Aren the illustrations with keyword captions the same as pictures for context clues?
For fast, accurate and fluent reading it is vital to know the phonogram sounds in order of use frequency. When reading, the student tries the 1st sound that is most often correct, if that doesn’t work then they try the 2nd sound, then the 3rd sound etc. Many of the phonograms have the same sounds with differing use sequences, for instance, the phonogram (letter) “a” has three sounds with the sound /ah/ as its 3rd sound, the phonogram (letter) “o” has four sounds with the sound / ah/ as its 1st sound. The “key words” of the caption depict the sound sequence of the phonogram that is easily and quickly learned. The caption is a short concise memory device. For instance, the phonogram “ie” has two sounds sequenced by use frequency /e/ (long) – /i/ (long), its illustration is a slice of pie and its caption is “piece of pie”; the phonogram “ea” has three sounds sequenced by use frequency /e/ (long) – /e/ (short) – /a/ (long), its illustration is a child eating bread, its caption is “eating b
