Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys

From bestselling author Isabel L. Beck—an experienced educator who knows what works—this concise volume provides a wealth of practical ideas for building children’s decoding skills by teaching letter–sound relationships, blending, word building and multi-syllable words. The strategies presented for explicit, systematic phonics instruction are ideal for use in primary-grade classrooms or with older students who are having difficulties. Many specific examples bring the instructional procedures to life while elucidating their underlying rationale; appendices include reproducible curriculum materials.