CB>"Most early reading difficulties are rooted in an inefficient word 
CB>recognition 
CB>process.  Phonemic awareness and an understanding of the alphabetic
CB>principle  are crucial (and teachable) factors that underlie the
CB>development of word  recognition skills."
Phonemic awareness is a critical element in teaching reading and it
is very teachable.  I would love to hear more about it.  I began 
collecting articles a few years back.
CB>Some of the things teachers may do to strengthen recognition
CB>skills, as  proposed in the article, include 1)teaching children to
CB>rhyme [discuss  rhyming 
CB>words and why they rhyme - use poems and nursery rhymes], 2)oddity
CB>[tasks  picking words that *don't* rhyme from a list], 3)syllable
CB>[splitting  pronouncing the "in" from the word "pin", to learn that
CB>words are made up of  parts), 4)phoneme manipulation [moving the
CB>parts of words around using a  device 
CB>such as a sound board], and 5)strengthening the child's knowledge of
CB>the  alphabet.
CB> 
CB>The reading-writing connection is also seen as a vital component of
CB>learning  to 
CB>read..."When children create spellings based on their knowledge of
CB>the sound  system of their language, it helps them work out the
CB>alphabetic principle."  
Charles...this stuff all sound very good...do you have more?
Dan
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