KFKC30 — Fun With Phonics
<strong>THIS IS A NONCREDIT COURSE</strong> Phonics is one of the most important early reading skills young learners need to master. This course focuses on understanding and applying phonics rules as well as the role of phonics in reading instruction. Students will learn strategies to incorporate phonics in reading and writing skills, as well as learn skills to associate sounds with consonants, including consonant blends, consonant digraphs and silent consonants; with vowels, including long and short vowels, r-controlled vowels, diphthongs, vowel digraphs and y; and with the schwa sound. Students will also learn basic sight words, practice decoding individual words, and read words in sustained text.