Phonics Bibliography
Articles
Chard, D. J. (1999) Phonics and Word Recognition Instruction in Early Reading Programs: Guidelines for Accessibility.Learning Disabilities Research & Practice 14(2), 107-117.
Coiro, J. (2002). Leveling Books to Match Readers.
Ellis, E. S. (1998). Strategy instruction for problem solving unknown words. Instructional Strategies for Students with Learning Disabilities. Ldonline.
Hempenstall, K. (1999). The role of phonics in learning to read: What does recent research say? Fine Print, 22(1), 7-12.
Hempenstall, K. (2001) Some Issues in Phonics Instruction. Education News26/2/2001.
Hiebert, E. H. (1997). Selecting texts for beginning reading instruction, In T. E. Raphael & K. H. Au (Eds.), Literature-based instruction: present issues, future directions (pp. 195–218). Newton, MA: Christopher-Gordon.
International Reading Association. (1997) The Role of Phonics in Reading Instruction:A position statement of the International Reading Association.Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Juel, C. & Minden-Cupp, C. (2000). One down and 80,000 to go: Word recognition in the primary grades. The Reading Teacher, 53:4, 332-335.
Juel, C. and Minden-Cupp, C. (1999) Learning to Read Words: Linguistic Units & Strategies, CIERA Report 1-008
Moats, L. C.(1998) Teaching decoding. American Educator, Summer, 42-51.
Peterson, D. K. (2002) Prediction of poor and superior word reading. Working Papers, 50, 17-32.
Rasinski, T. (1999) Making and Writing Words. Reading Online.
Rasinski, T. (1999) Making and Writing Words Using Letter PatternsReading Online.
Strickland, D.S. (1998) Learning Phonics: Strategies That Support Beginning Readers and Writers. Teaching Phonics Today: A Primer for Educators. (online book chapter)
Templeton, S., & Morris, D. (2001) Reconceptualizing spelling development and instruction. Reading Online, 5(3).
Weaver, C. (2000) Phonics in whole language classrooms. Eric Digest.
Wren, S. (ND) Phonics Rules.
Resources/Activities
PBS Kids: Between the Lions:
Clifford's Interactive Storybooks - As they read each story, children click on words to complete key sentences. The computer art then changes to match the meaning of the text created. Each story reflects a phonics concept and is accompanied by a fun activity that helps students develop and practice skills such as distinguishing sounds and letters, and connecting specific sounds to letters.
Jump Right In! - simple letter and word activities for five- through eight-year olds
Leveling Books Database Sites:
BeavertonSchool District
PortlandSchool District
LeveledBooks.com
Reading A-Z - sampling of 30 free printable books with accompanying lesson plans and worksheets. Sample leveled readers, decodable books, read-alouds, and alphabet books.
Word Study Activitiesfrom Words Their Way
Word Activities from Speech Teach - offer practice in listening for, and manipulating different sounds.
Games and Word Activities- from BankStreetCollege of Education and the Northwest Regional Education Lab
earlyreading.info - designed to help classroom teachers in grades prekindergarten through 3rd grade find resources, activities, assessments, on the five reading components.
Starfall.com – games and stories that explicitly teach letter-sound relationships; worksheets are also available.
Teach with Phonics Skills Chart -key phonics skills, the approximate age most kids master them, and illustrations of mastery.
GameGoo: Learning That Sticks - 15 colorful activity links divided into three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Most of the activities use phonic elements, such as alphabetic order, letter recognition, letter-sound correspondence, and spelling. Children with special needs may find this site engaging and beneficial with its link to the Earobics Literacy site, which provides voice-output for unknown words along with colorful illustrations.
Sheryl BeglingerComprehensiveCenter Region VI