Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, and Word Analysis for Teachers : An Interactive Tutorial

by Leu, Donald J.; Kinzer, Charles K.; Wilson, Robert M.; Hall, Mary Ann

• ISBN13: 9780131715875
• ISBN10: 0131715879
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This practical self-study guide provides a strong foundation for phonemic awareness, phonics, and word analysis so in-service teachers can update their knowledge, prepare for teacher certification or study for competency tests. This concise tutorial covers new content on phonological and phonemic awareness as well as the basic phonics generalizations on suffixes, affixes and syllabication. General K-12 Inservice teachers and Reading Specialists.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Recognizing Words: Helping Children Develop Word Analysis Strategies	p. 1
Phonological Awareness	p. 2
Phonemic Awareness	p. 2
Phonics	p. 3
Context Use	p. 3
Sight Word Knowledge	p. 3
Morphemic Analysis	p. 4
Chunking Words	p. 4
Dictionary Skills	p. 4
Developmental Spelling Patterns	p. 4
The Journey Ahead	p. 5
Self-Check for Chapter One	p. 10
The Early Stages: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness	p. 13
Self-Check for Chapter Two	p. 17
Phonics: Onset, Rime, and Consonant Patterns	p. 19
Onset: Initial Consonant Letters	p. 20
Rime	p. 22
Table 1 The 37 Most Common Rime Patterns	p. 22
Consonant Patterns	p. 23
Self-Check for Chapter Three	p. 36
Phonics: Vowels	p. 39
Single Vowels	p. 40
Vowel Clusters	p. 42
Vowel Generalizations	p. 43
Self-Check for Chapter Four	p. 46
Context	p. 49
The Importance and Use of Context	p. 51
Using Context to Check Word Analysis	p. 51
Using Context with Other Word Analysis Techniques	p. 52
Using Context as a Basic Word Analysis Technique to Determine Meaning	p. 53
Limitations of the Use of Context Clues	p. 56
Self-Check for Chapter Five	p. 57
Sight Words	p. 59
The Development of Sight Word Knowledge	p. 59
Figure 1 Dolch list of basic sight words	p. 61
Self-Check for Chapter Six	p. 63
Morphemic Analysis	p. 65
Understanding Affixes	p. 66
Self-Check for Chapter Seven	p. 72
Chunking Words into Smaller Units: Syllabication and Structural Analysis	p. 75
Syllabication	p. 75
Self-Check for Syllabication	p. 82
Using Syllabication to Help with Pronunciation	p. 83
Self-Check for Pronunciation Generalizations	p. 88
Using the Dictionary	p. 89
Locating Words in a Dictionary	p. 90
Using a Dictionary to Help Determine Pronunciation	p. 91
Using a Dictionary to Help Determine Meaning	p. 93
Self-Check for Chapter Nine	p. 95
Developmental Spelling Patterns	p. 97
The Leu and Kinzer developmental spelling checklist	p. 99
The Precommunicative Phase	p. 100
An example of a child's writing from the precommunicative phase	p. 100
The Semiphonetic Phase	p. 101
An example of a child's writing from the semiphonetic phase	p. 101
The Phonetic Phase	p. 102
An example of a child's writing from the phonetic phase	p. 103
The Transitional Phase	p. 104
An example of a child's writing from the transitional phase	p. 104
The Standard Phase	p. 105
An example of a child's writing from the standard phase	p. 105
Self-Check for Chapter Ten	p. 106
Posttest I	p. 109
Posttest II	p. 115
References	p. 121
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