When Two Vowels Go Walking
Author: Greg Zemlansky
Publisher:
Published: 2020-08-19
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA children's book about vowels. A good learning book with vowel pictures. A book a parent can participate with their child.
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Teaching Spelling to English Language Learners
Author: Johanna Stirling
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2011-02-15
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1447606787
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA book for anyone teaching English spelling, particularly those working with English language learners. This essential manual answers three challenging questions about teaching spelling: Why is there a problem with teaching and learning spelling? What can be done about it? How can this be accomplished? The first part of the book helps teachers understand the systems of English spelling and the regularities, which are not necessarily phonological. It explores the errors that learners really make and the challenges faced by teachers. The second part outlines a fresh, new, multi-dimensional approach to teaching spelling which recognises the need for learner engagement and strategy training as well as work on the patterns found in English orthography. The final part of the book presents over seventy engaging and effective activities which are designed to develop a range of strategies and knowledge about English spelling.
Dictionary of the British English Spelling System
Author: Greg Brooks
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Published: 2015-03-30
Total Pages: 524
ISBN-13: 1783741074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book will tell all you need to know about British English spelling. It's a reference work intended for anyone interested in the English language, especially those who teach it, whatever the age or mother tongue of their students. It will be particularly useful to those wishing to produce well-designed materials for teaching initial literacy via phonics, for teaching English as a foreign or second language, and for teacher training. English spelling is notoriously complicated and difficult to learn; it is correctly described as much less regular and predictable than any other alphabetic orthography. However, there is more regularity in the English spelling system than is generally appreciated. This book provides, for the first time, a thorough account of the whole complex system. It does so by describing how phonemes relate to graphemes and vice versa. It enables searches for particular words, so that one can easily find, not the meanings or pronunciations of words, but the other words with which those with unusual phoneme-grapheme/grapheme-phoneme correspondences keep company. Other unique features of this book include teacher-friendly lists of correspondences and various regularities not described by previous authorities, for example the strong tendency for the letter-name vowel phonemes (the names of the letters ) to be spelt with those single letters in non-final syllables.
How to Use Decodable Books to Teach Reading
Author: Pamela Brookes
Publisher: DOG ON A LOG Books
Published: 2019-09-29
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSixty-five percent of U.S. fourth graders are not proficient readers because their teachers have not been taught how to teach reading using evidence-based methods. Up to 20% of children have dyslexia. Few receive the individualized teaching they need from their schools. To help parents and teachers who want to teach their children using an evidence-based, effective method, Pamela Brookes, the mother of a child with dyslexia, discusses their daily routine as she teaches her daughter to read using the decodable DOG ON A LOG Books series. As the author of DOG ON A LOG Books, Pamela also shares how to choose where in the series to start. She shares how she teaches each of the phonics rules used in the book series along with the reasons for teaching the syllable types and handwriting. Although this booklet is meant to guide parents and teachers using DOG ON A LOG Books, the information can be adapted and applied to any systematic series of decodable books. How to Use Decodable Books to Teach Reading is edited by Dr. Nancy Mather, a professor in learning disabilities, reading, and writing to make sure it follows the scientific research on teaching reading. This edition includes information on Steps 1 to 10 of the DOG ON A LOG phonics rules. Additional steps will be added as the future decodable chapter books are created. All DOG ON A LOG Books follow a structured literacy/Orton-Gillingham based phonics sequence. You can download printable gameboards, flashcards, and other literacy materials at www.dogonalogbooks.com.
The Zigzag Zebra
Author: Marie Rippel
Publisher: All about Learning Press, Incorporated
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781935197140
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat happens when Lily the Llama gets mad? Tiny the Fly tickles the toad? jolly jackrabbits jump too fast? a raccoon shows up at a picnic? two porcupines meet on a path? Find out inside!
Teaching Kids to Read For Dummies
Author: Tracey Wood
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2011-04-27
Total Pages: 373
ISBN-13: 1118068939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYou’re thinking of teaching a child to read. What a great idea! Now all you need is exactly the right blueprint. This easy-to-follow book is written with two people in mind; you, and the child you’re thinking of teaching. Mother and children’s reading specialist Tracey Wood gives you all the down-to-earth, honest information you need to give a child a happy, solid start with reading. Teaching Kids to Read For Dummies is for parents of young children who want to give their kids a head start by teaching them to read before they enter school or to supplement their children’s school instruction, as well as teachers and caregivers of young children. Filled with hands-on activities that progress a child from sounds to words to sentences to books, this friendly guide shows you how to: Prepare a child to read Sharpen his listening skills Correct her errors graciously Choose the right books Have kids read out loud Find help if you need it Whether the child you want to teach is two or twelve; fast paced or steady; an absolute beginner or someone who’s begun but could use a little help, this empathetic book shows you how to adapt the simple, fun activities to your child’s individual needs. You’ll see how to make activities age appropriate, how to add more challenge or support, and how to make gender allowances if that’s relevant. Plus, you’ll discover how to: Lay the foundation for good reading skills Tell the difference between a reading delay and a reading problem Help your child build words from letters and sounds, advance to short and long vowel words, and conquer syllables and silent letters Select entertaining workbooks, recycle them, and make up your own reading activities Get your child ready for sentences Keep your child reading — with others or on his own Complete with lists of word families, phonics rules, and reading resources, Teaching Kids to Read For Dummies will help you make learning fun for your child as he or she develops this critical skill!
The American Heritage Word Frequency Book
Author: John Bissell Carroll
Publisher:
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 924
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhonics that Work!
Author: Janiel M. Wagstaff
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780590496247
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew Strategies for the Reading/Writing Classroom Easy strategies and activities that dramatically improve the reading-writing skills of the author's mixed-ability students. Includes a rational, real-life models, and more.
Do It My Way: The Child's Way of Learning
Author: Grace Nash
Publisher: Alfred Music
Published:
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781457408830
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA handbook that helps teachers build creative teaching experiences. Designed for the way a child learns. Levels K-6.
Early Reading Instruction
Author: Diane McGuinness
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2006-01-20
Total Pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780262263825
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEarly Reading Instruction is a comprehensive analysis of the research evidence from early writing systems to computer models of reading. In this book, Diane McGuinness provides an innovative solution to the "reading war"—the century-old debate over the efficacy of phonics (sound-based) versus whole-word (meaning- based) methods. She has developed a prototype—a set of elements that are critical to the success of a reading method. McGuinness shows that all writing systems, without exception, are based on a sound unit in the language. This fact, and other findings by paleographers, provides a platform for the prototype. Other elements of the prototype are based on modern research. For example, observational studies in the classroom show that time spent on three activities strongly predicts reading success: learning phoneme/symbol correspondences, practice at blending and segmenting phonemes in words, and copying/writing words, phrases, and sentences. Most so-called literacy activities have no effect, and some, like sight word memorization, have a strongly negative effect. The National Reading Panel (2000) summarized the research on reading methods after screening out thousands of studies that failed to meet minimum scientific standards. In an in-depth analysis of this evidence, McGuinness shows that the most successful methods (children reading a year or more above age norms) include all the elements in the prototype. Finally, she argues, because phonics-type methods are consistently shown to be superior to whole-word methods in studies dating back to the 1960s, it makes no sense to continue this line of research. The most urgent question for future research is how to get the most effective phonics programs into the classroom.
