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Here is a self-paced, self-instruction program pre-service and in-service teachers can use to develop a comprehensive understanding of phonics, syllable and accent patterns, onset-rime, the morphemes that contribute to word meaning, and phonological and phonemic awareness.
The book provides a number of pedagogical aids to ensure that readers understand the information and see how to apply it in the classroom. A careful sequence of material guides readers to correct responses. Ample repetition and review reinforces learning. Assessment helps teachers gauge their learning, and a pretest and a post-test allow for checking learning before and after using the program.
The new Eleventh Edition focuses on the Common Core State Standards Foundational Skills that apply to the content of the book, interweaving applicable standards throughout and helping teachers make the connections between the Standards and what they are teaching.
List of contents
Preface
Self-Evaluation I: A Pretest
Part I: General Knowledge and Concepts
Part II: Single-Letter Consonants
Part III: Consonant Digraphs and Consonant Blends
Part IV: Vowels
Part V: A Review of the Phonemes
Part VI: Onsets and Rimes
Part VII: Syllable and Accent Patterns
Part VIII: Morphemes, Prefixes, Suffixes, Contractions and Compound Words
Self-Evaluation II: A Posttest
Answers to the Pretest and Posttest
Answers to the Reviews
Appendix A: Generalizations for Phonics and Word Study
Appendix B: Graphemes, Key Symbols, and Key Words
Glossary
About the author
Barbara J. Fox is a Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University. Her other books include Word Identification Strategies: Building Phonics into a Classroom Reading Program and 100 Activities for Developing Fluent Readers: Patterns and Applications for Word Recognition, Fluency, and Comprehension. Her experience in literacy comes from teaching in the elementary school, working to develop the vocabulary of struggling readers, and educating reading professionals at the university level. Her interest in phonics and other word recognition skills evolved from these three experiences and provide the basis for writing this book. In her spare time, she is an avid reader and enjoys her family and three dogs.
Summary
Phonics and Word Study for the Teacher of Reading is a self-paced, self-instruction program designed to help teachers independently develop a comprehensive background in phonics, syllable and accent patterns, onset-rime, the morphemes that contribute to word meaning, and phonological and phonemic awareness. The unique structure of the book is set up to ensure learning success through a careful sequence of material that guides readers through the material, coupled with a number of pedagogical aids that check reader understanding at various stages in the learning process. Throughout the book, readers see how to connect the information they’re studying with grade-specific learning expectations described in the Foundational Skills strand of the Common Core State Standards.
