Evidence-Based Instruction in Reading - A Professional Development Guide to Phonics (Paperback)

Learn to enhance your assessment and teaching of "Phonics"! Finally teachers have access to a professional development series, "Evidence-Based Instruction in Reading," written specifically to guide them in sharpening their understanding of the five key components to Reading First-phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. This book focuses on phonics, but each volume in the five-part series addresses one key component and presents friendly tips and strategies that teachers can take right into the classroom. How to make "Phonics" work for you!

• Consider recommendations for incorporating appropriate reading materials, fostering productive home-school connections, and promoting students' desire to learn to read and write.
• Read about the findings of current key research studies and learn about their implications for classroom practice.
• Discover how to evaluate your current practices and create concrete plans for change.
• Start a learning community or book club and share your knowledge with colleagues-Book Club Ideas are included as an appendix.
• Access useful resources and links to extend and enrich your own learning beyond the classroom.

Teachers rave about "A Professional Development" "Guide to Phonics"! "This book is terrific-it provides very workable instructional activities and routines for making phonics instruction work. I have tried these with my own students and they work-my children are leaning phonics and they are loving words." -Tracy L. Foreman, Literacy Specialist & Reading Recovery Teacher, Kent, Ohio. "There is no guesswork involved! This looks like pages from what could be 'Phonics forDummies' and we need it. These are essential skills and teachers must have a clear understanding of them." --- Cathy Taylor, Reading First literacy coach, Lumpkin, Georgia Also available in the "Evidence-Based Instruction in Reading "series: "A Professional Development" "Guide to Phonemic Awareness" (c) 2008 ISBN: 0-205-45628-6 "A Professional Development" "Guide to Vocabulary" (c) 2008 ISBN: 0-205-45631-6 "A Professional Development" "Guide to Fluency "(c) 2008 ISBN: 0-205-45629-4 "A Professional Development" "Guide to Comprehension "(c) 2008 ISBN: 0-205-45627-8