Reading, Writing and Phonics Too¨

About the Book

Reading, Writing, and Phonics Too ® is a how to teach reading and writing book for parents and teachers. Instructions for parents and teachers combine with hands-on lessons for their children. The parent/teacher portion of the book provides instruction and illustrations plus coaching notes with each page of the 37 student lessons. The student lessons take children from the reading and writing readiness stage to where they are effective and enthusiastic readers and writers.

Each of the 37 lessons has a lesson word which includes the sounds and letters necessary to build phonemic awareness and letter/sound correspondence. The lesson words, letters, and sounds are introduced by the teacher, Mat the rat. Following Mat's introduction, the students learn to spell and sound the word. Each lesson embeds its lesson word in at least two stories or poems which are studied for reading comprehension. The lesson words also form the basis of a printing and handwriting activity. Finally, each lesson culminates with a composition activity based on the lesson word.

About the Author

Jim Wilsford is a life-long educator. His efforts to advance student performance resulted in his recognition as the National School Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators. He also received the Computerworld/Smithsonian Award for advancing informations systems technology in education.

As a classroom teacher and administrator, Wilsford was a leader in the national reform movement that followed the publishing of Nation at Risk, serving as a readiness resource person to the National Education Goals Panel. His many publications include three major multimedia works for primary students: Star Express (1992), Literacy Trails (1997), and Phonics Too® (2003) - the multimedia companion to Reading, Writing, and Phonics Too ®. Wilsford speaks and lectures on issues of school improvement and student performance at corporate and educational meetings. His accomplishments have most recently led to his induction into the Hall of Fame at Eastern Michigan University College of Education and at Akron East High School.

To see more information on the Phonics Too® multimedia software, go to www.phonicstoo.com