Phonics From A - Z: A Practical Guide

by Wiley Blevins

• ISBN13: 9780439845113
• ISBN10: 0439845114
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

This revised and updated edition summarizes the current research on phonics and offers more than 50 pages of practical suggestions for making phonics instruction come alive in the primary classroom. Includes special sections on meeting the needs of struggling readers and English language learners, speed drill forms and fluency routines, ready-to-use lessons, word lists, games, learning center ideas, and a comprehensive index. For use with Grades K-3.

Author Biography

Wiley Blevins is an early reading specialist who holds a M. Ed. from Harvard. A former elementary school teacher, Wiley has written and edited many phonics and reading materials. He is the author of the best-selling Phonics from A-Z and Teaching Phonics and Word Study in the Intermediate Grades, Phonemic Awareness Activities for Early Reading Success, and Teaching Students to Read Nonfiction. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

SECTION 1 What Is Phonics?	7	(13)
Phonics: What and Why	7	(3)
Ten Important Research Findings About Phonics	10	(6)
History of Phonics Instruction in the U.S.	16	(2)
Stages of Reading Development: Where Phonics Fits In	18	(2)
SECTION 2 Opening the Gate for Reading Instruction: Alphabet Recognition and Phonemic Awareness	20	(40)
Powerful Predictors of Success	20	(1)
Alphabet Recognition: What It Is and Why It's Essential	21	(2)
Teaching Alphabet Recognition	23	(1)
Alphabet Recognition Assessment	24	(6)
35 Quick-and-Easy Activities for Developing Alphabet Recognition	30	(5)
Phonemic Awareness: Playing With Sounds	35	(3)
Articulation	38	(4)
Why Phonemic Awareness Is Important	42	(1)
Phonemic Awareness Assessment	43	(1)
How to Assess Phonemic Awareness	44	(1)
Phonemic Awareness and Writing	44	(3)
Teaching Phonemic Awareness	47	(2)
Using Literature to Develop Phonemic Awareness	49	(2)
35 Quick-and-Easy Activities for Developing Phonemic Awareness	51	(9)
SECTION 3 Learning About Sounds and Letters	60	(50)
Teachers and Linguistics	60	(2)
The Sounds of English	62	(1)
Consonants	63	(4)
Vowels	67	(3)
Word Lists for Instruction	70	(40)
/b/ as in bat	70	(1)
/d/ as in dog	71	(1)
/f/ as in fan	72	(1)
/g/ as in gate	73	(1)
/h/ as in hat	74	(1)
/j/ as in jump	75	(1)
/k/ as in kite	76	(1)
/l/ as in leaf	77	(1)
/m/ as in mop	78	(1)
/n/ as in nest	79	(1)
/p/ as in pig	80	(1)
/r/ as in rock	81	(1)
/s/ as in sun	82	(1)
/t/ as in top	83	(1)
/v/ as in vase	84	(1)
/w/ as in wagon	85	(1)
/y/ as in yo-yo	86	(1)
/z/ as in zebra	87	(1)
/ch/ as in cheese	88	(1)
/sh/ as in shark	89	(1)
/zh/ as in treasure	90	(1)
/th/ as in the	90	(1)
/th/ as in thumb	91	(1)
/hw/ as in wheel	91	(1)
/ng/ as in ring	92	(1)
/a/ as in cake	93	(1)
/e/ as in feet	94	(1)
/i/ as in bike	95	(1)
/o/ as in boat	96	(1)
/yoo/ as in cube	97	(1)
/a/ as in cat	98	(1)
/e/ as in bed	99	(1)
/i/ as in fish	100	(1)
/o/ as in lock	101	(1)
/u/ as in duck	102	(1)
/a/ as in alarm	103	(1)
/a/ as in chair	103	(1)
/u/ as in bird	104	(1)
/a/ as in car	105	(1)
/o/ as in ball	106	(1)
/oi/ as in boy	107	(1)
/ou/ as in house	107	(1)
/oo/ as in moon	108	(1)
/oo/ as in book	109	(1)
SECTION 4 Creating Lessons for Success	110	(90)
How Phonics Is Taught	111	(2)
Characteristics of Strong Phonics Instruction	113	(2)
About Scope and Sequence	115	(3)
What Does a Good Phonics Lesson Look Like?	118	(4)
Phonics Lesson Dos	119	(1)
Phonics Lesson Don'ts	120	(2)
Memory Devices: Choosing the Best	122	(1)
Blending: Teaching Children How Words Work	123	(1)
Controlled Text: What Is It?	124	(3)
Decodable Text---Does It Really Matter?	127	(3)
High-Frequency Words	130	(4)
Other Popular Techniques for Developing High-Frequency and Decodable Word Knowledge	134	(1)
Sample Lessons	135	(23)
Consonants	135	(2)
Consonant Digraphs	137	(1)
Consonant Clusters	138	(6)
Silent Letters	144	(2)
Short Vowels	146	(4)
Long Vowels	150	(5)
Other Vowel Sounds	155	(3)
Phonograms	158	(4)
Teaching With Phonograms	159	(1)
Phonogram Cautions	160	(1)
How to Use Phonogram Lists	161	(1)
Phonogram Word Lists	162	(13)
Long-a Phonograms	162	(1)
Long-e Phonograms	163	(1)
Long-i Phonograms	164	(1)
Long-o Phonograms	165	(1)
Short-a Phonograms	166	(1)
Short-e Phonograms	167	(1)
Short-i Phonograms	168	(1)
Short-o Phonograms	169	(1)
Short-u Phonograms	170	(1)
Variant Vowel /ar/ Phonograms	171	(1)
Variant Vowel /ur/ Phonograms	171	(1)
Variant Vowel /ar/ Phonograms	171	(1)
Variant Vowel /o/ Phonograms	172	(1)
Diphthong /oi/ Phonograms	173	(1)
Diphthong /ou/ Phonograms	173	(1)
Variant Vowel /oo/ Phonograms	174	(1)
Variant Vowel /oo/ Phonograms	174	(1)
What About Rules?	175	(4)
Guidelines for Using Rules/Generalizations	175	(4)
Structural Analysis: Using Word Parts	179	(8)
Compound Words	179	(3)
Prefixes	182	(1)
Suffixes	183	(1)
Homophones	184	(1)
Syllabication	184	(3)
35 Quick-and-Easy Phonics and Word Analysis Games	187	(7)
Workbooks	194	(1)
500 Picture Words	195	(1)
Assessments	196	(4)
Assessment 1: Nonsense Word Test	196	(2)
Assessment 2: San Diego Quick Assessment	198	(2)
SECTION 5 Meeting Individual Needs	200	(33)
Types of Readers	202	(2)
How to Help: Effective Intervention Strategies	204	(3)
Removing Reading Roadblocks---Principles of Intervention Instruction	207	(14)
14 Phonics Problems---and Solutions	209	(12)
Fluency	221	(4)
Phonics and the English Language Learner	225	(7)
Professional Development	232	(1)
Bibliography	233