Sound It Out! Phonics in a Comprehensive Reading Program - Softcover

Savage, John F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073378607 ISBN 13: 9780073378602

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities Social, 2010

Synopsis

This reader-friendly book covers both the content of phonics and the ways in which it can be effectively integrated into a comprehensive classroom reading program. The text contains practical teaching suggestions for phonemic awareness, phonics, and spelling, presenting phonics as it relates to other components of a classroom instructional program. The fourth edition features an increased emphasis on technology as it applies to phonics instruction, along with additional focus placed on helping children who have trouble learning acquire basic phonics skills.

About this title

About the Author

John F. Savage began his professional career as a classroom teacher. He received his doctorate from Boston University and joined the faculty of Boston College, where he has served as Coordinator of the Graduate Reading Program for the past 30 years. Dr. Savage has written five professional books on reading and language arts, including Teaching Reading and Writing: Combining Skills, Strategies, and Literature (McGraw-Hill, 1998) and For the Love of Literature: Children and Books in the Elementary Years (McGraw-Hill, 2000). He has also authored a children’s trade book on dyslexia, scores of professional articles, and other material that ranges from newspaper columns to stories in basal reading programs. He has also designed several instructional programs for classroom use. A popular speaker, John Savage has conducted workshops all over the United States, in Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia, where he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities Social
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0073378607
• ISBN 13: 9780073378602
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 208