Hooked on Phonics is a reading program that is approved by the Children’s Reading Foundation. The program is designed to give each child a strong foundation in phonics and reading readiness skills. Hooked on Phonics has 4 levels Pre-K, Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade, the learn to read program has been designed for easy use in the home and within school settings with a small group of students or one on one.
-The Kindergarten edition focuses on short a, i, o, u and e words, and adding s to nouns and verbs.
-The First Grade edition covers beginning and ending consonant digraphs and blends, two-syllable words and words ending in ing, er, ly, es and ed.
-The Second Grade edition focuses on long vowels, words ending in y, two-syllable words, complex consonant belds, wr and kn and soft c and g.
Each edition is specifically adapted for use in the classroom with daily reading lessons and over 40 reading activities for individual, pairs, group and whole class participation (Smarterville Productions LLC, 2010).
The Hooked on Phonics iTunes channel provides free activities, songs and other great resources to teachers and parents to help their learners read and improve reading skills using phonics. There is a total of 68 free learn to read pod/vodcasts. Hooked on Phonics can also be followed on the Hooked on Phonics website, facebook, bogger and twitter. The link to all the Hooked on Phonics pod/vodcasts can be found on http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/hooked-on-phonics/id318331495
References
Smarterville Productions LLC. (2010). Learn to read in the classroom. Retrieved August 1st, 2010, from Hooked on Phonics: http://learntoread.hookedonphonics.com/in_the_classroom
Hi Eva, I love phonics for the kids. There is also Jolly Phonics which has actions to go with each sound, and a short jingle or song. This is great for hearing impaired students because they link the action to the song, and when they need clarity on a sound they do the action. Have you used Phonics in your work?
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ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you phonics are great for supporting students during reading. I had not put any thought into using phonics with students who have hearing impairments but now that you mention it, it would work a treat.
I used Jolly Phonics last year during my prac class (prep) i found Jolly phonics a great tool to help students learning to read. I also had the opportunity to implement some reading lessons using the ELF - Emergent Reading Programme - ELF (Early Learning Friends).