First Vowel Digraph Book
SKU:
978-1-913884-10-9
€19.95
€19.95
per item
Kickstart understands just how important it is for children at this age to develop effective reading skills to help them in all of their studies – abilities that will help smooth their transition to higher classes and provide the foundation for continued academic success.
Vowel Digraphs are high in the hierarchy of phonic skills. By the time readers are ready for these phonic skills to be taught, they will often be fluent readers with materials having a reading age of between 7.5 – 8.2. If their reading age on a standardised test is below this, it is possible that the pupil has a restricted sight vocabulary or has a narrow range of word attack strategies. If the pupil’s reading age is above this it is probable that the pupil is skilled at using contest clues and has an extended sight vocabulary.
The specific Vowel Digraphs that need to be taught to a particular pupil can be determined by using Phonic Test 7 ~Vowels modified by R, L, W, Y and Phonic Test 8 ~ Vowel Digraphs and Phonic Test 9 ~ Soft C, G, Silent Letters.
The tasks set out in the worksheets will be easily understood by the majority of pupils but there may be instances where it will be helpful to ask the pupil to repeat the instructions back to the teacher.
It is quite probable that the text in some of the worksheets includes words that are beyond the pupil’s current decoding skills and help during the task may be needed.
Pupils should always be encouraged to complete the worksheets as neatly as possible as taking care with the responses will increase concentration which will improve the rate of permanent learning.
If the pupil is experiencing difficulty with Phonic Test 7 ~Vowels modified by R, L, W, Y or Phonic Test 8 ~ Vowel Digraphs, the First Vowel Digraph Book and the Second Vowel Digraph Book are recommended as appropriate teaching materials.
Vowel Digraphs are high in the hierarchy of phonic skills. By the time readers are ready for these phonic skills to be taught, they will often be fluent readers with materials having a reading age of between 7.5 – 8.2. If their reading age on a standardised test is below this, it is possible that the pupil has a restricted sight vocabulary or has a narrow range of word attack strategies. If the pupil’s reading age is above this it is probable that the pupil is skilled at using contest clues and has an extended sight vocabulary.
The specific Vowel Digraphs that need to be taught to a particular pupil can be determined by using Phonic Test 7 ~Vowels modified by R, L, W, Y and Phonic Test 8 ~ Vowel Digraphs and Phonic Test 9 ~ Soft C, G, Silent Letters.
The tasks set out in the worksheets will be easily understood by the majority of pupils but there may be instances where it will be helpful to ask the pupil to repeat the instructions back to the teacher.
It is quite probable that the text in some of the worksheets includes words that are beyond the pupil’s current decoding skills and help during the task may be needed.
Pupils should always be encouraged to complete the worksheets as neatly as possible as taking care with the responses will increase concentration which will improve the rate of permanent learning.
If the pupil is experiencing difficulty with Phonic Test 7 ~Vowels modified by R, L, W, Y or Phonic Test 8 ~ Vowel Digraphs, the First Vowel Digraph Book and the Second Vowel Digraph Book are recommended as appropriate teaching materials.
