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Dr aneil deo
DR. DEO'S spellrider-1 GAMES
In each of the 36 puzzles, we offer from between 5 and 9 letters of the alphabet each time. Also given for the young or adult learner are sample long word/s that demonstrate/s the challenges behind construction of words. This book moves from simple to more difficult phonemes but teaches phonemic awareness in a relaxed, non-theoretical way.
We have designed this series around a 1:2 ratio of one vowel to two consonants. The layout varies around 9 squares:
Consonant Vowel Consonant (bed)
Consonant Consonant Vowel (two;fly)
Vowel Consonant Consonant (egg)
A single puzzle will have no more than NINE, and no fewer than FIVE, letters. If we took the first 9 letters of the alphabet, our general ratio will be met: a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i. The THREE vowels (a,e,i) comprise half the number of all consonants (b,c,d,f,g,h). In a puzzle, however, we would use our research to vary the combinations of C,V,C on each of the three rows. Two variants:
OPTION ONE
Vowel a/A Consonant b/B Consonant c/C
Consonant d/D Vowel e/E Consonant f/F
Consonant g/G Consonant h/H Vowel i/I
OPTION TWO
Consonant H/h Vowel I/i Consonant c/C
Consonant B/b Vowel A/a Consonant G/g
Consonant D/d Vowel E/e Consonant F/f
An assumption behind this second design-concept is that most English words use fewer vowels than consonants, and that beginning learners use the pattern C,V,C. The pattern Consonant, Vowel, Consonant is also used with four-letter words where the last consonant is not represented with a C. Interesting exceptions alluded to above in the table V,C,C (as in egg) and V,V,C pattern in three-letter words such as “eat” and “oil” or “E-A-t” and “O-I-l”. Beginning with the first nine letters of the alphabet, a teacher may easily use C,V,C in her instruction:
b-a-d - b-e-d - b-i-d
b-a-g - b-e-g - b-i-g
Now, let us have fun with this new game, including getting familiar with its other rules, while constructing words longer than three letters.
c d e
A b g
f h i
A,B,c,d,e,f,G,h,I - can be used for many four-, five- and six-letter words, with only the capital letters (A,B,G) being used more than once for each new word. Here is a quick list: Ache, Aide, BABe, Bade, Bide, cAfé, deAf, fAde, BadGe, GAGGed. Did someone suggest “egghead”? We cannot use “e” twice because it violates the rule of using only B-A-G twice or more when needed within single words. Oh, - if you are wondering what longer words may be constructed with the letters above … here’s one: “c-A-B-B-A-G-e”. Someone may suggest, “B-A-G-G-A-G-e-d”. Dictionaries out!
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