Full Description
For a variety of Phonics courses; a supplement to Reading Methods courses. Here is everything prospective reading teachers need to know in order to introduce phonics to elementary school children in a way that's interesting and effective. Coverage is focused on decoding, the lynchpin skill in literacy development. Part I addresses the relationship between phonics and literacy, and provides a six-chapter tutorial that will test the reader's own level of skill. In Part Two, dozens of classroom activities are arranged in the order in which research has shown phonics knowledge to be acquired. The result is a concise handbook that shows future teachers how to teach phonics while, at the same time, "filling in the gaps" in their personal knowledge of the subject.
Contents
Self-EvaluationPhonics and Literacy Development. 2. Consonants. 3. Vowels. 4. Onsets and Rimes. 5. Syllabication and Accent. Self-Evaluation: A Post-Test. 6. Teaching Phonics to Children. PART TWO: CLASSROOM PHONICS ACTIVITIES. 7. Developmental Stages of Decoding. 8. Early Experiences with Written Text. 9. Learning to Read and Write Single-Syllable Words. 10. Learning to Read and Write Words of More than One Syllable. Answers to Reviews and Self-Evaluation Tests. Appendix: Common Rimes. References. Index.