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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, Reston, VA. – 1995
This digest provides basic information on phonological awareness in the process of learning to read for students with learning disabilities. It considers how phonological awareness fits into this process and the special problems experienced by children with learning disabilities or from culturally diverse backgrounds. Suggestions for teaching…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cultural Differences, Decoding (Reading), Difficulty Level
Smith, Carl B. – 1998
Intended for parents and teachers, this guide provides all the information needed to lead a first-grade child through 30 lessons or 30 weeks of learning for a beginning speller. The guide helps the child to learn to identify common, logical spelling patterns; leads the child quickly to more complex words; and aids him or her in becoming a…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 1, Primary Education, Spelling
Fitzsimmons, Mary K. – 1998
This digest summarizes what is known about teaching the processes of phonological awareness and word recognition. It finds unequivocal research evidence that students who enter first grade with phonological awareness skills are more successful readers and urges explicit instruction in these skills. Examples of phonological awareness activities and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Educational Research, Phonology
Family Learning Association, Bloomington, IN. – 1998
Noting that parent involvement could be the single most important factor in children's success in school, this book helps parents act as tutors in reading and writing for their kindergarten children. It offers both general guidelines and specific strategies and activities to use for accomplishing specific objectives, such as improving decoding…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Parent Participation
Smith, Carl B. – 1998
Intended for parents and teachers, this guide provides all the information needed to lead a second grader through 30 lessons or 30 weeks of learning for a beginning speller. The guide helps the child to learn to identify common, logical spelling patterns; leads the child quickly to more complex words; and aids him or her in becoming a confident,…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, English Instruction, Grade 2, Primary Education
Smith, Carl B. – 1998
Intended for parents and teachers, this guide provides all the information needed to lead a third grader through 30 lessons or 30 weeks of learning for a speller. The guide helps the child to learn to identify common, logical spelling patterns; leads the child quickly to more complex words; and aids him or her in becoming a confident, independent…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, English Instruction, Grade 3, Primary Education
Smith, Carl B. – 2000
This book guides parents and children in developing strategies to figure out words. The first chapter, Skills for Identifying Words, presents general strategies for making sense of words, and for using the eyes and ears to identify words. The first chapter also offers listening and visual exercises. The second chapter, Using Phonics To Identify…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Decoding (Reading), Early Childhood Education
