The Circle of Learning

Examples of applying this learning outcome outside the learning environment:
Family	Community	Work
Set up a "reading corner" in your home, where you and the children can read quietly and without interruption.	Match the pictures with the words on a grocery store flyer. Circle the items that you buy regularly for your family.	Ask for a larger computer monitor at work so that you can see the words clearly on the screen.

Learners will demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of reading.

Understand the structure of words.
- Divide words into syllables.
- Recognize and use compound words (e.g., handbook, self-respect).
- Recognize and use root words, prefixes (un-, re-, pre-), and suffixes (-y, - ing, -ed, -er, -est).
- Recognize and use the same word in different forms (e.g., am, is, are, love, lover, lovingly).
Practise decoding skills.
- Connect sounds to letters and use sight words, word families and word patterns to help in decoding unfamiliar words. [Refer to the English Phonics Chart in Appendix D.]
Develop and expand vocabulary.
- Develop and expand a core vocabulary of sight words (words that are known) and recognize them in written sequences.
- Read symbols that are familiar and taken from everyday life (e.g., washroom symbols, traffic signs, $, #).
- Match pictures to the words or sentences that explain them.
- Identify words in surrounding sentence(s) that help to decode the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
- Identify, label, and categorize items.
Arrange words alphabetically.

Examples of applying this learning outcome outside the learning environment:
Family	Community	Work
Learn to write your partner's last name in your first language. Then notice how the symbols and sounds may change when you switch to using English letters.	Organize your shopping list by food groups. Then put the items in each category into alphabetical order.	Look at the photographs in a procedure manual at work. Find the words that describe each picture and choose some of them to learn as sight words.