As a mother I find myself telling my children to "sound it out" all of the time. But there are better ways and more detailed techniques to help a beginning reader identify a word.
• Teach children to recognize R controlled vowels.
• Break a word into smaller parts.
• Cue students to recognize letters as either long or hard.
• Ask children to build on word recognition skills by using simple questions. How are you going to figure that out? What can you do?
The article by Kathleen Clark states that to coach word recognition effectively one must be aware of educational resources that explicitly state different word recognition coaching techniques. Our textbook is a great resource but where can I go to locate more? Also how do I keep my children from becoming frustrated with reading because they have to take the time to stop and use techniques to figure out a word. My son and daughter both become impatient with this process quickly. They are eager to get on with the story and not have it be interrupted.
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