Reading Universe is a Phonics Fav because it is packed with great information to become a Super Reading Tutor! Reading Universe gives educators clear, practical guidance on how to teach reading and writing using the structured literacy approach and based on the latest research.
Here are some of the Skill Explainers that fit in with the sequence followed by the Phonics Pow Toolkit.
Section I – GET READY with
- b. Phonological and Phonemic Awareness – Reading Universe Skill Explainers for Rhyming, Phoneme Identification, Segmenting and Blending, and Phoneme Manipulation
- c. Letter names and sounds – Reading Universe Explainer
Section II. SOUND OUT WORDS
a. Short vowels – Reading Universe Skill Explainer
b. Blends – Reading Universe Skill Explainer
- Flossy words – Reading Universe Skill Explainer
- –ck = /k/ after short vowels – Reading Universe Skill Explainer
- Closed and Open Syllables – Closed Skill Explainer, Open Skill Explainer
Section III. VOWEL PATTERNS
a. Silent e – Reading Universe Skill Explainer, Silent e variation Defender dg – Reading Universe Skill Explainer
b. Bossy R – Reading Universe Skill Explainer
e. Vowels that vary: Tricky y – Reading Universe Skill Explainer
Section IV. CONSONANT PATTERNS
a. Consonant Digraphs – Reading Universe Explainer, -tch ending Catch the Pitch – Reading Universe Skill Explainer
c. Consonants that vary: /k/ sound at the beginning of words – Reading Universe Skill Explainer
Section V. Multi-syllable words – Reading Universe Skill Explainer
b. Consonant -le – Reading Universe Skill Explainer
At this writing, still under development at Reading Universe are: Diphthongs, Vowel Teams, and Schwa.
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