Choosing and Using Decodable Texts: Practical Tips and Strategies for Enhancing Phonics Instruction - Softcover

Blevins, Wiley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1338714635 ISBN 13: 9781338714630

Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources, 2021

Synopsis

In this must-have follow-up to his landmark best-seller Phonics From A to Z, Wiley Blevins explains why quality decodable texts are an essential early learning tool and how to distinguish the good from the bad. This resource offers practical lessons and routines for using decodable texts to build children’s phonics and fluency skills, as well as tips on selecting strong decodable texts and what to do if you don’t have any. Includes fun and engaging reproducible decodable mini-books.

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About the Author

Wiley Blevins is an author, educational consultant, and researcher. He completed his graduate work at Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has taught both in the United States and South America. Wiley has written more than 16 books for teachers, including Phonics From A to Z (Scholastic) and A Fresh Look at Phonics (Corwin). He has authored several phonics and reading programs (Scholastic, Sadlier, Benchmark Education) and wrote the recent phonics brief by the International Literacy Association, "Meeting the Challenges of Early Literacy Phonics Instruction." Wiley's current focus is on adaptive technology, differentiated professional development, and children's literature. Wiley has also written more than 75 children's books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1338714635
• ISBN 13: 9781338714630
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128