Phonic Facts Overview - Teach Reading

PRS Phonics Course – Overview

For teachers with limited time, here is a brief overview of how the phonic facts are taught in the Practice Reading & Speaking phonics course sold on this website. See a review of the contents of the PRS phonics course and its benefits. Learn how to teach phonics clearly to children, adults and ESL students. (This page takes less than 5 minutes to read. We value your time.) Do you prefer to be told the bare-bones facts in everyday life? Easier to grasp principles isn’t it? Treat your students to a new way of learning. Just tell it like it is in as few words as possible.

You will find a downloadable free preview of the course or its sister book Phonic Stories for adults at the bottom of the page. The eBook of stories is also suitable for youths and covers modules 1-39 in Practice Reading & Speaking. (Clean, wholesome, motivational stories with satisfying endings.) Perfect for remedial teaching.

Learn how the course works in practice. (Teaching Guide) Additionally, check out the brief review of the contents of Practice Reading & Speaking at the bottom of this page.

Practice Reading & Speaking – The Contents

When you relate graphemes to phonemes, there are over 1,000 variations of spelling in the English language. This phonic course contains all of them.
The 70 modules (or pages) in the course, teach all of the phonemes and graphemes found in the English language With this course you can continue teaching until your pupil has a true adult reading age.
All of the different spelling patterns in the English language have been organised by sound, then order of difficulty. There are 3 levels of difficulty. The first 39 modules cover Key Stages 1 and 2 as taught in English Schools. By the end of module 39 the pupil will have been taught 559 of the phonic facts needed in order to develop reading fluency. How much time it takes to teach the 70 Modules/Lessons depends on you and your students. (How quickly could you read and absorb 70 A4 pages?)
A unique index in Practice Reading & Speaking demonstrates how a single spelling can have many different sounds. For example, the letter ‘a’ has 11 different sounds in English. All spelling patterns with their sound variations when spoken are included in this index (even the rare ones). Almost 100 graphemes have 2 to 11 variations of sound. This index does NOT include the spellings that only ever have one option when sounding them out.
The course contains teaching notes, assessments, basic English, lesson ideas, suggestions for reading games and a chart that shows pupils how to improve their own creative writing. Segment focus pages help dyslexic children who need extra assistance with visual and auditory discrimination.
High frequency words have been included as early as possible. A key words chart lists which module teaches the main graphemes contained in the lesson.
Irregular words CAN been decoded in this course. (Spoken words can be segmented)
A unique reading ruler trains pupils to examine their options independently when stuck on a word. Pupils will memorise the very basic phonic facts quickly.
The suffixes s, le, es, ly, ing and the 2 versions of ed are taught alongside double consonants to increase the words children can decode. Easy prefixes are also taught early.
Every grapheme has its place in the course. For example (gh) words, silent letters, words ending in the ‘igh-er’ or ‘ea-er’ are grouped together to increase focus.
Words with more than one meaning or more than one method of pronunciation are also highlighted.
Syllable division principles and spelling rules are taught in a graduated way. Teachers are told (in the teaching notes) which module to teach them in.

Practice Reading & Speaking – The Benefits

The course concentrates on teaching the phonic facts without the clutter. Giving lots of reading practice every step of the way.
To aid recall, colour and images link the sound and spellings being taught throughout the course. Once the pupil, (in the early stages) has learned the sound the image represents, everything else they will learn is linked to what they know.
Hints and tips are given on pronunciation for learners whose first language is not English.
At the end of each module is a scan reading or writing challenge.
Practice Reading & Speaking is the most comprehensive, simple to use reference work on graphemes that you’re likely to come across. This means that when listening to a child or adult read, finding further examples of the spelling pattern the pupil is having difficulty with, becomes easier.
The precision of the course allows dyslexic students to be taught in a clear way.
Pages from the course are printable and can be given to students. The modules allow for phoneme targeted reading practice as homework. (No additional license needed for printing.) Learning to rhyme is much easier with a bank of possible words to include.
As an eBook, the course is searchable. Teachers can keep the phonic facts course on a phone, tablet or computer to search for a grapheme or word as and when needed. Use it as a phonic facts dictionary. Parents can be taught how reading works and could purchase their own copy of Practice Reading& Speaking. (Just contact this website for a school specific bulk buy discount code.)

Learn How to Decode EVERY English Word

A teacher who understands how to decode every word in English (no matter how difficult) can use less words to explain phonic facts. The thinking has been done for you. Every word in the course was analysed, organised by level of difficulty and by phoneme. Words that seem hard to decode will become easy when you see it broken into segments in this course. This course will refine a teacher’s knowledge of phonics. You will learn how to decode even irregular words. (Yes it is possible.) If you can say it, it has sounds, if it has sounds the sounds can be separated. Avoid talking to your student about certain words NOT following the rules. Instead, say there is only one example of the sound when spelled this way.

Before you teach a phoneme check the index in the back of the book. You will then be able to tell the student, “Whenever you see this phoneme, it will only ever say……..” If after checking the index you have noticed that there are ten different ways of saying the spelling, tell the student, “In THIS case this spellings says………”. Just teach the alternatives when you get to them. If the pupil is interested in the other options and is a fast learner, show them the options.

Sending targeted reading practice home, means siblings or parents can help the child practice reading. Retention and reading progress is then accelerated. All abilities, reading levels, nationalities and English accents are catered for in this course. Every classroom needs a copy of this eBook to use as a phonic reference guide. Take a closer look below.

Review of Practice Reading & Speaking

Teaches the facts about phonics succinctly and in order of difficulty
Can be used for children or adults and gives pronunciation tips for ESL students
Teaches more spelling patterns of phonemes than ANY other phonics course
Contains course teaching notes and extra resources for dyslexic students
Contains phoneme/grapheme tests for before and after teaching
Teaches Basic English including spelling, writing and public speaking
Gives plenty of examples of spelling patterns for targeted reading practice
Irregular words are integrated into the course and organised by spelling
Can be used alongside ANY phonic course for extra reading practice
Demonstrates ALL of the spelling options for single sounds
As an eBook, it is searchable, printable and licence free