Strategies and Lessons for Improving Basic Early Literacy Skills
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Strategies and Lessons for Improving Basic Early Literacy Skills

Strategies and Lessons for Improving Basic Early Literacy Skills

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"The lessons build on one another and are clearly sequenced from teacher-led instruction to group instruction to independent practice. Readers will find suggested accountability and differentiated instruction ideas right at their fingertips. It is hard to find books targeted to the early grades, and this one covers many areas important to the K–3 educator." —Tanya Phaturos, Reading Specialist Park Elementary School, Holbrook, AZ "Emphasizes practical activities presented in a consistent format that can be used with students to enhance their literacy development." —Wanda Mangum, Language Arts Instructional Coach Gwinnett County Public Schools, GA Research-proven strategies to foster early literacy success! Building strong literacy skills is the basis for helping all children read by the end of third grade. This hands-on guide shows teachers how to use research-based strategies and structured lessons to teach essential skills for literacy success in Grades K–3. The activities are designed by literacy specialists and teachers to build proficiency in four key areas: recognizing and naming letters, hearing and manipulating sounds in words, associating sounds with letters and using them to form words, and reading words in connected text effortlessly. Addressing the needs of a diverse classroom, this book offers: Assessment guidelines and tools that inform instruction and help adjust teaching to support individual learning needs An array of ready-to-use strategies, tips, and reproducibles Research on teaching early literacy skills to all students This book is designed for educators and other professionals who teach children of any proficiency level, but is equally appropriate for teaching students who experience difficulty in learning to read.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. Introduction Organizational Framework Using Assessment to Inform Instruction Incorporating Basic Early Literacy Skills (BELS) Into the Literacy Block Teaching Effectively Early Literacy Instruction in Perspective Building Early Literacy Skills 2. Letter Naming Fluency Activity 1: Distinguishing Between Letters and Non-Letters Activity 2a: Distinguishing Letter Forms (Tall Letters) Activity 2b: Distinguishing Letter Forms (Short Circular Letters) Activity 2c: Distinguishing Letter Forms (Short Stick Letters) Activity 2d: Distinguishing Letter Forms (Short Hump Letters) Activity 2e: Distinguishing Letter Forms (Hanging Letters) Activity 3: Distinguishing Same and Different Letters Activity 4a: Distinguishing Uppercase and Lowercase Letters Activity 4b: Distinguishing Uppercase and Lowercase Letters (Using American Sign Language) Activity 4c: Distinguishing Uppercase and Lowercase Letters (Using Sense of Touch) Activity 5: Distinguishing Letters/Sounds (Using Sense of Touch) 3. Initial Sound Fluency Activity 6a: Silly Sentence s—Part 1 Activity 6b: Silly Sentences—Part 2 Activity 7: Picture/Sound Charts Activity 8a: Letter/Sound Books—Part 1 Activity 8b: Letter/Sound Books—Part 2 Activity 9: Sound Collages Activity 10: Sound Identification Game Activity 11: Picture/Sound Identification Game 4. Phoneme Segmentation Fluency Activity 12: “Stretching” Sounds in Words Activity 13a: Elkonin Boxes—Identifying Sounds with Fingers Activity 13b: Elkonin Boxes—Pushing Sounds Activity 13c: Elkonin Boxes—Sound Boxes Activity 13d: Elkonin Boxes—Transition Boxes Activity 13e: Elkonin Boxes—Letter Boxes 5. Nonsense Word Fluency Activity 14: Distinguishing Letters/Sounds (Using Sense of Touch) Activity 15a: Sound/Letter BINGO Activity 15b: Letter/Sound BINGO Activity 16: Sound Identification Game Activity 17: Making and Breaking using Magnetic Letters Activity 18a: Blending (VC) Activity 18b: Blending (CVC) Activity 19: Sorting Beginning Consonant Sounds Activity 20: Sound Line Activity 21: Word Wheels Activity 22: Flip Books Activity 23: Slide-a-Word Activity 24: Word Scramble Activity 25: Word Maker Activity 26: Roll The Dice Activity 27: Match! Activity 28: Ringo! Activity 29: Go Fish 6. Oral Reading Fluency Activity 30a: Reading Punctuation Activity 30b: Reading Punctuation: Period, Exclamation Point, Question Mark Activity 31: Reading Text in Phrases to Promote Fluency Activity 32: Reading Fine and Bold Printed Text as Author Intended Activity 3: Reading fine and bold printed text as author intended Activity 33: Reading Dialogue References and Resources Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781412952866
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Corwin Press Inc
  • Height: 279 mm
  • No of Pages: 232
  • Weight: 684 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1412952867
  • Publisher Date: 06 May 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 215 mm


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