Basic Skills for Effective Reading

List of contents

Getting Started.

A Look At Reading. How To Use This Book.
I. WORKING WITH WORDS.
1. Phonics: Consonants.

Single Consonants That Stand For Only One Sound. Single Consonants That Stand For More Than One Sound. Skill Practice: Single Consonants. Consonant Blends. Skill Practice: Consonant Blends. Consonant Digraphs. Skill Practice: Consonant Digraphs. Silent Consonants. Skill Practice: Silent Consonants. Skill Practice: Consonants. Summary Sheet: Consonants.
2. Phonics: Vowels.

Single Long Vowels. Single Short Vowels. Single Vowel + R. Y As A Vowel. The Schwa. Skill Practice: Single Vowels. Double Vowels. Double Vowels-One Vowel Is Silent. Double Vowels-New Single Sounds. Double Vowels That Stand For More Than One Single Sound. Skill Practice: Double Vowels. Skill Practice: Vowels. Summary Sheet: Vowels. Using Phonics To Decode And Pronounce Words. Skill Practice: Using Phonics To Decode And Pronounce Words.
3. Syllables.

Hearing Syllables. Skill Practice: Hearing Syllables. Visible Clues For Dividing Words Into Syllables. Skill Practice: Visible Clues For Dividing Words Into Syllables. Summary Sheet: Four Visible Clues For Dividing Words Into Syllables. Decoding Words With More Than One Syllable. Skill Practice: Decoding Words.
II. BUILDING VOCABULARY.
4. Word Clues in Context.

Clues In Context: Words With More Than One Meaning. Skill Practice: Context Clues-Words With More Than One Meaning. Clues In Context-Unknown Words. Skill Practice: Words In Context-Definition And Example. Skill Practice: Word Clues In Context- Experience. Skill Practice: Word Clues in Context- Definition, Example, Experience. Summary Sheet: Using Context Clues To Define Unknown Words.
5. Word Structure.

Visible Clues for Dividing Words Into Syllables. Root Words. Summary Sheet: Five Visible Clues For Dividing Words Into Syllables. Skill Practice: Root Words. Prefixes. Skill Practice: Prefixes + Roots. Summary Sheet: Prefixes. Suffixes. Summary Sheet: Suffixes. Skill Practice: Suffixes. Compound Words. Skill Practice: Compound Words.
6. The Dictionary.

Alphabetical Order. Skill Practice: Alphabetical Order. How To Use The Dictionary. Skill Practice: Using The Dictionary.
7. Personal Vocabulary System.

Filling Out Cards. Learning The Words. Skill Practice: Personal Vocabulary System.
III. IMPROVING COMPREHENSION.
8. Main Ideas in Paragraphs.

Stated Main Ideas In Paragraphs. Skill Practice: Stated Main Ideas In Paragraphs. Implied Main Ideas In Paragraphs. Skill Practice: Implied Main Ideas In Paragraphs. Skill Practice: Stated And Implied Main Ideas In Paragraphs. Summary Sheet: Main Ideas In Paragraphs.
9. Details in Paragraphs.

Detail: Example. Detail: Reason. Skill Practice: Details-Example And Reason. Detail: Restatement. Skill Practice: Details-Example, Reason, Restatement. Detail: Filler. Summary Sheet: Main Ideas And Details.
10. Main Ideas and Details in Selections.

Main Ideas In Selections. Skill Practice: Main Ideas In Selections. Details In Selections. Skill Practice: Details In Selections. Skill Practice: Main Ideas And Details In Selections. Skill Practice: Mapping Paragraphs and Selections.
11. Paragraph Selection Mapping.

Major And Minor Details. Mapping A Paragraph. Mapping A Selection. Skill Practice: Mapping Paragraphs and Selections.
IV. EXTENDING YOUR READING SKILLS.
Reading Selections:
1. Fighting Oil Well Fires.2. Water Over the Dam.3. Do You Have the Time?4. How Close Is Too Close?5. “It's The Books That Change Me.”6. Practice Makes Perfect.7. Walnut Canyon: Then and Now.8. Are You Really Listening.9. The Last “Witches” of Salem.10. Block Island Lights.Guided Practice Answers.Index.

Summary

For courses in Developmental Reading typically at the 4th-8th grade level. This low-level reading text is designed to bring students with limited reading skills closer to college-level reading. Using contemporary learning theory - i.e., skill preview, division of skills into small units, guided practice, immediate feedback, and skill practice - it offers a step-by-step approach to reading skill development and applications. It helps students develop 1) word attack skills (e.g., phonics and syllabication); 2) skills related to the use of context clues, word parts, a dictionary, and a personal vocabulary system; and 3) skills which helps students identify main ideas and details in paragraphs and longer selections. Practice reading selections and exercises provide opportunities not only for reading, but for critical thinking and writing as well.

Product details

• Authors: Selma Wilf
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1998
• EAN: 9780135338520
• ISBN: 978-0-13-533852-0
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Allyn & Bacon; Allyn & Bacon
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education