Developing Context

Our sight word for this lesson is dangerous.

• He is very dangerous.
• Driving your car after drinking a lot of beer is very dangerous.
• She can be dangerous when she is angry.

Phonics

Basic Steps in introducing a sound:

1. Identify the letter
2. Have learner listen to the sound at the beginning of words.
3. Have learner repeat the words.
4. Ask learner to identify the sound heard.
5. Use examples and non-examples.
   Example: movie (yes), mother (yes), tape (no), number (yes)
6. Put the sound at the end of the words.
   Example: them, dim
7. Have the learner repeat the words and tell you what the final sound is.
8. Write the letter.
9. Have learner write the symbol.

Ruth Johnson Colvin, I Speak English (Syracuse, New York: New Readers Press, 1997), p. 107. Used by
permission.