Month-By-Month Phonics for Upper Gra

by Dorothy Hall, Dorothy P. Hall, Patricia M. Cunningham

Book Overview

Through monthly activities, sample lessons, and word lists, students learn to apply reading and writing strategies, as well as become fluent decoders and spellers This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887244734
• ISBN13: 9780887244735
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Four Blocks (a Division of Carson-Dellosa)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.7" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Phonics Book

This seemed to be a very conclusive workbook that was easy for both my son & I to work with.

Great for students of all ability levels!

I have had great success with the activities in this book. The students enjoy the activities. It has helped my students spell better and it is great for my ESL students. Students of all ability levels benefit from these activities.

Word Work surpasses Spelling!

I purchased this after a literacy workshop in our district. After reading the introduction and the first month of lessons, I'm hooked! It's the first "spelling" approach I've seen in my 10 years teaching that makes sense and shows how to teach students to look at words in a whole different light than traditional, ineffective workbook programs. It provides words and structured instructional lessons for TEACHING word work rather than assigning words to memorize for a week, then forget.

FINALLY! A BOOK THAT WORKS FOR UPPER EL

This book is by far the most beneficial I have found for my upper elementary students struggling to improve their reading skills. It gives simple, step by step instructions for each of the activities and requires very little planning time for the teacher. EVERY child can succeed at improving reading skills, and the activities are appropriate for older students. They do not feel like they are doing 'baby' lessons- an issue I have dealt with when using other phonics books.

Second Chance for Upper Grade Readers

This is an excellent choice for teachers who wish to implement a phonics program that can really work for upper grades. The book is divided into months. Each month there are activities ready to be used. The activities are categorized into four specific goals. Once you learn how to teach the four goals for the first month, you will be prepared to teach the same lessons again the next month, of course, using different words. The phonics activities help students notice spelling patterns in words through clever activities that the older kids will enjoy. For instance, there are phonics lessons based on brand names! I highly recommend this program because it will give upper grade students the chance to learn how to spell high frequency words, to identify spelling patterns in big and small words, to monitor their spelling, and to use root/prefix/suffix parts of words to define and spell words.This book is suitable for 4-8 grades. It includes lessons that will last for nine months of the school year. Teachers on year round schooling will also be able to use this book. Each lesson should take between 15-30 minutes, depending on the teacher's scehdule. This is an excellent book for upper grade teachers!