Fix-It Phonics

Synopsis

Letterland Fix-it Phonics makes learning English fun and easy to remember. Level 3 revises and builds on the knowledge learned in Level 1 and 2, as well as introducing 21 new, more advanced spelling patterns. As ever, the learning is combined with listening and speaking skills, blending, segmenting and reading and writing skills.

Summary

Chapter 1: The Science of Reading

This chapter introduces the science of reading and explains how it relates to phonics instruction. It also discusses the importance of phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and grapheme-phoneme correspondence.

Real-life example: A kindergarten teacher notices that one of her students is struggling to read words like "cat" and "dog." She realizes that the student needs more practice with phonemic awareness, so she starts playing games that require the student to identify and manipulate the individual sounds in words.

Chapter 2: The Consonant Sounds

This chapter introduces the consonant sounds of English and provides explicit instruction on how to teach them. It also includes practice activities and games.

Real-life example: A first-grade teacher is teaching her students the consonant sound /b/. She has them listen to words that start with /b/ (e.g., ball, bat, bed) and then write the letter "b" to represent the sound. She also has them read words with /b/ and practice blending sounds to read unfamiliar words.

Chapter 3: The Short Vowel Sounds

This chapter introduces the short vowel sounds of English and provides explicit instruction on how to teach them. It also includes practice activities and games.

Real-life example: A second-grade teacher is teaching her students the short vowel sound /a/. She has them listen to words that contain the /a/ sound (e.g., apple, hat, man) and then write the letter "a" to represent the sound. She also has them read words with /a/ and practice blending sounds to read unfamiliar words.

Chapter 4: The Long Vowel Sounds

This chapter introduces the long vowel sounds of English and provides explicit instruction on how to teach them. It also includes practice activities and games.

Real-life example: A third-grade teacher is teaching her students the long vowel sound /a/. She has them listen to words that contain the /a/ sound (e.g., sail, name, gate) and then write the letter combination "ai" to represent the sound. She also has them read words with /a/ and practice blending sounds to read unfamiliar words.

Chapter 5: Blending and Segmentation

This chapter teaches students how to blend and segment sounds to read and write words. It also includes practice activities and games.

Real-life example: A fourth-grade teacher is teaching her students how to blend sounds to read the word "cat." She has them say the individual sounds (/k/, /a/, /t/) and then blend them together to say the word. She also has them segment the word "cat" into its individual sounds (/k/, /a/, /t/).

Chapter 6: Advanced Phonics Skills

This chapter introduces more advanced phonics skills, such as open syllables, closed syllables, and diphthongs. It also provides explicit instruction on how to teach these skills.

Real-life example: A fifth-grade teacher is teaching her students about open syllables. She has them read words with open syllables (e.g., me, hi, no) and then identify the vowel sound in each syllable. She also has them write words with open syllables.