with reading
fluently to gain confidence, speed and process
words automatically.
How to Teach it
Choose a story that is approximately 50-
200 words. ( A passage that is 100 words
long seems to work the best)
Select a story or passage that
isdecodableverse predicable.
Select a few words that you think will be
hard for the students to learn and explain
them.
Read the story or passage you chose aloud to
the students.
Have students read the selected passage
aloud.
Have students re-read the passage as many
times as needed until the text is fluent.
Activities
Partnering
Partner Reading- This is where two students
are grouped into pairs who are on the same
reading level.
Group students into pairs.
Have the first reader select a passage and
read it to their partner three times.
While the student is reading the partner
take notes and helps with words as
needed.
Students then switch roles and repeat the
process.
Choral Readingis another way for students
to practice re-reading text.
Group students into pairs and have them read
a passage together in unison.
Echo Reading- Echo reading is a wonderful
way for students to practice their phrasing
and expression while instilling confidence in
their reading.
In this activity the student follows along with
their finger while the teacher reads a short
passage. Once the teacher stops, the student
echos back what the teacher just read.
Individually
Tape Assistance- A tape recorder is a great
way for students to practice re-reading text.
When using tapes, students are able to read
and re-read the text as many times as needed
to increase their speed and fluency.
Once the text has been modeled by the
teacher, the student can then practice reading
in unison with the tape recorder. After the
student feels confident in the text then they
can read it to the teacher.
Timed Reading- Timed reading is when an
individual student uses a stopwatch to keep
track of their reading.
The student tracks their progress on a chart
to see how their speed improved over the
course of reading the passage several times.
Tips for Success
Build students site word knowledge by
usingword walls, bingo, flashcards and speed
drills.
Practice reading with appropriate texts.
Allow students to choose what they read from
a few passages you choose.
Enlist parents or volunteers to help when
practicing re-reading skills.
Presented By:
Ryan Phil S. Gonzales
