By Steve Thornton
Phonics: The relationships between letters and sounds.
Phonics Checklist:
When we speak, we join sounds together to make words which all people that speak our language have an agreed meaning for. We form these words into sentences. The sounds of the English language are sorted into 2 groups:
1) Vowel sounds
2) Consonant sounds
English has 18 vowel sounds and 25 consonant sounds that are used to make hundreds of thousands of words. Words are a collection of vowel and consonant sounds blended together. Every word must have at least one vowel sound.
A syllable is a word or part of a word with only one vowel sound. Most English words have 2 or more syllables.
We use the 26 letters in the English alphabet to represent the 18 vowel sounds and 25 consonant sounds. The English Alphabet has 26 letters to spell 43 sounds. This means that English is more complicated than if there was one letter for every sound. Also, English vowel sounds may be spelled in different ways. This is why English spelling can be confusing at times.
Reading and spelling are linked. 87% of English words follow the English spelling rules. About 13% don't and that is usually because of a vowel sound that has a different spelling.
The first stage in learning to read and write English well is understanding how the system works. With that basis, your child will start to handle the words that don't follow the rules with more confidence. Your child will learn the sounds of English and the combinations of letters that represent them. He or she will learn how to blend sounds into words as well as how to spell them.
Phonics: The relationships between letters and sounds.
Phonics Checklist:
When we speak, we join sounds together to make words which all people that speak our language have an agreed meaning for. We form these words into sentences. The sounds of the English language are sorted into 2 groups:
1) Vowel sounds
2) Consonant sounds
English has 18 vowel sounds and 25 consonant sounds that are used to make hundreds of thousands of words. Words are a collection of vowel and consonant sounds blended together. Every word must have at least one vowel sound.
A syllable is a word or part of a word with only one vowel sound. Most English words have 2 or more syllables.
We use the 26 letters in the English alphabet to represent the 18 vowel sounds and 25 consonant sounds. The English Alphabet has 26 letters to spell 43 sounds. This means that English is more complicated than if there was one letter for every sound. Also, English vowel sounds may be spelled in different ways. This is why English spelling can be confusing at times.
Reading and spelling are linked. 87% of English words follow the English spelling rules. About 13% don't and that is usually because of a vowel sound that has a different spelling.
The first stage in learning to read and write English well is understanding how the system works. With that basis, your child will start to handle the words that don't follow the rules with more confidence. Your child will learn the sounds of English and the combinations of letters that represent them. He or she will learn how to blend sounds into words as well as how to spell them.
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