Where does this system begin?
You don't need to know everything about how to teach reading, Hanson Phonics Chart system leads you through the process. The Charts progress by starting with the very beginning which is recognizing the alphabet letter names (Chart 1). The next Chart teaches how to quickly learn the consonant sounds using the story of the Imaginary Pictures. (Chart 2).
Chart 3 is where reading begins with LONG VOWEL words using a fun and simple song to decode the vowel sounds. The process of skill learning from the Charts and then practice reading from the Hanson Reading Book library continues through Chart 9.
Click here to learn more about the Hanson Reading Phonics Chart System.
You don't need to know everything about how to teach reading, Hanson Phonics Chart system leads you through the process. The Charts progress by starting with the very beginning which is recognizing the alphabet letter names (Chart 1). The next Chart teaches how to quickly learn the consonant sounds using the story of the Imaginary Pictures. (Chart 2).
Chart 3 is where reading begins with LONG VOWEL words using a fun and simple song to decode the vowel sounds. The process of skill learning from the Charts and then practice reading from the Hanson Reading Book library continues through Chart 9.
Click here to learn more about the Hanson Reading Phonics Chart System.
Hanson Reading Phonics Chart System
Below is a brief introduction to the concepts taught on each Chart. Each Chart builds on the previous concepts. Hanson Reading functions as a diagnostic tool as well as the road map for teaching how to read.
Chart 1: NAMES OF THE LETTERS
After learning the NAMES of the letters, the application of Chart 1 is learning to print Uppercase Letters on one line with all the letters the same height as they sit on the bottom line.
Chart 2: Sounds of the Consonants
After learning the SOUNDS of the consonants, the application of Chart 2 is learning to print Lowercase Letters on one line with the “tall” letters the same height and all the “short” letters the same height.
Consonants SOUNDS are quite constant. “B” always makes the same sound.
Consonants SOUNDS are quite constant. “B” always makes the same sound.
Chart 3: The Vowels and the CODE
The vowels make many sounds depending on where they are in a word and what letters they are next to. Figuring out the vowel sounds is the hardest part of learning how to read. Hanson Reading has made this easy with the CODE Song learned on Chart 3.
Students learn the vowels: a, e, i, o, u.
The vowels in Hanson Reading can be decoded by applying the CODE to the 1st vowel in each syllable from Chart 3 through Chart 5. How easy is that!
The CODE is a song that decodes long and short vowel words and takes the place of the typical 3 reading rules.
Students find the 1st vowel and “Give it the CODE”. (By applying the CODE, students have the vowel sound on the tip of their tongue needed for that word.)
The application of Chart 3 is to learn how to read:
Long-vowel words
Short-vowel words
and to learn how to divide words into syllables.
Students learn the vowels: a, e, i, o, u.
The vowels in Hanson Reading can be decoded by applying the CODE to the 1st vowel in each syllable from Chart 3 through Chart 5. How easy is that!
The CODE is a song that decodes long and short vowel words and takes the place of the typical 3 reading rules.
Students find the 1st vowel and “Give it the CODE”. (By applying the CODE, students have the vowel sound on the tip of their tongue needed for that word.)
The application of Chart 3 is to learn how to read:
Long-vowel words
Short-vowel words
and to learn how to divide words into syllables.
Chart 4: Sounds of the Consonant Digraphs “Married Consonants”
After learning the SOUNDS of the consonant digraphs, we call "married consonants," the application of Chart 4 is to learn how to read:
long & short vowel words with “married consonants”.
long & short vowel words with “married consonants”.
Chart 5: Sounds of Beginning Consonant BlendS
After learning the SOUNDS of beginning consonant blends, the application of Chart 5 is to learn how to read:
long & short-vowel words with “Beginning Consonant Blends” and to learn how to divide words with Open and Closed Syllables.
Deciphering the vowel sounds continues to be the hardest part of reading.
At this point, students know how to decode long and short-vowel words by applying the CODE to the 1st vowel and how to recognize the vowel sound in open syllables (They say their NAME). Now they are ready to learn how to determine the remaining vowel sounds, so they are ready to learn the CLUES.
long & short-vowel words with “Beginning Consonant Blends” and to learn how to divide words with Open and Closed Syllables.
Deciphering the vowel sounds continues to be the hardest part of reading.
At this point, students know how to decode long and short-vowel words by applying the CODE to the 1st vowel and how to recognize the vowel sound in open syllables (They say their NAME). Now they are ready to learn how to determine the remaining vowel sounds, so they are ready to learn the CLUES.
CHART 6: INTRODUCING the CLUEs- Hiding Vowels
Hanson CLUES are vowels that hide with other letters and make new sounds (CLUE CLUMPS) found on the CLUE Charts in black circles.
The CODE will not work on the CLUES, but all students need to do to identify a CLUE is to learn what letters the vowels hide with. It is a fun detective exercise in which a limited number of new CLUES are learned on each CLUE Chart.
Students still find the 1st vowel FIRST, but now they hesitate a second to see if a letter or letters are “hiding after” that 1st vowel.
(In the nomenclature of the reading world these sounds have no names students recognize. They are often referred to as vowel digraphs or dipthongs, but students don’t often use or recognize those names, so “finding a CLUE" is now simple and clear.)
By learning what letters the vowels hide with, students also learn that sound unit for spelling too.
The CODE will not work on the CLUES, but all students need to do to identify a CLUE is to learn what letters the vowels hide with. It is a fun detective exercise in which a limited number of new CLUES are learned on each CLUE Chart.
Students still find the 1st vowel FIRST, but now they hesitate a second to see if a letter or letters are “hiding after” that 1st vowel.
(In the nomenclature of the reading world these sounds have no names students recognize. They are often referred to as vowel digraphs or dipthongs, but students don’t often use or recognize those names, so “finding a CLUE" is now simple and clear.)
By learning what letters the vowels hide with, students also learn that sound unit for spelling too.
CHART 7: KNOW the VOWEL clues
Chart 7 continues to introduce more clues.
CHART 8: adds More Vowel Clues - alternate consonant sounds, c-s and g-j)
Students learn that "C" and "G" change their sounds when followed by "e" "i" or "y".
CHART 9: All the CLues
Students learn some varying sounds of previous CLUES and a few other consonants that change their sounds.
All students learn a prompt for each Chart so they can be “teachers”, reinforcing the concepts they have learned.
With each Chart, practice material is abundant, culminating in the Phonics CODE Books and the Phonics CLUE Books. Although students are taught how to read and spell “Unfair” words in Hanson Memory Association Patterns, those words are seldom encountered in Hanson Reading Phonics Chart System reading materials so students can always be successful applying the CODE or a CLUE or an Open Syllable sound to the first vowel.
At Chart 9 level, students can read chapter books!
All students learn a prompt for each Chart so they can be “teachers”, reinforcing the concepts they have learned.
With each Chart, practice material is abundant, culminating in the Phonics CODE Books and the Phonics CLUE Books. Although students are taught how to read and spell “Unfair” words in Hanson Memory Association Patterns, those words are seldom encountered in Hanson Reading Phonics Chart System reading materials so students can always be successful applying the CODE or a CLUE or an Open Syllable sound to the first vowel.
At Chart 9 level, students can read chapter books!
All students learn a prompt for each Chart so they can be “teachers”, reinforcing the concepts they have learned. These prompts also function as a hint when a learner is stuck without giving the answer. The Hanson Reading Phonics Chart System is progressive as one Chart builds on the next. As the learner progresses through the system, he or she will be able to say what they know and where they learned it.
With each Chart, practice material is abundant, giving many opportunities to practice. The Phonics CODE Books and the Phonics CLUE Books are the ultimate practice material. Every word in these fun illustrated books has been selected to fit the reader's Chart skill level. Each book is labeled by Chart and set - from easiest to hardest in difficulty - but every word can be decoded.
Hanson Reading has clearly organized teaching how to read the English language into 9 Charts. Even with that feat, there are a few strange words that are not decodable. These words are rightly called "unfair" words and are taught in clever patterns. Students are taught how to read and spell “unfair” words in Hanson Memory Association Patterns. Hanson Reading Phonics Chart System materials are purposely created so students can always be successful applying the CODE or a CLUE or an Open Syllable sound to the first vowel.
With each Chart, practice material is abundant, giving many opportunities to practice. The Phonics CODE Books and the Phonics CLUE Books are the ultimate practice material. Every word in these fun illustrated books has been selected to fit the reader's Chart skill level. Each book is labeled by Chart and set - from easiest to hardest in difficulty - but every word can be decoded.
Hanson Reading has clearly organized teaching how to read the English language into 9 Charts. Even with that feat, there are a few strange words that are not decodable. These words are rightly called "unfair" words and are taught in clever patterns. Students are taught how to read and spell “unfair” words in Hanson Memory Association Patterns. Hanson Reading Phonics Chart System materials are purposely created so students can always be successful applying the CODE or a CLUE or an Open Syllable sound to the first vowel.
|
|
|