Improve Your Reading Skills

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Phonics and Poetry Part 1

Created byMarcy Sproull

Last updated 1/2024

English

What you'll learn

Understand short and long vowel vowel sounds
Read simple and more complex words with short vowel sounds
Practice reading words with vowel sounds using literature
Study commonly confused words and words that look and sound alike
Learn how to pronounce longer words using the short vowel sounds.
Improve reading by listening and following along.

Course content

8 sections • 21 lectures • 1h 44m total length

Introduction3:43

Short A9:54
In this lecture, you will learn the short /a/ sound. The short a sound is found in the words with the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant.
Short I5:59
In this lecture, you will learn the short /i/ sound. The short i sound is found in the words with the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant.
Short E5:34
In this lecture, you will learn the short /e/ sound. The short e sound is found in the words with the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant.
Short O5:43
In this lecture, you will learn the short /o/ sound. The short o sound is found in the words with the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant.
Short U5:56
In this lecture, you will learn the short /u/ sound. The short u sound is found in the words with the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant.
The Short I sound of the Letter Y2:21
In this lecture, you will learn the short /i/ sound of the letter y. This sound is found in the words with the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant.

Long A5:48
In this lecture, you will learn the long /a/ sound. The long /a/ sound is found in the words with the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e, as seen in the word lake.
Long E3:05
In this lecture, you will learn the long /e/ sound. The long /e/ sound is found in the words with the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e, as seen in the word Pete.
Long I4:12
In this lecture, you will learn the long /i/ sound. The long /i/ sound is found in the words with the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e, as seen in the word hive.
Long O5:06
In this lecture, you will learn the long /o/ sound. The long /o/ sound is found in the words with the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e, as seen in the word mote.
Long U4:14
In this lecture, you will learn the long //u sound. The long /u/ sound is found in the words with the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e, as seen in the word June.
The long E Sound of the letter Y3:45
Sometimes the letter Y can function as a vowel. When it occurs at the end of a word with more than one syllable, it often has the long /e/ sound, as in baby.
The Long I Sound of the letter Y4:12
Sometimes the letter Y can function as a vowel.
When it occurs at the end of a word with only one syllable with no other vowel, it has a long /i/ sound, as in the word my.
When it occurs at the end of a syllable, it can have a long /i/ sound, as in hygiene.

Requirements

A basic knowledge of the letters of the alphabet.
Basic reading skills in the English language

Description

Improve your reading skills with this beginning reading course that focuses on phonics, which is the study of the relationships of letters and their sounds.

Phonics is an important part of reading instruction. Individuals who struggle with reading benefit from reviewing letter and sound relationships in order to improve decoding skills.

In this course you will learn short and long vowel sounds and r-controlled vowel sounds. You will also learn about homonyms, (words that look and sound alike but have different meanings) and homophones (words that sound the same, but have different spellings and different meanings), and study commonly confused words.

The lessons begin with simple words, and move on to more complex words.

In each lesson, you will learn words with the target vowel sound. Then you will hear sentences using words with the vowel sounds for that lesson. The lesson ends with a poem, and words with the target vowel sound are highlighted.

Please note that this is a beginning reading course that is focused on phonics. Phonics is the study of the relationship of letters or letter patterns and their sounds. By learning phonics rules, you can improve your reading skills. You will hear the correct pronunciation of each word, and then hear sentences that use a variety of those words. Then you can listen to the poems, and read as you follow along. This is great practice, and will help you improve your reading skills.

Who this course is for:

Learners with beginning reading skills
Learners who want to improve their reading skills
ESL learners who want to improve reading skills
Adult learners who want to review phonics

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 4min

Introduction to Phonics2 lectures • 7min

Short Vowel Sounds C-V-C Patterns6 lectures • 35min

R Controlled Vowel Sounds1 lecture • 9min

Long Vowel Sounds7 lectures • 30min

Homonyms and Homophones2 lectures • 10min

Word Study1 lecture • 9min

More Reading Practice1 lecture • 1min

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