Making sense of phonics: the hows and whys, paperback (2nd ed.)/isabel l. beck

Contributor(s): Author: Isabel L.

Beck Author: Mark E.

Beck 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.

Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2 x 11 size and find a wealth of supplemental teaching resources.

New to This Edition*Six additional chapters covering key topics, including assessment, phonemic awareness, orthography, and automaticity.

*A complete phonics assessment with administering and scoring guidelines.

*Downloadable forms and word lists, plus a companion website with rich supplemental resources, including word/syllable cards, assessment tools, and illustrated stories featuring target words, which teachers can project or print for classroom use.

*More classroom examples and Your Turn activities, as well as expanded word lists.

See also Bringing Words to Life, Second Edition: Robust Vocabulary Instruction and Creating Robust Vocabulary: Frequently Asked Questions and Extended Examples , by Isabel L.

Beck, Margaret G.

McKeown, and Linda Kucan, which provide essential tools for K-12 vocabulary instruction.