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Teaching Beginning Reading
in English Through
The Fuller Technique
Ian Jane P. Orillaneda
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Session Objective:
To learn how to teach beginning
reading in English through the
Fuller Technique.
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Help! My learners
can’t read words
right!
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The Fuller Technique was
developed by Richard and
Elizabeth Fuller.
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It is a combination of the
alphabet , the phonetic and the
whole word methods of
teaching word attack skills.
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Does it have a
requirement?
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YES!
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The technique requires that the
beginning reader has complete mastery
of the names and forms of the letters of
the alphabet, and the sound of each
consonant in the English alphabet.
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It further requires that the beginning
reader has adequate vocabulary
development that will make every word
in the lessons meaningful.
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TRANSFER
Oral Printed First
Experience
Language Symbols Language
TRANSFER
Printed Oral Second
Symbols Language Language
1
Suggested Steps in Teaching
Reading using the Fuller
Technique
What You'll
Learn
1
Teach the child the name and form
of all the letters in the English
alphabet.
He need not know which are consonants or
vowels.
2
Teach him the consonant
sounds; review the form.
3
Present the words in each lesson
in a column with the use of a
window card or marker.
Say the first word in the column aloud to the child. Then move the marker down to the next word
and ask the child to read it. Because the words use the same endings, the rhyme will help him
recognize each word in the column.
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-at -ag -ad
hat bag sad
mat tag dad
4
Go to the next column, pointing
out to the child that the ending is
changed. Begin the column and let
him read down the column.
Do not let him attempt to read across the page. This will confuse him.
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-at -ag -ad
hat bag sad
mat tag dad
5
After the first five lessons, go
back to Lesson 1 for a review.
Let the child read the words down each column, then across the page from column to column.
6
In each of the succeeding lessons, the
child reads down each column and then
across the page from column to column.
He need not wait for 5 or more lessons to do this.
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For the Grade 1 and Grade 2
teachers’ easy reference, the
Fuller lessons are listed in
here with suggested
modifications.
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The Fuller Lessons
with Modifications
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(a) Short vowel words in CVC pattern
short e as in pen
short a as in bat
short i as in pin
short o as in mop
short u as in bug
Introduce as whole words - and, the, are, on, of, for, is, it, in, to. into,
what, who. where. Review and cumulative exercises
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(b) Consonant blends
Consonant blends are two or three consonants grouped
together but each consonant retains its original sound.
Initial blends Final blends
l blends as in bless -nd as in send
r blends as in crib -nt as in tent
s blends as in stop -lt as in belt
Introduce as whole words - I, to, she, when
Cumulative exercises
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(c) Consonant digraphs are two or more
consonants which when combined produce a
new sound.
Words with consonant digraphs:
beginning and ending ch as in chop, hatch
beginning and ending sh as in shop, fish
Introduce as whole words they, them, these, this, from
Cumulative exercises
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(d) Long vowel words ending in silent e
long a as in bake
long i as in like
long o as in nose
long u as in tube
Introduce as whole words inside, beside, outside, behind
Cumulative exercises
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(e) Words with vowel digraphs
Vowel digraphs are two vowels that are adjacent to
one another. The first vowel usually has a long sound
and the second vowel is silent.
Words with vowel digraphs
oa as in goat ai as in pail
ee as in sheep ay as in bay
ea as in beat
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(f) Vowel diphthongs are words that consist of a
blend of two separate vowel sounds.
Words with vowel diphthongs
oi as in oil
oy as in toy
aw as in saw
ou as in out
ow as in how
Cumulative exercises should be given
after a set of sounds are introduced
to allow a Grade I child more practice
in reading phrases, sentences, and
stories containing all the sounds in set.
Function words are introduced as
whole words since these are
needed to make more meaningful
sentences and stories.
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Sample Lesson
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Objectives:
1. To recognize the short /e/
sound in rhymes.
2. To write words and phrases
with short /e/ sound ending in -et.
A. Introduction
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B. Modeling
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Say: If I could read get, then I
could read the rest of the words
here. (Show the chart.)
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• Introduce the sight words: in, on,
under, is, are, the, has, of
• Let them read in thought groups, using
the sight words and the words that
they have studied (Teaching fluency
starts.).
• Introduce the writing of phrases,
observing spaces between words.
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• Introduce the reading of
sentences and answering Wh-
questions. (Teaching reading
comprehension starts).
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vet
net
in the jet
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• Let them read a “story”
and answer Wh-
questions.
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C. Practice
(Decoding and Encoding)
3 Activities:
A. Mastery (Decoding)
B. Practice (Encoding)
C. Evaluation (Encoding)
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10-15 minutes
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10-15 minutes
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10-15 minutes
Recapitulation
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Vocabulary/Fluency
Word
Recognition
Fluency/
Reading
Comprehension
Thank You
for Listening!
ianjane.petalcorin001@deped.gov.ph
