Phonics From A T0 Z
Wiley Blevins
Everything about phonics you've wanted to know but have been afraid to ask!
In this updated edition of his best-selling classic, reading expert Wiley Blevins summarizes the current research and offers practical strategies and lessons for successful phonics instruction in the primary classroom. Blevins presents a framework for developing effective phonics lessons and provides phonogram word lists and picture book suggestions to streamline planning. Other highlights of the book include
1. Ready-to-use assessments for students' alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness- and dozens of activities to develop these important skills
2. Guidelines for scope and sequence of phonics instruction
3. Intervention strategies for students who struggle
4. Guidelines for teaching English language learners
5. Accessible linguistics information, including articulation charts that demonstrate how to make the sounds of the decoding compound words, prefixes, suffixes, homophones, and syllables
6. Tips for teaching word-attack skills for decoding compound words, prefixes, suffixes, homophones, and syllables
7. A discussion of the most common reading problems children have in the early grades, with solutions for addressing them
This comprehensive resource will support your day-to day teaching of phonics and reading in the early grades.
Wiley Blevins is an early-reading specialist who holds an M.Ed. from Harvard. A former elementary school teacher. Wiley has written and edited many books and programs for teaching phonics and reading. He is the author of Teaching Phonics and Word Study in the Intermediate Grades. Building Fluency, and Teaching Students to Read Nonfiction, all published by Scholastic. He lives in New York City.
