When a student really understands the core concepts of reading, they can breakdown, spell and pronounce any word – no matter how long it is.
These easy-to-learn basics include a complete understanding of the name, formation, and application of each of the 42 sounds of the alphabet. From that point, additional sounds of the alphabet must be learned like:
Next students need to understand the common patterns of English words and be able to prove them. By proving words using the five phonetic skills they can easily decode and tackle any new word. The two decoding skills that allow a reader to break long words into smaller syllables are fundamental to reading success.
Decoding Skill #1
If there is only one guardian consonant following the vowel, that consonant will move on to the next syllable.
Decoding Skill #2
When a vowel is followed by two guardian consonants, the consonants will split. The first consonant will stay in the first syllable, and the second consonant will move on the next syllable.
With these basic reading skills in place, multisyllabic words like antidisestablishmentarianism or hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian become nothing more than a walk in the park.
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