1. Situating Phonics Instruction
2. The Alphabetic Principle and Phonics
3. Phonemic Awareness: A Bit of a Different Take
4. The Phonics Landscape
5. Teaching Children the Sounds That Letters Represent
6. Blending
7. Word Building
8. Assessment
9. Multisyllabic Words
10. Syllasearch
11. Orthography: A "Sticking Point" in Word Recognition
12. Automaticity
Appendix 1. Word Building Lists
Appendix 2. Specific Phonics Assessments
Appendix 3. Word and Syllable Matrices for Syllasearch
Appendix 4. The Word Pocket
Appendix 5. List of Online Materials
Glossary
Isabel L. Beck, PhD, is Professor Emerita in the School of
Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Before starting her
career at the university, she was a public school teacher, and has
taught most elementary grades. Dr. Beck's work has been
acknowledged by awards from the International Reading Association,
the National Reading Conference, and the American Federation of
Teachers, among others. Most recently she was elected to the
National Academy of Education.
Mark E. Beck, MEd, is a reading specialist at Manchester Academic
Charter School in Pittsburgh, where he works with children in
grades K-5. After practicing law for 14 years, Mr. Beck changed
careers, obtaining his Pennsylvania elementary teaching
certification and working as a classroom teacher. Subsequently he
obtained his reading specialist certification. He has also been a
part-time instructor in the Reading Department in the School of
Education at the University of Pittsburgh.
"Like the prior edition, this is a much-needed 'how-to' for
classroom teachers that also warrants close attention from
education professors and literacy coaches. No other book so
thoroughly (but succinctly) summarizes the history of phonics
instruction, explicates its role in reading development, and offers
such a wealth of ideas for assessment, curriculum, and instruction.
Call it 'one-stop shopping' for this pivotal issue in reading
instruction! This is a book that preservice and inservice teachers
will turn to repeatedly, long after purchase. It is a great text
for undergraduate methods classes and reading endorsement master's
classes, as well as a resource for professional learning
communities."--Kathleen J. Brown, PhD, Director, University of Utah
Reading Clinic
"I recommend this second edition as a text for preservice and
inservice teacher education courses. The book not only demonstrates
how to teach a variety of phonics strategies, but also explains why
the strategies need to be taught this way. Teachers will appreciate
the examples of students' misconceptions, as well as the word lists
and assessment tools in the appendices."--Barbara R. Foorman, PhD,
Professor Emerita, College of Education, Florida State University
"I am certain that teachers--and all professionals interested in
making sure children learn to read well--will find this book
thought provoking and invaluable. The seminal research presented is
rigorous yet highly accessible, and is illustrated with
instructive, entertaining anecdotes. The new and expanded chapters
in the second edition provide an eloquent picture of the
challenging tasks that young children face as they learn to read,
and show how to help them surmount these challenges."--Carol
McDonald Connor, PhD, Learning Sciences Institute and Department of
Psychology, Arizona State University -
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