I stopped myself a few minutes ago thinking I must be losing my d@&n mind….., phonics worksheets? Well what do I expect I’ve got 2 jobs, A daughter, a two month old son, a fifteen year old son and lately, no sleep. Believe me, sleep deprivation will make you do some crazy stuff. I fell asleep in the Walmart parking lot while grocery shopping for crying out loud, it’s another post (maybe).
And how addicting is this blogging thing? I only seriously started a couple months ago, before that I had a blog but never wrote anything (about a year) I thought it was the dumbest thing I’d ever heard of. I mean Come’on, people writing about their search for phonic worksheets, dooor-keeey! But here I am. LOL uncontrollably. If you had told me when I was in high school that I’d be writinging a “blog” (actually they weren’t even invented yet) and liking it….,
Pretty sad and very funny that this gives my life some meaning, Cheers!
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A recent study by Scientific America has determined reading is made up of three processes: phonics, contextual clues, and holistic word recognition. Phonics determined 62% of reading speed. Holistic or recognition by shape is responsible for 16% and Contextual clues made up 22%. But it wasn’t until today that I came across this quote in an article in Science Daily that the light bulb came on.
“The contributions made by phonics, holistic word recognition, and whole-language processes are not redundant,” says Denis Pelli, an N.Y.U. professor of psychology and neuroscience and senior author of the study “These three processes are not working on the same words and, in fact, make contributions to reading speed exclusive of one another.”
It seems the real value in the data is that all the processes are needed to be effective readers. Something many of us felt to be true all along as I stated in my last post, Printable Phonics worksheets.
Don’t hate me ‘cause I’m slow. Thanks for reading!
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I’ve been looking for phonics worksheets on the internet these last couple weeks (my daughter is approaching that age). In the process I’ve discovered the controversy around whole word teaching as opposed to phonics. I had no idea reading was such a polarizing subject. Personally, and I probably should take my hands away from the keyboard, I think both camps bring valid points to the argument. I mean, kids need to understand words but they should also have a skill like phonics to break down a word they don’t recognize.
Anyway, that’s another topic. I don’t want to get us all in an argument. I just want to share some of the great learning tools I’ve found. I started out looking for phonics flashcards but I soon realized phonics worksheets might be better since they print out so much more handy on regular paper. Anyway, I found a few places that had both and I even looked into some of the products for sale as well.
Teach-nology.com has free printable phonics worksheets and don’t miss this page with some additional phonics learning tools as well. There were many more free worksheets scattered around the web but teach-nology.com had the best I could find. A great site!
The great thing about the phonic worksheets is that they are, of course, free but you do have to manage a lesson plan. Hmm, not a core competency of mine. This prompted me to explore some of the off the shelf products. The two I liked best: Frontline Phonics and Click n Read Phonics. ClickN’ READ Phonics seemed like the best bang for the buck. It is online based so you don’t have to worry about anything more to buy plus upgrades or improvements just happen but you may need a fast internet connection. Frontline Phonics, awarded 5 stars by About.com’s homeschooling section, has packages designed for stages of development. Check them out, let me know what you think. Thanks for reading!
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