The Five Phonetic Skills allow students to identify the five common patterns of English words and “prove” the vowel sound in a word. Proving words using the Five Phonetic Skills is an indispensable tool and reading strategy used to decode, pronounce, and spell new words.
The Five Phonetic Skills are:
These skills are gradually internalized and become automatic, resulting in greater reading speed and fluency.
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