Choosing and Using Decodable Texts

Author: Wiley Blevins
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
ISBN: 9781338714630
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Practical lessons and routines for using decodable texts to build children's phonics and fluency skills, as well as tips on how to choose strong decodable texts.

Phonics from A to Z

Author: Wiley Blevins
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780590315104
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Provides an explanation of phonics, a method of reading instruction that focuses on the relationship between sounds and their spellings, and features over one hundred activities for the classroom, as well as sample lessons, word lists, and teaching strategies.

A Fresh Look at Phonics, Grades K-2

Author: Wiley Blevins
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1506353568
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
In a Fresh Look at Phonics, Wiley Blevins, author of the blockbuster Phonics from A-Z, explains the 7 ingredients of phonics instruction that lead to the greatest student gains, based on two decades of research in classrooms. For each of these seven must-haves, Wiley shares lessons, routines, word lists, tips for ELL and advanced learners, and advice on pitfalls to avoid regarding pacing, decodable texts, transition time, and more. A Fresh Look at Phonics is the evidence-based solution you have been seeking that ensures all students develop a solid foundation for reading.

Phonemic Awareness Activities for Early Reading Success

Author: Wiley Blevins
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780590372312
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
Phonemic awareness--the understanding that words are made up of sounds--is essential to a child's early reading success. With this book, children gain this awareness through activities that are easy to teach and engaging. Children play with sounds through songs, rhymes, poetry, picture games, and other exercises. The activities cover the five basic levels of phonemic awareness: * the ability to hear rhymes and alliteration; * to do oddity tasks; * to orally blend word and split syllables; * to orally segment words; * to do phonemic manipulation tasks. Blends critical reading skills with joyful word play. For use with Grades K-2.

How to Use Decodable Books to Teach Reading

Author: Pamela Brookes
Publisher: DOG ON A LOG Books
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Sixty-five percent of U.S. fourth graders are not proficient readers because their teachers have not been taught how to teach reading using evidence-based methods. Up to 20% of children have dyslexia. Few receive the individualized teaching they need from their schools. To help parents and teachers who want to teach their children using an evidence-based, effective method, Pamela Brookes, the mother of a child with dyslexia, discusses their daily routine as she teaches her daughter to read using the decodable DOG ON A LOG Books series. As the author of DOG ON A LOG Books, Pamela also shares how to choose where in the series to start. She shares how she teaches each of the phonics rules used in the book series along with the reasons for teaching the syllable types and handwriting. Although this booklet is meant to guide parents and teachers using DOG ON A LOG Books, the information can be adapted and applied to any systematic series of decodable books. How to Use Decodable Books to Teach Reading is edited by Dr. Nancy Mather, a professor in learning disabilities, reading, and writing to make sure it follows the scientific research on teaching reading. This edition includes information on Steps 1 to 10 of the DOG ON A LOG phonics rules. Additional steps will be added as the future decodable chapter books are created. All DOG ON A LOG Books follow a structured literacy/Orton-Gillingham based phonics sequence. You can download printable gameboards, flashcards, and other literacy materials at www.dogonalogbooks.com.

Building Fluency

Author: Wiley Blevins
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439288385
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 78

Book Description
Contains mini-lessons, activities, and word lists designed to help students improve the speed, automaticity, and expression skills needed for better reading comprehension.

Phonics

Author: Wiley Blevins
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
ISBN: 9780590963800
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
Games focus on students' knowledge of sound/spelling correspondences and their ability to blend words.

Reading Above the Fray: The Art and Science of Teaching Foundational Skills

Author: Julia B. Lindsey
Publisher: Scholastic Professional
ISBN: 9781338828726
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
There is no question that strong foundational skills are essential to successful, joyful reading. In this book, Julia Lindsey focuses on strategies for decoding and chunking words--and ways to teach them efficiently to help children read more deeply during whole-class, small-group and one-on-one instruction. You'll find: 1) need-to-know essentials of how reading works and develops; 2) principles of high-quality foundational skills instruction--including connections to content learning, culturally responsive practices, and engaged reading; and 3) clear-cut, teacher-approved, research-based "instructional swaps" to improve your early reading instruction.

Phonics, Grades 3-6

Author: Linda Beech
Publisher: Teaching Resources
ISBN: 9780545124096
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Dozens of practice pages that give older, struggling readers multiple opportunities to review and really learn common, tricky words that are not easily decodable, recognize and reinforce must-know phonic elements, and hone word-study skills. With repeated practice, students develop automaticity and help become more fluent readers.Reviews basic word-study techniques.Improves automaticity.Boosts reading comprehension.Perfect for independent practice.

Straight Talk About Reading

Author: Louisa C. Moats
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780809228577
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Today's parents are increasingly concerned about the reading and spelling skills taught in schools and are taking charge of their children's education. Full of ideas and suggestions--from innovative preschool exercises to techniques that older children can use to increase reading speed and comprehension--Straight Talk About Reading will instantly help any parent lay a solid foundation for their child's formative educational years.