Sight words are words that we want our children to be able to read by sight, as in, not needing to sound them out. Some of these words are not able to be sounded out phonetically, whereas others are simply high-frequency words that are going to come up again and again as our childr...
Chances are you would look at the first English word, then look at the foreign word, repeat it several times, then close your eyes and keep on repeating it, then cover up the foreign word, look only at the English and see if you could remember how to say it in the language you’re...
At that time, the World-Honored One proclaimed the following spell: Hail (Skt. namu) to the buddhas of the four directions;45 Hail to the Dharma of the four directions; Hail to the Sangha of the four directions. Today, for the sake of disciple so-and-so (mǒujiǎ 某甲), I rely ...
We need to teach children to identify individual sounds in words and then connect those sounds to letters. We teach them to sound out words,even sight words. What about sight words that aren’t regular, likethe? We call attention to the parts of the word thatarephonetic (and there’s us...
The message sent is this: You, young, black, female child, are not worth the time and energy it will take me to learn to spell and pronounce your name.”This, by the way, is how you say Quvenzhané:This issue goes beyond names rooted in cultures unfamiliar to the speaker. Whatever ...
Learning to read phonetically means learning how different letters work together to make sounds. Two ways letters work together inside words are diagraphs and blends. A diagraph is a pair of letters that make one sound, but a blend is a pair or group of letters that work together using eac...
Some people refer to Taoism as "Daoism". This spelling is phonetically more accurate, although its use is not as widespread. Either variation is acceptable, so use whichever you prefer. No matter how you spell the word, it is pronounced "dow-izm". Submit a Tip All tip submissions are ...
Name the new word, and have your learner repeat it. Name the individual phonemes(sounds) in the word. For example, in the wordis, there are two phonemes: /i/ and /z/. Spell the sounds. Call attention to any unexpected spelling. Inis, we spell /i/ with i and /z/ with s. ...