Publisher's Synopsis
This edition of Phonics, Rhythms, and Rhymes builds upon many favorable comments we have received from classroom teachers, parents, administrators, and students studying in undergraduate and graduate programs. Some pre-readers need just a little extra assistance in learning to read; and other students are struggling with reading and need more intensive help from classroom teachers and specialists. This research-based book is an ideal teaching resource for pre-readers on the 2nd grade level, and it is for all types of learners. This particular edition is the combined student's and teacher's manuals from Levels B in the Phonics, Rhythms, and Rhymes Reading Program. This approximate 300 page book is the combined two books which would, in regular print size, constitute a total of 400 pages. Each of the two books are available separately. The teacher's editions are available in regular-print size which is the same size as this student's book. They are sold separately at most book stores and contain approximately 200 pages each, and prices are also presented on www.PhonicsRhythmsRhymes.com. The Phonics, Rhythms, and Rhymes Reading Program is comprised of a separate book for students and teachers on the following grade levels: Level K Kindergarten, Level A 1st Grade, Level B 2nd Grade, Level C 3rd Grade, Level D 4th Grade, and Level I Intervention. In the back of this book you will find that the teacher's edition provides an answer key which makes it possible to understand and to teach reading using a phonological awareness approach. This section is also filled with the best contemporary methods and strategies necessary for teaching Reading successfully. It begins by establishing an understanding of the elemental principles of phonemic awareness. It then explores letter-to-sound concepts necessary for Phonics. This book continues by etching a lasting memory of the vowel sounds and blending them to consonants. The blending is transformed into rimes which are e
