Using Phonics to Teach Reading & Spelling

"By giving the reader a basic introduction to teaching reading and spelling using phonics, this book provides lots of ideas for use in the classroom. It explains why teaching phonics works, and how to present irregular as well as striaghtforward features of English. it contains practical examples and activities for teachers, explains the basis of synthetic and analytic phonics, it gives advice on choosing the best resources, it looks at how to help the weakest readers and includes a CD Rom with photocopiable resources."
"A basic introduction to teaching reading and spelling using phonics provides easy-to-use classroom ideas and explains why teaching phonics works."
"Every staff room should have one!' - Dorothy Latham, Primary Education Consultant, English specialist. 'Teachers - and particularly Literacy Co-ordinators or SENCOs - who are enthusiastic about children's learning and about their own professional development will undoubtedly benefit from using this book, with its combination of useful explanation and practical resources to support the implementation of the ideas' - Lorna Gardiner, General Adviser, Foundation Stage, North Eastern Education and Library Board, Northern Ireland. Are you looking for practical advice on how to teach phonics? By givi."@en