Word Identification Strategies: Building Phonics into a Classroom Reading Program, 4th Edition

Acknowledging that phonics is a necessary tool for helping children become independent readers, this practical, up-to-date book ensures readers learn strategies supported by current research–helps teachers be prepared for today's standards-based educational system and the expectations of administrators, parents, and others.

This book incorporates current best practices in phonemic awareness, word families, letter-sound patterns, and multi-letter groups into 96 practical, research-based activities. Coverage addresses the needs of children who have difficulty identifying words in context, as well as those whose first language is not English. By focusing on transferable teaching strategies rather than rote letter/sound learning, this book reshapes how teachers will introduce this critical component of reading to today's classrooms.

This revision includes:

• NEW! Seven best practices for teaching reading and sharing literacy with English Language learners include research-based guidance for effective teaching of English language learners.
• NEW! In light of high-stakes testing and the demands on classroom time, this book now includes Spare Minute teaching ideas that call for little, if any, advance preparation and are suitable for brief periods of time.
• NEW! The importance of phonemic awareness for phonics, spelling and reading fluency is explained in greater detail to help readers of this book develop insight into how phonemic awareness impacts learning to read.
• NEW! Because developing reading fluency is now a more visible component of classroom reading programs, Chapter 1 includes an explanation of how phonics contributes to fluent reading.
• NEW! An overview of an elementary school program for teaching letter-sounds and multi-letter chunks provides a conceptual framework for teachers to understand the logical sequence of teaching these skills in grades K-6. (Chapters 5 & 6)

                        Key Ideas

                        Key Vocabulary

                        Why Do We Teach Phonics?

                        Word Identification in a Balanced Classroom Reading Program

                        Semantic, Syntactic and Graphophonic Cues

                        How Children Read Familiar and Unfamiliar Words

                        Metacognitive Awareness

                        The Five Stages of Word Learning

                        References

Chapter 2    Phonemic Awareness: Becoming Aware of the Sounds of Language

                        Key Ideas

                        Key Vocabulary

                        What is Phonemic Awareness?

                        What is Phonological Awareness?

                        Phonemic Awareness and Phonics

                        Phonemic Awareness Develops Sequentially

                        Teaching Phonemic Awareness in Your Classroom Reading Program

                        Rhyme Awareness

                        Activities for Developing Phonemic Awareness

                        Phonemic Awareness Tests

                        Teaching Phonemic Awareness in Your Classroom Reading Program

                        References

 Chapter 3   Early Word Identification Strategies: Using Logos, Pictures, Word Shape, and Partial Letter-

                        Key Ideas

                        Key Vocabulary

                        Environmental Cues: The Strategy of Associating Meaning with the Print in Our Everyday Surroundings

                        Picture Cues: The Strategy of Inferring Meaning from Illustrations

                        Prealphabetic Word Learners and Precommunicative Spellers

                        Partial Alphabetic Word Learners and Semiphonetic Spellers

                        Best Practices for Teaching Partial Alphabetic Word Learners

                        References

Chapter 4    Analogy-Based Phonics: The Strategy of Using Parts of Familiar Words to Read and Learn New Words

                        Key Ideas

                        Key Vocabulary

                        Looking Inside Syllables

                        Teaching Analogy-Based Phonics

                        How Children Use the Onsets and Rimes in Known Words to Read New Words

                        Self-Monitoring, Cross-Checking, and Self-Correcting for Meaning-Focused Word Identification

                        Understanding Rimes, Phonograms, and Word Families

                        Why Children use Onsets and Rimes to Read and Learn New Words

                        Best Practices for Teaching Analogy-Based Phonics

                        Activities for Teaching Analogy-Based Phonics

                        Looking Beyond Analogy-Based Phonics

                        References

Chapter 5    Letter-Sound Phonics: The Strategy of Using Letter-Sounds to Read and Learn New Words

                        Key Ideas

                        Key Vocabulary

                        Phonics Letter-Sound Patterns

                        Teaching Letter-Sound Phonics in Your Classroom

                        How Children Use Letter-Sound Patterns to Read and Learn New Words

                        Best Practices for Teaching Letter-Sound Phonics

                        A Sequence for Teaching Letter-Sound Patterns

                        Do Phonics Rules Belong in Your Classroom Reading Program?

                        Alphabetic Word Learners and Phonetic Spellers

                        Decodable Books and Your Classroom Reading Program

                        Activities for Teaching Letter-Sound Based Phonics

                        Moving Toward Using the Multiletter Chunks in Word Structure to Reading and Spelling Long Words

                        References

Chapter 6    Structural Analysis: Using Chunking Strategy to Read and Learn Long Words

                        Key Ideas

                        Key Vocabulary

                        The Multiletter Chunk Strategy

                        Why Readers Chunk Letters Together

                        Teaching Multiletter Chunks in Your Classroom Reading Program

                        How Children Use the Multiletter Chunks in Word Structure

                        Consolidated Word Learners and Transitional Spellers

                        Prefixes, Suffixes, and Base Words

                        Best Practices for Teaching Prefixes and Suffixes

                        Greek and Latin Roots

                        Compound Words

                        Contractions

                        Syllables

                        Activities for Teaching the Multiletter Chunks in Word Structure

                        Insight Into Word Meaning and Pronunciation

                        References

Chapter 7    Teaching English Language Learners and Children At Risk

                        Key Ideas

                        English Language Learners

                        Children At Risk

                        References

Appendix A    Rimes for Word Reading and Spelling

Appendix B    Letter-Sound Patterns

Appendix C    Generalizations for Adding Suffixes

Appendix D    Greek and Latin Roots

Key Vocabulary