This presentation was valuable in its explanation of possible problems that students may encounter in regards to phonics. The skill that I learned the most about was the difficulty a student could have recognizing the 2 words within a compound word. This is because all I see when I look at the word pancake is pan and cake. I actually do a short compound words unit with second grade and my favorite book to use is Jan Brett's Jamberry.
I found the 5 ways in which readers decipher words (decoding, spelling patterns, analogizing, sight words, and context clues) to be a helpful reminder of what should be included in instruction. I often find myself spending more time on 2 or 3 of them rather than connecting all 5 to help all of my students. And it is generally reassuring to me that phonics instruction is important; I've heard so much recently about phonics being less needed in regards to the whole language movement but I've never doubted the importance of a solid foundation of phonics skills so it can be applied as the reader develops.
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