Teaching Phonics & Word Study in the Intermediate Grades: A Complete Sourcebook (Scholastic Teaching Strategies) [Paperback]

Wiley Blevins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0439163528 | ISBN-13: 978-0439163521 | Edition: 1

In this follow-up to the best-selling Phonics From A-Z, you get what you need to teach the phonics your students need: concise background in linguistics you need to know, lively, ready-made lessons for teaching phonics, syllabification, and root words, extensive word lists, quick assessments, daily activities and games, and more. All delivered in a simple, teacher-friendly format. With this book, all your students will learn to read with accuracy, comprehension, fluency, and pleasure. For use with Grades 3-8.

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About the Author

Wiley Blevins is an early reading specialist who holds a Master of Education degree from Harvard University. A former elementary school teacher, Wiley has written and edited many phonics and reading materials. He is the author of Quick and Easy Learning Games: Phonics, Phonemic Awareness Activities for Early Reading Success, and Phonics From A to Z, published by Scholastic Teaching Resources.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Teaching Resources; 1 edition (May 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439163528
• ISBN-13: 978-0439163521
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,873 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Bought the Book, and It's Already Dogeared, December 3, 2002

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Susan Nunes (Medford, OR United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Teaching Phonics & Word Study in the Intermediate Grades: A Complete Sourcebook (Scholastic Teaching Strategies) (Paperback)

Fantastic book for teaching word study and phonics to intermediate grade students. I teach reading in small groups, and there are many useful ideas for games and lessons. Blevins also gives a fantastic overview of the importance of systematic, explicit phonics instruction for developing phonemic awareness, and also of linguistics, phonemes, phonograms, and spelling "rules," none of which are emphasized enough in teachers' colleges nor in many school districts (especially those that are gung-ho about "whole language"). EVERY teacher, regardless of grade level, should have this book for the phonics discussion alone. Blevins also provides word lists teachers can use for prefixes, suffixes, compound words, root words and word roots, and so forth. This book is indispensable and much needed.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very sophisticated & thorough Phonics for the educator. Very Recommended, January 10, 2007

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Bruce Bain "Romans 9:33/Remember Jackie Robinson" (Englewood, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teaching Phonics & Word Study in the Intermediate Grades: A Complete Sourcebook (Scholastic Teaching Strategies) (Paperback)

Teaching Phonics And Word Study In The Intermediate Grades by WILLY BLEVINS

Author Willy Blevins has created a very sophisticated introduction to Phonics, but this books is also a WORD STUDY TEXT, emphasizing:

p. 51 Most Frequently Used Words in English Language.
p. The Dolch Word list (250 words)
as well as words classified according to suffix, prefix and word types, and Greek and Latin word Roots.

The Phonics instruction is in the first 50 pages and it is very complete. The entire book is designed with large pages and there are a number of exercises in the book that can be cut out or photocopied.

The book is directed at the elementary school student between the Third Grade and Eighth Grade. I got my copy to use in tutoring a single adult male from Mongolia.

I looked at nearly 20 books on this subject in the store, and bought several. This is the best of all the books I found. It is a complete course within itself.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-researched, thorough book!, February 19, 2002

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This review is from: Teaching Phonics & Word Study in the Intermediate Grades: A Complete Sourcebook (Scholastic Teaching Strategies) (Paperback)

This is one of the most thorough books explaining phonics/reading that I have come across. Blevins uses simple, yet well-researched terms to explain the basics of phonics and factors related to reading comprehension. The informal assessments and word lists he includes are invaluable. I would recommend this to anyone who needs a better understanding of reading processes and strategies.