Teach phonics and fluency together through a three-step rhyming poetry sequence¶

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Description¶

The review describes Rasinski et al.'s (2016) three-step sequence for teaching phonics and reading fluency with rhyming poetry: demonstrating spelling and sound for a word family and eliciting family words, then word family instruction and pronunciation practice moving from isolated words to textual words via poems containing the target family, and finally students creating their own pieces. It states "There is a three -step sequence of instructions suggested for this inquiry".

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Poems must include the appropriate word family so learners can focus attention on the phonetic sound of that family

Constraints¶

• The review notes research studies focusing on the outcomes of rhyming poetry as an instructional method are few

Target Learners¶

• Early-grade and struggling readers developing phonics knowledge

Target Learning Goals¶

• Word family recognition, decoding, accuracy, automaticity, expressiveness, and confidence in fluent speaking

Related Strategies¶

• Word Family Charts
• Rhyming Games

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Salarvand, L., Guimaraes, N., & Balagholi, Z. (2022). Instructional Strategies' Impacts on EFL Learners Reading Fluency: A Review. THAITESOL JOURNAL, 35(1), 77-90. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1340892