I Can Learn My ABCs

Have students learn to read the individual symbols of the alphabet and phonetic alphabet first. Next teach them to focus on the vowel sounds as they read the alphabetic and phonetic stories out loud. To read well they must blend sounds syllables and words into sentences. This means that students must learn to decode and read words sound-by-sound and syllable-by-syllable. To do that they must practice reading both the alphabetic and phonetic spelling of each word before voicing it.