Teaching irregular words
Overview
This video shows two teachers discussing why and how to teach irregular words as part of a systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) approach.
Who is this video for?
Foundation to Year 2 teachers; school leaders.
What will you learn?
Why teach irregular words as part of an SSP approach.
A process for teaching early irregular words to beginning readers.
A process for teaching irregular words to developing readers.
Related content
Literacy Hub Phonics Progression
The Literacy Hub phonics progression includes a sequence of letter–sound correspondences, phonics skills and irregular words for development across Foundation to Year 2.
Phonics professional learning: Implementing a systematic synthetic phonics approach
The Literacy Hub’s free, online professional learning series to support schools through each step of building an SSP approach for reading and spelling.
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