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Hiskes, Dolores G. – 1996
This book uses phonics to teach reading in a complete manual for beginning and remedial readers of all ages. The book builds sounds and spelling patterns slowly and systematically into syllables, phrases, and sentences of gradually increasing complexity, presenting only one sound per lesson--each new sound builds upon previously learned skills for…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Phonics
Wagstaff, Janiel – 1994
Using easy-to-understand models from everyday practice and supporting the classroom observations with research, this book describes how a teacher replaced traditional phonics instruction with strategies incorporating "onset" and "rime" that improved students' reading comprehension. The book notes that as students' level of comfort with phonics…
Descriptors: Analogy, Elementary Education, Holistic Approach, Phonics
Fischer, Phyllis E. – 1993
Intended to answer questions from practicing teachers, concerned parents, and college students about the sounds and spelling patterns of English, this book presents an overview of the structure of written words that shows readers how the sounds of English are paired with their spelling patterns. The book delineates the task of decoding written…
Descriptors: Consonants, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, English
Weaver, Constance – 1994
This digest discusses some of the ways children develop functional phonics knowledge in the context of authentic reading and writing, as well as some of the ways teachers can foster such development. The digest suggests that children develop phonics knowledge by: having familiar stories or poems read to them repeatedly; discussing letter/sound…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Phonics
Greif, Ivo P. – 1981
To determine the usefulness of two commonly taught phonics rules concerning the pronounciation of two-syllable words, a study analyzed more than 138,000 words in the "New Grolier Webster International Dictionary of the English Language." The rules state that (1) a vowel is short when the only vowel in a syllable is not the last letter in…
Descriptors: Language Research, Phonics, Primary Education, Pronunciation Instruction
Shanahan, Timothy – Learning Point Associates / North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), 2005
Research has shown that students can be taught to comprehend the material better while they are reading. Successful instruction of this type has usually focused on the teaching of comprehension strategies--that is, intentional actions students can use during reading to guide their thinking. Such strategies improve both understanding and memory.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Phonemes
Ediger, Marlow – 2001
Students individually need to experience success in reading, be it a systematic approach in phonics or in whole language procedures. Quality action research, conducted within the local school/school system, needs to be conducted to notice which of these two procedures of reading instruction best meets student needs. Each student needs to achieve…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Comparative Analysis, Phonics
Gardner, Traci – 2003
Boom! Br-r-ring! Cluck! Moo!--exciting sounds are everywhere. Whether visiting online sites that play sounds or taking a "sound hike," ask your students to notice the sounds they hear, then write their own book, using sound words, based on Dr. Seuss's "Mr. Brown Can MOO! Can You?" During the three 45-minute sessions, grade K-2…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Language Usage, Lesson Plans, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2001
This list of year-by-year statements has been drawn together from England's National Literacy Strategy Framework for Teaching, with a particular focus on reading. The statements also take into account the stages set out in "Progression in Phonics" and the criteria for assessing reading in National Curriculum assessment at Years 2 and 6.…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Ediger, Marlow – 2000
Presently, reading is much discussed by senators, representatives, and state legislatures--the debate is on the following issues in reading instruction: (1) having all students in public school achieve at grade level as a reading minimum; (2) accountability of teachers for student achievement; (3) teachers having high achievement expectations from…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Phonics, Public Schools, Reading Achievement
Ediger, Marlow – 2000
This paper begins with an overview of necessary word recognition skills and the debate between use of phonics versus whole language. The paper gives a useful 5-step strategy for decoding unfamiliar words: (1) use context clues; (2) try the sound of the initial consonant, vowel, or blend in addition to context clues; (3) check for structural clues;…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Instruction
Starrett, Edmund V. – 2000
Presenting the positive role phonics can play in a student's ability to learn to read, this book emphasizes that phonics can be extremely beneficial when it is integrated as a part of a balanced reading program. Based on the author's real-world experience, the book covers the entire range of practical phonics applications for the elementary…
Descriptors: Consonants, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Phonics
Robb, Laura – Instructor, 1997
Presents two activities for building elementary school students' vocabulary skills and increasing their knowledge of phonics and spelling patterns. The primary activity involves word mapping. The intermediate activity helps students pronounce and understand unfamiliar, multisyllabic words. A reproducible page on vocabulary strategies is included.…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Phonics
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Kameenui, Edward J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1996
An analogy is drawn between understanding Shakespeare's work and the debate about teaching beginning reading. The apparent ease of reading is seen to mask its very real complexity. The importance of the early reading environment for readiness and the necessity of teaching sounds and then words is stressed. Tips for teaching phonological awareness…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Decoding (Reading), Phonics
Routman, Regie – Instructor, 1992
The article describes how to teach skills strategically in whole-language classrooms. It discusses differences between skills and strategies and notes how to move from skill to strategy. A section on teaching phonics examines phonics charts and personal phonics booklets; suggests an order for teaching phonics. (SM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Phonics, Primary Education, Reading Skills
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