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Making sense of phonics : the hows and whys / Isabel L. Beck, Mark E. Beck.
Tools and strategies for explicit, systematic phonics instruction. Teachers learn effective ways to build students' decoding skills by teaching letter-sound relationships, blending, word building, multisyllabic decoding, fluency, and more. While designed for K-3, the basic information is useful and may be adapted for work with adults.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781462511990 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781462512058 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xviii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition: Second edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Guilford Press, [2013]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Situating phonics instruction -- The alphabetic principle and phonics -- Phonemic awareness: a bit of a different take -- The phonics landscape -- Teaching children the sounds that letters represent -- Blending -- Word building -- Assessment -- Multisyllabic words -- Syllasearch -- Orthography: a 'sticking point in word recognition' -- Automaticity -- Appendix 1: Word building lists -- Appendix 2: Specific phonics assessments: administration and scoring guidelines -- Appendix 3: Words and syllable matrices fo syllasearch -- Appendix 4: The word pocket -- Appendix 5: List of online teaching resources -- Glossary -- References -- Index. |
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| Subject: | Reading > Phonetic method. Reading (Elementary) |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Decoda Literacy Library | 372.465 B43 2013 (Text) | 35410000035220 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
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.
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.
