Teaching Techniques
Phonics Terms
Examples in the classroom
Phonics Product
100

This is changing one phoneme in another word into another phoneme.

What is substitution?

100

The smallest unit of sound possible in a spoken word.

What is a phoneme?

100

James uses Elkonin boxes to isolate each sound in CVC words. 

What is segmenting?

100

You can find the scope and sequence for this product here.

What is resources?

200

This is taking a word and breaking it up into different parts.

What is segmentation?

200

This is the written representation of a phoneme.

What is a grapheme?

200

Judy is working on CVC words. She erases the "c" in "cat" and replaces it with an "m," and asks the students what the new word is.

What is substitution?

200

These are the 3 types of Media you can find in the resource folder.

What are videos, songs, and flashcards?

300

This is the removing of phonemes from a word.

What is deletion?

300

This is a combination of two letters that make a single sound.

What is a digraph?

300

Emma is practicing digraphs. She writes "nap" on the board, then adds an "s" to the beginning to make an "s-blend."

What is addition?

300

Students learn about long vowel sounds vs short vowel sounds in this level.

What is Phonics 2?

400

This is a way for students to take individual sounds and merge them together.

What is blending?

400

This is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words.

What is Phonemic Awareness?

400

Jessie is helping Coco with her reading. They say the word "pat" very slowly without pausing, while following along with their fingers under each letter.

What is blending?

400
Students start to learn digraphs in this level.

What is Phonics 2?

500

This is attaching phonemes on to a word.

What is addition?

500

This is the understanding that print carries meaning.

What is print awareness?

500

Reeves is working on r blends with the class. On the board he has written "Brain." After erasing the "B," he asks the students to read the remaining word.

What is deletion?

500

Homophones are introduced in this level.

What is phonics 3?


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