1 Portuguese are generally known as explorers, thanks to Vasco da Gama, Henry the Navigator, Bartolomeu Dias, Pedro Alvares Cabral and FernÃ£o de MagalhÃ£es, among others.  References to their wine (âportoâ), Fado music or sardines are also typical, as are their beaches.
Analytical phonics-an approach associated with the teaching of reading in which the phonemes associated with particular graphemes are not pronounced in isolation. Children identify (analyse) the common phoneme in a set of words in which each word contains the phoneme under study.
Teaching the Basics. 1  1. Teach your child the alphabet. 2  2. Develop phonemic awareness. 3  3. Teach your child rhymes.  4. Teach your child to read using explicit 1  phonics. 5. Have your child practice decoding.  6. Do not worry about 1  grammar.. 7. Build up an archive of sight  words.