LETRS

Unit 3

Unit 3: Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word

Recognition, and Spelling

• The role of the strands of the Reading Rope in word

recognition.

• The role of phonics in reading instruction.

• Compare code-emphasis instruction with meaningemphasis instruction.

• Explore phoneme-grapheme correspondence system of

English.

• Classify phonics elements.

• Understand some basic patterns of position-based

spelling in English.

• Instruction sequence: letter names and letter formation;

key word for sound-symbol associations; teach

correspondences explicitly; use sound-blending routines.

• Word practice and word meaning routines.

• How to teach spelling using dictation.

• Decodable text and when it is important to use.

• Using data to further student success.