Making Sense of Phonics - The Hows and Whys (Hardcover)

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 multisyllable words. Straightforward and accessible, 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. The appendices include reproducible curriculum materials.