The phonics dance consists of chants, dances, and rhyme that help the
children look for "hunks" and "chunks" that are part of our language.
The decoding process is made easy because of the rhyme and movement
in the learning. The Phonics Dance gives young children one more
strategy to use in their journey towards literacy.
Created by: Ginny Dowd
Through the first couple months of 1st grade, we learn the Phonics
Dance for the letters of the alphabet. When most of us have mastered the
letters and sounds, we move on to the "hunks" and chunkcs". These
include:
sh, ch, th, ow, ou, oo(book), oo(boot),
ing, all, ar, or, oa, igh(ight), ea, ee, ay, ai(ain), eigh, ir, ur, er,
oy, oi, tion, sion, ph, kn, wr, ed, wh, aw, au, augh, ough, ew, ui, ion,
ou.
REMEMBER~ once a "hunk" and "chunk" are added to your Phonics Dance Board, they dance those sounds EVERYDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"The
Phonics Dance is a spiral approach to language arts. Initially you will
see a huge progress in the children's writing. As the students in your
room learn to "hunk" and "chunk" the carry over into reading will be an
easy one."
By: Ginny Dowd