Research based phonics instruction

1. A short note from:
What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction
Cunningham & Cunningham (2002)
Research-Based
Phonics Instructions

3. • Objective:
– Practice using patterns to decode
decode and spell hundreds of words.
words.
• How?
– Generate rhyming words
– Use the words to write rhymes

4. Step One
Cards for help
• Distributes a set of beginning letter cards of the
following:
– Single consonant: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n,
p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z
– Diagraph: st, sh, ch, th, wh
– Blends: fl, bl, sl, cl, pl, bl, gr, tr, br, cr, dr,
pr, fr, wh, str, sw, sp, sc, sn, sm, sk

5. Step Two
Teacher’s turn
• Teacher provides spelling patterns
for the ending sound.
• For example: ack, ale, ail
• These spelling patterns is to be
blended with the beginning letter
cards.

6. Step 3
How to generate words from learners?
• Pupils will combine their beginning letter cards with
the spelling patterns.
• For example:
• Teacher will explain if nonsense words were
generated.
Beginning letter cards Spelling patterns Words
b ack back
p ack pack
sm ack smack

7. Tr. generates
spelling patterns.
Ps. contribute
the words with
the same
spelling patterns.
Use the words to
write silly rhymes.

9. My Suggestions
• To save time, learners can be taught to make a mini
flip book.
• A small notebook with ring binder cut into half in
landscape orientation.
• On the left side, we write the beginning letter cards
items.
• On the right side, we write the spelling patterns.
• Learners will flip the left side of the book and write
down the words.