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Book SynopsisTeaches students of all ages the basics of phonics with a time-tested, foolproof method This tenth edition of the best-selling book teaches reading using sounds and spelling patterns. These sounds and patterns are introduced one at a time, and slowly built into words, syllables, phrases, and sentences.
Table of ContentsABOUT THIS BOOK vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xii
INTRODUCTION xiii
ABOUT PHONICS PATHWAYS 1
GETTING STARTED 3
TEACHING AID: SHORT-VOWEL STICK 4
GAME: SHORT-VOWEL SHUFFLE 5
SHORT-VOWEL SOUNDS 10
GAME: Short-Vowel Review (Bingo) 16
TWO-LETTER BLENDS (Eyerobics) 17
GAME: THE TRAIN GAME 20
GAME: STARSEARCH 37
THREE-LETTER WORDS 39
GAME: BAG THE BUGS 48
PYRAMID 52
/K/ = C-, K-, -CK 53
TWO-CONSONANT ENDINGS 58
-Y SUFFIX 70
TWIN-CONSONANT ENDINGS 74
FLUENCY REALITY CHECK: Real and Nonsense Words 75
CONSONANT DIGRAPH ENDINGS: -sh, -th, -ch, -tch 76
FLUENCY REALITY CHECK: Consonant Digraph Nonsense Words 83
SIMPLE LONG-VOWEL SOUNDS 90
FLUENCY REALITY CHECK: Short- and Long-Vowel Nonsense Words 109
SUFFIXES 110
SUFFIX SPELLING CHART 115
MULTISYLLABLE WORDS 117
/k/ = -ic, -ick 118
DIVIDING MULTISYLLABLE WORDS 119
PLURAL, POSSESSIVE, AND X 121
CONSONANT DIGRAPH BEGINNINGS: sh-, ch-, wh-, th-, qu- 123
TWO-CONSONANT BEGINNINGS: bl-, fl-, pl-, cl-, gl-, sl- 133
FUN AND GAMES 138
TWO-CONSONANT BEGINNINGS : sm-, sn-, st-, sp-, sc-, sk- 139
R-MODIFIED VOWELS 149
LONG-VOWEL DIGRAPHS 159
/S/ = ce, ci, cy: /Ç/ = ei 173
VOWEL DIPHTHONGS: /oi/ = oi, oy; /ou/ = ou, ow 176
FLUENCY REALITY CHECK: /j/ = -ge, gi-, & -dge Nonsense words 184
-Y, -IE PLUS SUFFIXES 185
-F = -VES 186
NEW VOWEL SOUNDS 188
/ÔO/ = oo, oul, u; /O/ = au, aw, al, all, o 189
THREE-CONSONANT BEGINNINGS 195
SHORT-VOWEL SPELLING PATTERNS 199
/Ĕ/ = ea, a, ai; /Ĭ/ = y, ui; /Ŏ/ = a; /Ŭ/ = o, ou, oo, a 199
SCHWA 203
CONTRACTIONS 206
SILENT LETTERS: -le, k, w, l, b, t, h 208
SILENT GH: /Î/ = igh; /O/ = ough, augh; /Ô/ = ough; /ou/ = ough 213
/ / SPELLING PATTERNS: / / = ei, eigh, ey, ea 216
S = /z/, /zh/, /sh/; /F/ = ph, gh; /K/ = ch 219
ANOTHER R-MODIFIED VOWEL SOUND 224
A SPELLING GRAB BAG 226
Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs 226
Multisyllable Words with Suffixes 228
-ce, -ge; -able, -ible 229
PREFIXES: pre-, sub-, re-, auto-, un-, dis-, inter-, super- 230
MORE SUFFIXES: -tion, -sion, -able, -ness, -ful, -less, -ment 233
COMPOUND WORDS 236
BUILDING BLOCKS 237
APPENDIX A: REFERENCE & SUPPLEMENTAL PRACTICE 243
Spelling Strategies 243
Index to Spelling Rules and Patterns 244
Spelling & Pronunciation Chart 245
Plural Spelling Chart 247
Suffix Spelling Chart 248
Student Achievement Chart 249
Student Progress Notes 250
Vision and Motor Coordination Training Exercises 251
Pyramid 253
APPENDIX B: GAMES AND ACTIVITIES 255
Hot Tips 255
The Short Sheet of Vowels 256
The Shoo-Fly Shuffle (a.k.a. Short-Vowel Shuffle) 257
The Train Game 258
Blendit! (Similar to Bingo) 260
StarSearch 261
Bag the Bugs 262
REVIEWS AND RESULTS 263
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 266
