Making Sense of Phonics, Second Edition The Hows and Whys

This book has been replaced by Making Sense of Phonics, Third Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5535-2.

Isabel L. Beck, PhD, is Professor Emerita in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Before starting her career at the university, she was a public school teacher, and has taught most elementary grades. Dr. Beck's work has been acknowledged by awards from the International Reading Association, the National Reading Conference, and the American Federation of Teachers, among others. Most recently she was elected to the National Academy of Education. Mark E. Beck, MEd, is a reading specialist at Manchester Academic Charter School in Pittsburgh, where he works with children in grades K-5. After practicing law for 14 years, Mr. Beck changed careers, obtaining his Pennsylvania elementary teaching certification and working as a classroom teacher. Subsequently he obtained his reading specialist certification. He has also been a part-time instructor in the Reading Department in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh.

1. Situating Phonics Instruction 2. The Alphabetic Principle and Phonics 3. Phonemic Awareness: A Bit of a Different Take 4. The Phonics Landscape 5. Teaching Children the Sounds That Letters Represent 6. Blending 7. Word Building 8. Assessment 9. Multisyllabic Words 10. Syllasearch 11. Orthography: A "Sticking Point in Word Recognition" 12. Automaticity Appendix 1. Word Building Lists Appendix 2. Specific Phonics Assessments Appendix 3. Word and Syllable Matrices for Syllasearch Appendix 4. The Word Pocket Appendix 5. List of Online Materials Glossary