Building Literacy

Building Literacy Booster: Using Syllabic Analysis to Read Long Words is a research-based, student-tested intervention program for students in grades 3-5 designed to build below-level readers' ability to read multisyllabic words of increasing complexity. A primary purpose of Building Literacy Booster is to improve the performance of below-level readers as quickly and efficiently as possible so that they are reading on or close to grade level. Students are carefully placed in the program so inst

The article and accompanying questions emphasize Robert Prevost's path to the papacy and his personal qualities and plans for making the world a better place. Questions at the end of the chapter prompt students to support their responses by highlighting appropriate passages and using those highlighted passages to help them answer the questions in their own words. Vocabulary items remind students to use context as an aid to determining the correct definition. Activities include a fill-in-the bla

Features a listing of 13 key multisyllabic patterns and two assessment measures: the Individual Graduated Syllable Survey and the Group Graduated Survey. The Individual Graduated Syllable Survey consists of 50 multisyllabic words that gradually increase in difficulty. The Group Graduated Syllable Survey consists of 50 modified cloze (fill-in-the-blank) sentences in which students choose from three multisyllabic words the one that best completes the sentence. Both Surveys assesses short-vowel, lo

Building Foundational Literacy is a classroom- and clinic-tested, research-based intervention program designed to build a foundation of phonemic awareness, phonics, and syllabic analysis. Level A introduces short-vowel patterns and blends and high-frequency words. The sample develops short- a patterns and includes teaching suggestions and decodable stories and activities for students and teaching suggestions.

Building Foundational Literacy is a classroom- and clinic-tested, research-based intervention program designed to build a foundation of phonemic awareness, phonics, and syllabic analysis. Building Foundational Literacy: Beginnings introduces beginning and final consonants, the short-vowel a, and 31 high-frequency and short- a words. Building Foundational Literacy: Beginnings Sample presents the consonant letter sounds s/s/, m/m/, t/t/, c/k/, and the vowel correspondence a /a/. Because of the

Building Foundational Literacy: Beginnings is designed so that students begin reading words after learning just a few phonics elements. After learning the correspondences s/s/, m/m/, t/t/, and c/c/, students are introduced to a/a/ so that they can begin to form and read words, such as, at, cat, mat, sat. They also learn a few high-frequency words, such as, I see, on, and a, so that they can read sentences and stories using the words and skills that they have learned. • Beginnings pro

Building Foundational Literacy: Teaching ManualA Differentiated Word Recognition Program Levels A, B, & CBuilding Foundational Literacy is a classroom- and clinic-tested, research-based program designed to build struggling readers' foundational literacy skills. Short-Vowel Patterns, Long-Vowel Patterns, R-Vowel & Other-Vowel Patterns (- aw, - OO, - oo, - ow, - oy) are presented in a series of 123 sequentially arranged lessons. Each lesson features a carefully planned teaching routine, active hi

Building Foundational Literacy: Decodable Reading Selections Level C: R-Vowel and Other-Vowel Patterns contains 29 fictional and informational texts specifically designed to provide practice with key r-vowel and other-vowel ( aw-paw, OO-moon, oo-book, ow-cow, oy-toy) patterns, blends, and high-frequency words. Reading selections have been specifically written to reinforce the pattern being taught. For instance, while learning - ar patterns, students read about stars, sharks, and smart animals.

Building Foundational Literacy: Decodable Reading Selections Level B: Long-Vowel Patterns contains 41 fictional and informational texts specifically designed to provide practice with key long-vowel patterns, blends, and high-frequency words. Reading selections have been specifically written to reinforce the pattern being taught. For instance, when learning long- a patterns, students read about gray whales, a brave bird, and trains that fly. The words in the selection are limited to those that ha

Building Foundational Literacy: Decodable Reading Selections Level A: Short-Vowel Patterns contains 53 fictional and informational texts specifically designed to provide practice with key short-vowel patterns, blends, and high-frequency words. Reading selections have been specifically written to reinforce the pattern being taught. For instance, when learning short -u patterns, students read about the biggest bug, the camel’s hump, how skunk shrimp help fish, and the jobs trucks do. The words in

Free Online Resources for Developing Reading Comprehension, Background Knowledge, andVocabulary in Grades K-12 describes a wide range of high-quality, free online resources for developing and applying key literacy skills. Resources include sources of popular ebooks, exceptional websites, carefully planned literacy programs, and databases that provide free access to dozens of children’s magazines, including such high-quality periodicals as Ranger Rick, Scholastic News, National Geographic Kids,

Presents in copy-ready form more than 140 rhymes and songs that can be used to provide practice with a range of foundational phonics skills. Because they incorporate rhyming patterns, rhymes and songs are easier to read than stories and articles and provide exceptional practice possibilities for reinforcing basic phonics and syllabication patterns. With their rhythm and flow, rhymes and songs also provide excellent fluency practice. Teaching tips are included.

Foundational Literacy Booster: 50 Lessons for Reading Multisyllabic Words, is designed to develop in all readers, but especially those who struggle, the ability to read multisyllabic words. Carefully sequenced, the program builds on students’ knowledge of single-syllable patterns and their increasing knowledge of multisyllabic patterns. Students build on their knowledge of short-vowel patterns, such as -ab, -it, –ag, and – et, to learn multisyllabic patterns composed of short-vowel patter

In this series of lessons, suggestions are made for thoroughly developing a key syllabication skill: Determining whether a syllable is open or closed. Memorable practice and application activities include contrasting words such as super and supper and diner and dinner, sorting words that contain open and closed syllables , and reading about three intriguing animals whose names contain double open syllables: dodo, emu, rhino. Students build background knowledge as they learn and apply a key f