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How to determine if your child needs more phonics:
1. He guesses constantly.
2. He confuses “a” and “the.”
3. He can usually sound out the first letter and the last letter but the middle of the word is a mystery.
3. He looks at the pictures first and does a lot of his guesswork based on the pictures.
4. A word list to memorize is sent home, sometimes with instructions for him to call out the words as quickly as possible. (Speed is stressed rather than accuracy.)
5. If readers come home, they contain a high volume of irregular words that are difficult to sound out. Phonetic readers have a mere handful of irregular words.
If you suspect your child is failing to learn to read, research the Internet and find a compatible phonics program to help you teach him. Or hire someone to tutor him.
Reading is the most important thing he will ever learn in school and his future depends on it.