Knowing letter names and sounds

Knowing letter names and sounds


What is phonics?
To know how written letters represent sounds.


What research says?
Research indicates that learning the names of letters leads to rapid and accurate learning of phonics.


Thus, it is important for curriculum to include activities that support the learning of names of uppercase and lowercase letter.  Lessons should include the learning of basic phonics as well as word families and blending of consonant-vowel-consonant words, such as b-i-g or big.


Is learning ABC important?
Yes.  Every letter in the alphabet represents at least one sound.
Many letters can represent different sounds, depending on what words they are in.
For example, the letter "b".  "b" has only one sound but the letter "c" has two sounds as in cat and center.