Making Sense of Phonics

Author: Isabel L. Beck
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462512054
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
This bestselling book provides indispensable tools and strategies for explicit, systematic phonics instruction in K-3. Teachers learn effective ways to build students' decoding skills by teaching letter-sound relationships, blending, word building, multisyllabic decoding, fluency, and more. The volume is packed with engaging classroom activities, many specific examples, and research-based explanations. It offers a complete phonics assessment and clear guidelines for sequencing instruction to give every student a strong foundation for reading. More than 30 reproducible forms and word lists are included in the appendices; the companion website features a wealth of supplemental teaching resources. New to This Edition *Six additional chapters covering key topics, including assessment, phonemic awareness, orthography, and automaticity. *A complete phonics assessment with administering and scoring guidelines. *Companion website with rich supplemental resources, including word/syllable cards, assessment tools, and illustrated stories featuring target words, which teachers can project or print for classroom use. *More classroom examples and "Your Turn" activities, plus expanded word lists. See also Bringing Words to Life, Second Edition: Robust Vocabulary Instruction and Creating Robust Vocabulary: Frequently Asked Questions and Extended Examples, by Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, and Linda Kucan, which provide essential tools for K-12 vocabulary instruction.

Making Sense of Phonics

Author: Isabel L. Beck
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462511996
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Making Sense of Phonics

Author: Isabel L. Beck
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462512062
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 259

Book Description
This book has been replaced by Making Sense of Phonics, Third Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5535-2.

Rethinking Phonics

Author: Karin L. Dahl
Publisher: Making the Best Teaching Decis
ISBN: 9780325003566
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Before children can make sense of phonics study, they first must learn that print conveys meaning.

Word Solvers

Author: Michèle Dufresne
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
Teachers in need of new ideas will find this compact book a big help in early childhood phonics. It offers a collection of word study activities for the progressive classroom using the omnipresent tool of magnetic letters.

Making Sense

Author: James Hiebert
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
This book presents several key principles for teaching mathematics for understanding that you can use to reflect on your own teaching, make more informed decisions, and develop more effective systems of instruction.

Phonics for Dummies

Author: Susan M. Greve
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118068300
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 433

Book Description
Features kid- and parent-friendly tips and activities The fun and easy way to grasp the ABCs of reading Want to introduce your child to reading, or strengthen your child's reading skills? This fun and entertaining guide shows you how to use phonics as an easy and engaging path to reading. Phonics For Dummies contains tips on mastering letter sounds in reading, activities to engage your child's enthusiasm, and advice for making reading interesting and fun. Discover how to: Use phonics to learn to read Improve reading and spelling skills Master unusual sounds and spellings Build your child's vocabulary Play games that encourage progress All this on the audio CD: Dozens of letter sounds in friendly lessons Keywords to help your child with reading and spelling Easy examples and tips for your child to follow Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Step by Step Phonics

Author: Laurie Lee Bell
Publisher: Back to the Basics Publishing
ISBN: 9780964327481
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A complete phonics and spelling workbook for an entire elementary school year.

Bringing Words to Life

Author: Isabel L. Beck
Publisher: Guilford Press
ISBN: 146250826X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
Hundreds of thousands of teachers have used this highly practical guide to help K–12 students enlarge their vocabulary and get involved in noticing, understanding, and using new words. Grounded in research, the book explains how to select words for instruction, introduce their meanings, and create engaging learning activities that promote both word knowledge and reading comprehension. The authors are trusted experts who draw on extensive experience in diverse classrooms and schools. Sample lessons and vignettes, children's literature suggestions, "Your Turn" learning activities, and a Study Guide for teachers enhance the book's utility as a classroom resource, professional development tool, or course text. The Study Guide can also be downloaded and printed for ease of use (www.guilford.com/beck-studyguide). New to This Edition *Reflects over a decade of advances in research-based vocabulary instruction. *Chapters on vocabulary and writing; assessment; and differentiating instruction for struggling readers and English language learners, including coverage of response to intervention (RTI). *Expanded discussions of content-area vocabulary and multiple-meaning words. *Many additional examples showing what robust instruction looks like in action. *Appendix with a useful menu of instructional activities. See also the authors' Creating Robust Vocabulary: Frequently Asked Questions and Extended Examples, which includes specific instructional sequences for different grade ranges, as well as Making Sense of Phonics, Second Edition: The Hows and Whys, by Isabel L. Beck and Mark E. Beck, an invaluable resource for K–3.

Secret Stories

Author: Katherine Garner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692745366
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
An educational toolkit for teaching phonics, consisting of a book, posters and musical CD, all of which provides for multiple options and inputs for learning, including: visual-icons, auditory and kinesthetic motor skill manipulations, as well as a variety of dramatic and emotive cuing-systems designed to target the affective learning domain. This "backdoor-approach" to phonemic skill acquisition is based on current neural research on Learning & the Brain--specifically how our brains actually learn best!The Secret Stories® primary purpose is to equip beginning (or struggling, upper grade) readers and writers, as well as their instructors, with the tools necessary to easily and effectively crack the secret reading and writing codes that lie beyond the alphabet, and effectively out of reach for so many learners! It is not a phonics program! Rather, it simply provides the missing pieces learners need to solve the complex reading puzzle--one that some might never solve otherwise! The Secrets(tm) are sure to become one of the most valuable, well-used, and constantly relied-upon teaching tools in your instructional repertoire!