![]() ![]() For example, if a student couldn’t read the word advice, I would have him write the “chunk” ice and then keep changing ice to words such as rice, lice, slice, vice, and finally the word advice. My favorite technique to help students unlock words was by what we now call chunking. In the fall of 1968 I was teaching reading at Northwestern High School in Flint, Michigan. Origin of The Patterns of English Spelling (Earlier editions were called Word Families) Although there isn’t just one correct way of teaching reading and/or spelling, both teachers and students are helped by a systematic approach. Creating sequences based on frequency counts leads to such nonsense as the following: Grade 1įunny. For example, when we teach the word nice we should teach ice, lice, slice, rice, price, dice, mice, etc. We should use common sense when it comes to following frequency word counts so that we can teach related words together. Every child can learn to read at least as well as the child can speak. The natural way of learning is immediate self-correction of mistakes. AVKO is attempting to accomplish these goals primarily through the profits generated by the sale of services and special materials developed for the special needs of students, parents, and adults.īeliefs Shared by Most AVKO Members 1. ![]() AVKO provides newsletters and economical opportunities for members to pursue individual research projects and to take part in large scale cooperative research projects that have immediate practical applications. AVKO hopes to spread the concept that ordinary adults can be trained in adult community education courses to become successful tutors of their children (or spouses) who have reading/spelling problems. AVKO’s daily operations are handled by volunteers. AVKO is run by a board of directors elected by the membership. AVKO is subsidized by donations and grants and is open to membership to anyone interested in helping others learn to read and write. 1001Ī Short History of the AVKO Foundation AVKO is a non-profit tax-exempt membership organization founded in 1974. 15 Essential Phonic Patterns Rarely Systematically Taught.16 Using the Alphabetic Index of Words as a teaching tool.21 Using the Alphabetic Index of Words as a rhyming dictionary. 11 Index of Basic Phonic Patterns by Vowel Types.12 The 214 Easiest Words to Learn in Exact Statistical Order. 11 Questions to be answered by curriculum designers. 11 Grade Levels.11 Challenging the GIFTED children. 9 Difficulty Levels on Scale of 1.00 to 21.00.9 Spelling Demons.10 Related families. 5 Other materials developed from The Patterns of English Spelling.6 Using The Patterns of English Spelling as a source for homework exercises7 Special notations concerning the FORMAT. 4 Beliefs shared by most AVKO members.4 Origin of The Patterns of English Spelling. Table of Contents A short history of the AVKO Foundation. ![]()
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