How to teach phonics through writing sequences of sounds

How to teach phonics through writing sequences of sounds

Introduction

According to McCracken and McCracken (1982), the second step in teaching phonics through writing is to teach learners to listen for and write sequences of sounds.

See:

How to teach phonics through writing for all the steps.

Objectives
	Here is an objective of teaching phonics through writing sequences of sounds:
	To help learners understand that spelling requires writing the sounds within a word in the proper order or sequence.

Guidelines

Here are some guidelines to follow when you teach phonics through writing sequences of sounds:

Teach all new letters in the same way.
Practice both old and new sounds daily on the chalkboards.
When enough letters have been taught to make words, go on to the next step and teach learners to write whole words.

See:
How to teach phonics through writing whole words

Steps
	Follow these steps to teach phonics through writing sequences of sounds:
	Have the learners draw two short lines on their chalkboards or paper. Dictate a word which contains the sound you are teaching either in the first or the last part of the word. Have the learners repeat the word as often as they need to so that they can hear and "feel" the sounds. Ask them to point to the the first or last space on their chalkboard, depending on where they hear the sound in the word. Have them write the letter in the proper space.

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