The Searchlight model

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The Searchlight model
Phonic knowledge (sounds and spelling)
Knowledge of context
Grammatical knowledge
TEXT
Word recognition and graphic knowledge
OHT L 4.1
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OHT L 4.2
3
Phonics is ...

• skills of segmentation and blending

knowledge of the alphabetic code
Phonics

OHT L 4.3
4

• Consonant Representative words Consonant
  Representative words phoneme (corresponding
  letters in bold) phoneme (corresponding letters
  in bold)
• /b/ baby /s/ sun, mouse, city, science
• /d/ dog /t/ tap
• /f/ field, photo /v/ van
• /g/ game /w/ was
• /h/ hat /wh/ where (regional)
• /j/ judge, giant, barge /y/ yes
• /k/ cook, quick, mix, Chris /z/ zebra, please,
  is
• /l/ lamb /th/ then
• /m/ monkey, comb /th/ thin
• /n/ nut, knife, gnat /ch/ chip, watch
• /p/ paper /sh/ ship, mission, chef
• /r/ rabbit, wrong /zh/ treasure
• /ng/ ring, sink

OHT L 4.4
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Pronouncing phonemes

• 1. f l m n r s sh v th z
• 2. c p t ch h
• 3. b d g w qu y

OHT L 4.5
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Phonics is ...

• skills of segmentation and blending

knowledge of the alphabetic code
Phonics

OHT L 4.6
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Steps in progression

• Step Skill in segmentation and blending
  Knowledge of letters
• 1 hearing and discriminating general sounds,
  speech sounds and patterns
• 2 hearing phonemes /s/, /m/, /k/, /t/, /g/, /h/
  in initial position s, m, c, t, g, h
• 3 hearing phonemes /s/, /m/, /k/, /t/, /g/ in
  final position ss, ck, l, n, d, k, sh, ch
• 4 hearing phonemes /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/ in
  medial position a, e, i, o, u
• C V C Consonant-Vowel-Consonant segmenting and
  blending, reading and spelling f, qu, b, r, j,
  p, th, ng
• 5 C(C)V(C)C segmenting and blending, reading
  and spelling v, w, x, y, z
• 6 C V C segmenting and blending, reading and
  spelling ai, ee, ie, oa, oo, or, ar, ir, oi, ou
• 7 C V C segmenting and blending, reading and
  spelling ay, a-e, ea, igh, y, i-e, ow, o-e, oe,
  ew, ue, u-e, oy, ow, er, ur, aw, air, ear, oo

OHT L 4.7
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Segmenting Consonant-Vowel-Consonant words

• Phonemes children can hear at How children
  write the word at each stage (in bold type)
  each stage
• sun s
• sun sn
• sun sun

OHT L 4.8
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Steps in progression

• Step Skill in segmentation and blending
  Knowledge of letters
• 1 hearing and discriminating general sounds,
  speech sounds and patterns
• 2 hearing phonemes /s/, /m/, /k/, /t/, /g/, /h/
  in initial position s, m, c, t, g, h
• 3 hearing phonemes /s/, /m/, /k/, /t/, /g/ in
  final position ss, ck, l, n, d, k, sh, ch
• 4 hearing phonemes /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/ in
  medial position a, e, i, o, u
• C V C Consonant-Vowel-Consonant segmenting and
  blending, reading and spelling f, qu, b, r, j,
  p, th, ng
• 5 C(C)V(C)C segmenting and blending, reading
  and spelling v, w, x, y, z
• 6 C V C segmenting and blending, reading and
  spelling ai, ee, ie, oa, oo, or, ar, ir, oi, ou
• 7 C V C segmenting and blending, reading and
  spelling ay, a-e, ea, igh, y, i-e, ow, o-e, oe,
  ew, ue, u-e, oy, ow, er, ur, aw, air, ear, oo

OHT L 4.9