Tuesday Tip - #4 Are You Getting The Most Out of Your Sound Buttons?

In today's Tuesday Tip, I discuss boosting learning by having kids add their own sound buttons and dots and dashes as they sound out words.

Video Transcript

Hey everyone, it's Tuesday. So it's time for a tip. You might've seen these sound buttons, or dots and dashes, used to help children understand the internal structure of a word. But I think instead of giving them the word with the markings already on them, it's a better use of time and more productive for the students, to write the word yourself, sounding out as you go.

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This makes the structure of the word visible for the children, better yet, get them to put the sound buttons and the dashes on the words for greater engagement.

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