phonics

Converse of object

• teach: However, inspectors have found many teachers are still not teaching phonics well enough.
• introduce: Together we are going to plan a project to improve literacy in the islands ' schools by introducing synthetic phonics teaching methods.
• learn: The Letter Detective is a lively CD-ROM for children at the first stages of learning phonics.
• use: Schools will be expected to use phonics in place of existing methods from next September.
• say: The primary national strategy says phonics are essential but not sufficient.

Preposition: in

teaching: A systematic review of the research literature on the use of phonics in the teaching of reading and spelling.

Adjective modifier

• synthetic: Is synthetic phonics really the holy grail of reading?
• 'synthetic: Dear Editor, I can see why Felicity Craig ( Newsletter 47 ) has reservations about the term 'synthetic phonics ' .
• analytic: In other words, analytic phonics is stressed at the expense of synthetic phonics.
• systematic: The problems were caused by the lack of systematic, synthetic phonics.
• intensive: Its sole aim was 'To restore intensive phonics to the teaching of reading throughout the nation ' .
• traditional: Is traditional phonics really the most effective way of teaching children to read?

Modifies a noun

• workbook: Anyway, we did writing practice in a jolly phonics workbook.
• teaching: Phonics teaching, by contrast, is bottom-up, working on the basis that words take their shape from their parts.
• instruction: What is the optimal age for phonics instruction to begin?
• seminar: In this paper, presented at the DfES phonics seminar in March 2003, Ehri reviewed the evidence on systematic phonics instruction.
• program: Both of these are users of Jolly Phonics, the UK based phonics program.
• lesson: The resource aims to link into any phonics lesson plan.

Noun used with modifier

• ladybird: SB read to me the 9th ladybird phonics book, and did some explode the code.
• teaching: Teaching phonics in context: A critique of the National Literacy Strategy.