by Dr. Garforth | Jul 7, 2020 | Reading Science
Simply put, phonics instruction is teaching someone the relationship between the speech sounds (phonemes) in our spoken language and how they relate to the letter or letters (graphemes) of the alphabet. Technically speaking, this is considered to be graphophonemic...
by Dr. Garforth | Apr 24, 2020 | Phonological Fridays, Uncategorized
Happy #PhonologicalFriday! This week we will discuss what Graphophonemic Awareness is. First, let us review a few key concepts: A phoneme is the smallest meaningful unit of speech. Phonemic awareness is the ability to manipulate sounds within a word. A...
by Dr. Garforth | Mar 13, 2020 | Phonological Fridays
Phonology vs. Phoneme vs. Phonics While phonology, phoneme and phonics all stem back the Greek combining form <phon> or <phono> meaning sound, it is important for educators understand the difference between them and when instruction in each is appropriate....
