Focuses on four kinds of reading/writing actions which readers and writers need to perform and which are based on two actions necessary to phonic competence: the blending of sounds together (synthesis) and the splitting of a sound into its component parts (analysis). (JM)

Describes ten learning activities, contributed by a group of teachers, that deal with such areas as phonics; word attack and spelling skills; and powers of observation, listening, and recall. (GT)