Editing Phonics (section)

===Phonics through spelling===
For some teachers this is a method of teaching spelling by using the sounds (phonemes).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readingrockets.org/article/phonics-instruction|title= Phonics instruction, Reading Rockets|date= 24 April 2013}}</ref> However, it can also be a method of teaching reading by focusing on the sounds and their spelling (i.e. phonemes and syllables). It is taught systematically with guided lessons conducted in a direct and explicit manner including appropriate feedback. Sometimes [[mnemonic]] cards containing individual sounds are used to allow the student to practice saying the sounds that are related to a letter or letters (e.g., ''a'', ''e'', ''i'', ''o'', ''u''). Accuracy comes first, followed by speed. The sounds may be grouped by categories such as vowels that sound short (e.g., c-'''a'''-t and s-'''i'''-t). When the student is comfortable recognizing and saying the sounds, the following steps might be followed: a) the tutor says a target word and the student repeats it out loud, b) the student writes down each individual sound (letter) until the word is completely spelled, saying each sound as it is written, and c) the student says the entire word out loud. An alternate method would be to have the student use mnemonic cards to sound-out (spell) the target word.

Typically, the instruction starts with sounds that have only one letter and simple CVC words such as ''sat'' and ''pin''. Then it progresses to longer words, and sounds with more than one letter (e.g., h'''ea'''r and d'''ay'''), and perhaps even syllables (e.g., wa-ter). Sometimes the student practices saying (or sounding-out) cards that contain entire words.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Response to Phonics Through Spelling Intervention in Children With Dyslexia, ISSN: 1057-3569 (Print) 1521-0693 (Online) |journal=Reading & Writing Quarterly |date=2020-01-13|doi=10.1080/10573569.2019.1707732|s2cid=212828096|doi-access=free|hdl=2066/219397|hdl-access=free}}</ref>