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BEGINNING TO READ Effective way of teaching children to begin
to Read By Sheila Osei Boakye Solomon Appiah
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Instructions In teaching children to read, do not teach them to
pronounce words with individual sounds. Eg. Where a child would say
s o before saying so. Teach children to pronounce words as they see
it to enable them read words not alphabets.
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2 to 3 letter word reading I am to go to Ho. I am on it. He is
in it. Is he on it? No, he is in it. Pa is at it.
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Introduce onset and rime S + am = Sam R + ed= Red M + ud = Mud
H + im = Him B + ed = Bed H + ut = Hut W + et = Wet
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3 letter words reading He has a big mud in the tin. She sits in
the red box on the mat. Pat and the cat are on the mat. Pat has a
cap on his lap Pam has a map in the bag. I beg you to put the hat
on the mat in the bag.
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Practice reading The fox is in the box by the hat. The cat is
on the lap of Sam. Ati has a mug of tea and pie. The red bed in the
hut is hot and wet Let us wet the mud in the hut. Had he wet the
red bed in the hut? Yes he had wet the red bed with ink.
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Introduction to 4 letter words P +ant=Pant P+ink=Pink
B+ank=Bank D+ate=Date N+ice=Nice C+ube=Cube N+ose=Nose
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Reading practice I have a pink ink in the pen Dad is gone to
the bank The ice cube is nice. The date on the pant is past Make a
cake for Kate I ate the date on the plate My nose is nice.
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congratulations You have completed your reading lesson for the
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