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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does he just not know the difference between vowels and consonants?  That's basic memorization.  If he's reading well, he should be able to learn which is which fairly easily.[/quote]

Op here. Yes and the workbook asks stuff like ‘mark the vowel you hear in each word to show whether it has the long or short sound’

‘circle the consonant blends’

‘ on the blank before each word write the sound of the underlined letters

Examples: hauled , spoiled

And ‘ when a root word has a short vowel sound followed by only one consonant, double the final consonant before adding “ed” or “ing”

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You need to learn phonics so you can teach him properly. [/quote].

Op here. That’s not going to happen. It’s going to drive me crazy.

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You're not too old to learn English phonics rules. Don't listen to anyone who says there are no rules. There are just lots of rules because the language comes from many other languages. English has a lot of loan words from French and Latin but the substrate language is Germanic. Learning the origin of words helps immensely. And the difference between a vowel and consonant is not a matter of memorizing as the other poster said. Your mouth opens differently for a vowel vs consonant. (English is not my native language either but I did study it much more formally than a typical language learner.) Helps to have a positive attitude.[/quote]

Op here. I don’t have the time or patience to learn in. I’m expecting right now, work FT and in FT grad school. I can get an online tutor for him if it’s really important. I know I am not the right person to help him or either is DH. This workbook is something I picked up myself. The school hasn’t said anything about this. [/quote]

I would get an online tutor or sign him up for online summer classes (I think Outschool has some).  I am a native English speaker, and I don't have dyslexia and I still find phonics reading instruction confusing.[/quote]

Op here. I thought of doing out school or there is a class at a university close to us through the reading institute. It’s. 5 weeks . They meet once a week and do online work in between and it cost $350 . Dh thinks it’s too expensive but I’m still thinking about it. [/quote]

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