1. Contemporary Phonics Approaches
1.1. Spelling-Based
1.1.1. Word Study
1.1.1.1. Students look at words and their patterns using strategies to categorize words and pictures according to their orthographic features.
1.1.2. Making Words
1.1.2.1. The students are given letters and asked to make words they know with the letters. Then to further instruction the teacher will ask them to spell different words with the letters provided.
1.1.3. Meta-Phonics
1.1.3.1. Reading and Spelling are taught together in social settings and group work. Sounds are introduced to students via phonemic awareness instruction.
1.2. Analogy-Based
1.2.1. Students learn to decode words they don't know by using words or parts of words they do know
1.3. Embedded
1.3.1. Occurs in the context of authentic reading and writing.
2. Analytical Approach
2.1. Traditional Approach
2.1.1. Using words the child already knows to further instruction by breaking the words they do know and making new words.
2.1.1.1. Example:
3. Synthetic Approach
3.1. Traditional Approach
3.1.1. Using the knowledge of individual letters and groups of letters and showing them how they can be blended together.
3.1.1.1. Example: