Tanya Phonics posters are a classroom must-have as they are excellent references and visuals for students learning how to read and write.
Students Need Visuals
Have students that are struggling to learn to read? Use Phonics Posters as a tool! Especially those students learning at tier 2 and 3, they absolutely need a little extra something to learn how to read and write. An excellent must-have are phonics posters that are accessible. Along with reassurance, having a reference poster can help the child take risks when reading and writing. You can use any phonics posters, but if you need one, click here. For a rainbow 🌈 and colourful themed one, click here.
Opt for posters that have visuals to provide learners with another opportunity to grasp the concept.
Start With the Alphabet
To help your students learn letter – sound correspondence, be sure to have an alphabet chart available on your class walls with a picture of a beginning sounds. My tier 2 grade 1 resource students learning their letter sounds, constantly refer to the posters for reminding.
Move on to Short Vowels, Long Vowels and Digraphs
As you introduce new phonemes in your classroom, it is beneficial to post up a reminder poster to serve as a visual. If you need a free scope and sequence for teaching and reviewing sounds (serves as a great teacher reference), you can download the freebie here.
Once you are ready to move on to a new phoneme – for example, the short ‘i”, I introduce it in the following way-
- Brainstorm words that we hear the short ‘i’ sound in. Using elkonin boxes are great to help children isolate sounds.
- Brainstorm words that have the short ‘i’ sound and writing them down on white boards.
- Watch videos of short ‘i’. I love videos from the Turtle Diary on YouTube.
- Lastly, I use worksheets and activities to constantly reinforce the new sound.
To guide your teaching, assess student knowledge. You can use any assessment tools, but if you need one to assess mastery of individual phonemes, click here. You can read how to use these assessments here.
Follow the same sequence for all sounds that need to be taught.
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Happy Teaching!