Learning
Strategies
Reading/Decoding Strategies
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Make
sure your child knows letter sounds, particularly short vowel sounds.
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Make
sure your child knows the sounds of digraphs, such as sh,
th, and ch.
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Make
sure they know how to read consonant-vowel-consonant words, such as ‘rat’, and
vowel-consonant-e words, such as ‘rate’.
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Teach
them to break words into parts/syllables by scooping the words.
EX.
contest
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When
spelling words, have your child break the words into parts/syllables. They can
use blank cards to represent each syllable.
EX.
con test
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Make
sure your child knows different letter combinations, such as –le, au, aw, ough, ea, oi, oy,
wa, urse,
irse, ir, or, ar, er, oo,
ou, ee, ank,
onk, ink, unk, ang, ing, ong,
ung, igh, ow, ture, tion,
sion, etc….
For
more information on vowel/letter combinations GO TO:
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/113
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001676.shtml
http://www.proteacher.com/070011.shtml
http://www.phonicsontheweb.com/vowel-combinations.php
http://www.didax.com/phonicshandbook/phonicssounds.cfm/CategoryID/10.cfm
http://bogglesworldesl.com/vowel_combinations.htm
http://dc37.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/lc/Phonics/5Vowel%20Combinations.doc
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Some
children need daily drill and practice with one or two vowel/letter
combinations. They need to read words in isolation, in phrases, sentences, and
stories. They should scoop words in phrases when reading sentences.
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Students
with reading disabilities should use their finger or a pencil (eraser end) to
track words and phrases as they read.
EX. Mom went to
the store to buy some bread for dinner.
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For
some children, reading black text on white paper can be difficult, particularly
for children with learning disabilities. Buy an ‘Easy Reader’ or place colored,
see-through plastic paper over text (you can buy easy readers at Teacher’s Pet
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For
more information on how color can affect how your child reads, GO TO:
http://www.napier.ac.uk/depts/sss/specialneeds/staff/accessiblematerials/dyslexia.htm
http://www.wdvl.com/Graphics/Color/color2.html
http://www.donjohnston.com/research/articles/using_colors.html
http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html
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Students
should reread text over and over to improve fluency (words per minute,
expression, heading punctuation).
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Some
great programs for children with reading disabilities that use these strategies
include the Wilson Reading Program and Great Leaps.