Assignment 2: The Important Role of Phonics and Instruction
Outcome
After completing this exercise, students will be able to:
- identify the importance of phonics instruction
- determine appropriate strategies and techniques to effectively teach phonics and
decoding
- identify ways to integrate instruction into reading
Overview
In this assignment, you will identify the importance of phonics instruction and the appropriate strategies and techniques that are essential for effective phonics instruction.
Instructions
After reading the assigned text and module readings, please answer the following
questions:
1. What is the meaning of the word phonics and why is it important
for developing young readers?
2. What strategies and techniques are used to effectively implement phonics into
reading instruction?
3. If you were to teach a phonics lesson, what components would you include to
make sure your lesson was effective?
Submitting
To submit your assignment to your instructor, save your MS Word file as a DOC/DOCX file and name in the following manner: assign#2_lastnamefirstinitial (i.e., assign#2_squiresj.doc)
Submit your finished work to the assignment #2 link in the Submissions area of Moodle before 11:59 p.m. U.S. EST/EDT on the last day of Module 1.
Grading
Grades on this paper will be based on the following rubric. Read it carefully to get a sense of the instructor’s specific expectations.
After completing this exercise, students will be able to:
- identify the importance of phonics instruction
- determine appropriate strategies and techniques to effectively teach phonics and
decoding
- identify ways to integrate instruction into reading
Overview
In this assignment, you will identify the importance of phonics instruction and the appropriate strategies and techniques that are essential for effective phonics instruction.
Instructions
After reading the assigned text and module readings, please answer the following
questions:
1. What is the meaning of the word phonics and why is it important
for developing young readers?
2. What strategies and techniques are used to effectively implement phonics into
reading instruction?
3. If you were to teach a phonics lesson, what components would you include to
make sure your lesson was effective?
Submitting
To submit your assignment to your instructor, save your MS Word file as a DOC/DOCX file and name in the following manner: assign#2_lastnamefirstinitial (i.e., assign#2_squiresj.doc)
Submit your finished work to the assignment #2 link in the Submissions area of Moodle before 11:59 p.m. U.S. EST/EDT on the last day of Module 1.
Grading
Grades on this paper will be based on the following rubric. Read it carefully to get a sense of the instructor’s specific expectations.