Teaching the Service Words

&Reading Phrases and

Sentences

Teaching the Service Words

Or basic sight words

The service words include the following:

ArticlesPronouns

PrepositionsConjunctions

verbs

Categories of Word Analysis or Word Attack

Skills

Configuration Clues

Context CluesPhonetic AnalysisStructural Analysis

Configuration Clues Give the overall characteristics of how a word looks

Length of word ascenders and descenders Lowercase letters that rise above or below One-space letters Double-letters Overall word form

Context Clues Come from the meaning of the word as it is used in

the sentence or from guessing what word is coming next according to the way a reader often uses oral language

Phonetic Analysis Also called phonemes (the study of sound symbol)

Phonetic principles that govern the articulation of consonants in English.

Phonetic principles that govern the articulation of vowel sounds.Syllable generalizationStress rulesOther principles that govern the articulation of consonant

clusters; blends or digraphs and vowel digraphs

Usually refers to the analysis of larger meaning-bearing parts of words such as root words, suffixes, prefixes, word endings, apostrophe, compound words, and contractions.

Syllabication Often referred to as morphology, a study of

morphemes or the meaning-bearing units of a language.

Structural Analysis

Reading Phrases and

SentencesThe words and service words are joined

to form phrases and sentences

a slice of bread

a hot coffee

a clock anda globe

The girl is running.

The kid is playing.

a white cup and

a plate

A white cup on a plate.

Phrase:

Sentence:

Thank you!

Teaching the Service Words

&Reading Phrases and

SentencesCyvi Ann P. Maraño

BEED III-B