A Closer Look at "Hooked on Phonics"

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