Phonics Advice

[purplejackmama]

I am in need of some wisdom for my son's reading. He is 7 and is reading ok, not great. He has trouble sounding out things. We did 100 ez lessons and he is now working through ETC books. My question is this...how do I beef up his phonics? Do I continue with ETC or do I need to do something more. Suggestions, please?

[siloam]

I am in need of some wisdom for my son's reading. He is 7 and is reading ok, not great. He has trouble sounding out things. We did 100 ez lessons and he is now working through ETC books. My question is this...how do I beef up his phonics? Do I continue with ETC or do I need to do something more. Suggestions, please?

You could use something like All About Spelling, for spelling. It works on recall of the letters for sounds and sound for letters, as well as having word sorts (level 3) where the child works on which letters are being used to say o (o, o silent e, ow, ou, etc..). It would cover you spelling and solidify your phonics at the same time.

 

Heather

[Surfside Academy]

You could beef it up with a spelling program as Heather suggested. AAS and Spell to Write and Read are both excellent choices. You could also just add a phonics program. I've been very pleased with the results I've had combining ETC with Phonics Pathways. PP is done orally so you're not doubling up on writing.

[Julie]

:iagree:

You could use something like All About Spelling, for spelling. It works on recall of the letters for sounds and sound for letters, as well as having word sorts (level 3) where the child works on which letters are being used to say o (o, o silent e, ow, ou, etc..). It would cover you spelling and solidify your phonics at the same time.

 

Heather

[SnMomof7]

We've done AAS 1, but I've found that what REALLY helped the most was doing EASY, leveled readers. We used A Beka, it helps to use the phonograms IN CONTEXT, and made all the difference for my oldest when we stalled out :).

[Amy Jo]

The main thing that helped us was spelling (we used SWR then switched to WRTR). Also reading stories from the same source helps, because the vocabulary tends to be repeated, making it get easier each section.

[ElizabethB]

I would work on advanced phonics.

 

Some people do megawords.

 

I like Webster's Speller, the 1908 version is usually best for older children, they have some reading selections that also work on vocabulary.

 

You could also try my syllable division exercises on my how to tutor page.

 

Also, I like the 1879 McGuffey Readers, the difficult words are marked diacritically and shown before the reading selection, so you get the difficult words out of the way and then get to enjoy the readings. They also build in difficulty nicely and are free from Gutenburg, you need the PDFs.

 

You could also try my online phonics lessons.