Reading Horizons

Who Am I (What matters most)?

• Currently a Professor at SUU

• A teacher and Administrator in public schools for about 15 years

• I have worked in Education in Japan, Taiwan, California, New York, Minnesota, and Utah.

Who Am I? (Part II)

Why am I here?

Can You See the Arrow?

Can You See the Arrow?

Reading Horizons Methodology

understandX X X

Framework

Bb Ff Dd Gg Aa

Hh Jj Ll Mm Ee

Nn Pp Rr Ss Oo

Tt Vv Ww Xx Yy Uu

Zz Qq Cc Kk Ii

Consonants & Vowels

ba da

The Slide

bag dad

gab fad

Beginning Words

X X

X X

How do you know when to spell with a C and when to spell

with a K?

can kit

cot kid

cop keg

cup Ken

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

L - gl gla glad

R - fr fro frog

S - sn sni snip

X

X

X

Blends

bl cl fl gl pl sl

br cr dr fr gr pr tr

sc sk sl sm sn sp st swS-Blends

R-Blends

L-Blends

drag trek grid crop

slid plum bled clip

spin scan stop swim

X X X X

X X X X

XXXX

Blend Words

a e o u i

a e o u i

Short / Long Vowels

1.met

One guardian consonant makes the vowel short.

Five Phonetic Skills

X

*

2. jump

Two guardian consonants make the vowel short.

X

**

Five Phonetic Skills

3. me

When a vowel stands alone, it is long.

X

Five Phonetic Skills

4. smile

When a word ends in a silent E, the vowel is long.

X X

Five Phonetic Skills

pin X

*

Five Phonetic Skills

pine X

X

Five Phonetic Skills

5. boat

When two vowels are adjacent, the second vowel is silent and the first vowel is long.

Five Phonetic Skills

X

X

met

jump

me

smile

boat

X

X

*

**

XX

XX

X

motel

Decoding Skill #1

1. mo X

2. mot X

*

3. mote X

X

4. motelX

X

Decoding Skill #1

motel

Decoding Skill #1

One consonant (guardian) goes on

X X

provide

Decoding Skill #1

X

X

X

One consonant (guardian) goes on

campus

Decoding Skill #2

X X

Two consonants (guardians) split

extreme

Decoding Skill #2

Two consonants (guardians) split

X XX

Murmur Diphthongs

erir erur

ar or X

X

X

X

X

X

ch sh wh th th

ph gn kn ck wr

Digraphs

shark

wheat X

X

X

Digraphs

book

Special Vowel Sounds

auaw X

X

ouow o X

X

oi oy X

X

oo X

zoo

oo X

X X

hound toil crawl

book zoo

X

X

X

X

X

Special Vowel Sounds

accomplishment X

X

X X

e

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