Full Description
A complete road map for word knowledge instruction in PreK-2, this book focuses on developing the word recognition and phonics skills identified in the Common Core standards for foundational skills. It offers clear-cut instructions for assessing students' stages of word knowledge development--emergent, beginning, or transitional--and their specific instructional needs. Chapters on each developmental stage are packed with effective learning activities and strategies, plus guidance for fitting them into the classroom day. Of special value, online-only appendices provide purchasers with more than 50 reproducible assessment and instructional tools, ready to download and print in a convenient 8 1/2 x 11 size.
Contents
1. An Introduction to Word Recognition: What You Need to Know about How Words Work
2. Assessing Word Knowledge: A Comprehensive Look at the Word Knowledge Zone
3. The Emergent Reader and Writer: Building Foundational Skills That Facilitate Word Learning
4. The Emergent Reader’s Toolkit: Activities and Student Strategies
5. The Beginning Reader and Writer: Building a Bank of Known Words
6. The Beginning Reader’s Toolkit: Activities and Student Strategies
7. The Transitional Reader and Writer: Building Automatic Word Knowledge for Fluency
8. The Transitional Reader’s Toolkit: Activities and Student Strategies
