Professional Development - Instructional Activities to Develop Phonics and Spelling Skills. Print this page [Click on the photos to see a larger version] Phonics and spelling are closely tied together.
You can help your students solidify these concepts by teaching them in tandem rather than as two separate pieces of your language arts block. As students learn about phonics and spelling features in isolation, they need to also have opportunities to apply them to reading and writing tasks with teacher support. Phonics Rules & Secret Codes! Here is a growing list of phonics rules.
There are some exceptions in our English Language when these rules will not work, but in the majority of cases the phonics rules will apply. I have tried where possible to give examples of a word using the phonics rule. Phonics Rules. Phonics Rules The vowels are "a,e,i,o, and u"; also sometimes "y" & "w".
This also includes the diphthongs "oi,oy,ou,ow,au,aw, oo" and many others. What is Phonics? . Education . PBS Parents. Center on Instruction. Professional Development Events. Center on Instruction Professional Development Events include in-person meetings and webinars.
Where available, links are provided to archived webinars. PowerPoint presentations and other materials used during the events are available for download where possible, although these materials have not received the same rigorous review as other resources provided on the COI website.