Teaching Reading Writing and Spelling

Good reading skills are taught by using the children''s own language structured phonics basal readers books poems and songs. Writing spelling listening and speaking are emphasiszed because they are an integral part of the reading process. This book offers a balanced approach that combines a systematic phonics programme with whole language and may be used with basal readers or literature books. It is a sequential teaching guide with daily lesson plans strategies activities transparency masters and other reproducible resources. Each day''s instructions reinforce and build on students'' prior learning; or teachers can use it as a source book and select and adapt the activities and materials to fit their own plans and students.