Bibliograph

Making sense of phonics, the hows and whys, Isabel L. Beck, Mark E. Beck

Type

Label

Making sense of phonics, the hows and whys, Isabel L. Beck, Mark E. Beck

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Making sense of phonics

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

828768669

Responsibility statement

Isabel L. Beck, Mark E. Beck

Sub title

the hows and whys

Summary

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. -- Amazon

Table Of Contents

Situating phonics instruction -- The alphabetic principle and phonics -- Phonemic awareness : a bit of a different take -- The phonics landscape -- Teaching children the sounds that letters represent -- Blending -- Word building -- Assessment -- Multisyllabic words -- Syllasearch -- Orthography : a "sticking point in word recognition" -- Automaticity -- Word building lists -- Specific phonics assessments : administration and scoring guidelines -- Words and syllable matrices for syllasearch -- The word pocket

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