Alphabetic Principle

  •  Alphabetic Principle: interrelationships among letter-sound 

    • (grapheme-phoneme)



  •  phonemic awareness

    • Letter sound correspondence

    • Adding deleting sounds

      • Adding and deleting sounds by adding and deleting letters they can actually see

    • Substituting sounds

      • Change a letter to se how it changes the word


  • beginning decoding (sound by sound; blending)

    • Understanding  simple spelling patters

      • 2-3 letter words

      • blending sounds


  • Instruction

    • Introduce sound and spelling

      • Conduct sound by sound decoding for CV or CVC words

      • Blend sounds to determine the word


  • Activities

    • Elkonin boxes

    • Letter cards


The Role of Writing & Alphabetic Principle(we can see their understanding of phonemic awareness by their writing) 

  • pre-phonetic spelling(scribbles)

    • Focus on→ initial and final sounds

  • Semi phonetic writing(bic- bat)

    • Focus on→ final and medial sounds

  • Phonetic writing(kat-cat)

    • Focus on→ understanding spelling patterns