Now in a revised and updated third edition incorporating a decade of additional research and classroom experience, this book has helped over 100,000 primary-grades teachers understand and successfully apply the science of reading in phonics instruction. Isabel L. Beck and Mark E. Beck present innovative approaches to assessing and teaching letter-sound relationships, blending, Word Building, multisyllabic decoding, fluency, and more.

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Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. What Is the Forecast for Phonics Instruction in the United States? -- 2. The Alphabetic Principle and Phonics -- 3. Phonemic Awareness -- 4. The Phonics Landscape -- 5. Teaching Children the Sounds That Letters Represent -- 6. Blending -- 7. Word Building: Overview and Procedures -- 8. Word Building: Grouping -- 9. Assessment -- 10. Multisyllabic Words -- 11. Syllasearch -- 12. Orthography: A "Sticking Point in Word Recognition -- 13. Fluency -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Word Building Lists -- Appendix 2. Specific Phonics Assessments: Administration and Scoring Guidelines -- Appendix 3. Word and Syllable Matrices for Syllasearch -- Appendix 4. The Word Pocket -- Appendix 5. List of Online Teaching Resources -- Glossary -- References -- Index.