Reading Their Way
A Balance of Phonics and Whole Language- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2003
Summary
Increasing reading achievement is a universal goal of educators. This book fulfills the goal as it explains a balanced literacy program for kindergarten through third grades that incorporates research-based components, utilizing the best of the phonics and whole language approaches. Donat presents reading instruction strategies, scheduling/grouping options, assessments, evaluations, recommended materials/resources, and details sound and spelling patterns at each grade level. Written in a style that ensures quick, easy reading, this book will help educators design time schedules that are most effective for learning while allowing for creativity. Teachers will find an abundance of ideas for immediate implementation in their classrooms and school administrators will enjoy the guidance it gives in developing the quality literacy programs they desire for their schools. Also a great resource for use in early reading development courses at the university level.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2003
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-8108-4549-7
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-585-45539-6
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 105
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- 1 An Overview: Why Reading Their Way? No access Pages 1 - 6
- 2 The Phonological Awareness Component No access Pages 7 - 16
- 3 The Phonics Component No access Pages 17 - 26
- 4 The Contextual Reading Component No access Pages 27 - 34
- 5 The Writing Component No access Pages 35 - 42
- 6 Comprehension No access Pages 43 - 50
- 7 Time Schedules and Lesson Designs No access Pages 51 - 78
- 8 Methods of Reading Instruction No access Pages 79 - 86
- 9 Assessment and Evaluation No access Pages 87 - 90
- Appendix A Sequence of Sounds and Activities No access Pages 91 - 101
- Appendix B Suggested Resources No access Pages 102 - 102
- References No access Pages 103 - 104
- About the Author No access Pages 105 - 105





