Name: Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction, Second Edition
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Author: Maryanne Wolf
ISBN: 9781598570748

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Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction, Second Edition

Type

Physical Book

Author

Marcia K. Henry

Preface by

Maryanne Wolf

Publisher

Brookes Publishing Company

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

326

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

25.2x18x1.8 cm

Weight

0.61 kg.

ISBN

1598570749

ISBN13

9781598570748

Edition No.

0002

Synopsis "Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction, Second Edition "

The updated second edition of Unlocking Literacy is here--and now pre- and inservice educators will have the very latest research and practical guidance on teaching good reading and spelling skills. Developed for general and special educators of students from prekindergarten to middle school and beyond, the new edition of this bestselling textbook arms teachers with the most recent developments in reading research and shows them how to apply their knowledge in the classroom to help all students learn. Focusing on two interlocking skills--decoding and spelling--this textbook gets teachers ready topromote students' print awareness and phonological awareness through letter naming, letter forming, and listening and speaking activities such as poetry and playimprove students' spelling skills by teaching the origins of English words, Anglo-Saxon base words, Latin affixes and roots, Greek combining forms, and multisyllabic wordshelp students understand and correctly use the components of the English language, including common consonant and vowel patterns, syllable patterns, common spelling rules, prefixes and suffixes, roots, nonphonetic words, and contractionsdeepen older students' proficiency with language by introducing less common Latin roots and Greek combining forms, new words entering the English language, and lessons built around themes such as calendars and mythology To help educators teach with confidence once they're in the classroom, this text is packed with practical, immediately applicable material. Educators will get engaging classroom activities (including 21 NEW activities suitable for use all students, including English language learners); lesson plans incorporating multisensory, language-based instruction; samples of student work; explanations of current research; and even more websites and reference material to strengthen their instruction. An essential text for college and university courses on reading instruction--and an ideal professional development resource for inservice educators--this new edition of a classic bestseller will help teachers unlock literacy for all their students.

Maryanne Wolf

(Preface by)

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Maryanne Wolf es la directora del Centro para la Dislexia, Estudiantes Diversos y Justicia Social de la Universidad de California en Los Ángeles. Trabaja, además, con el Centro de Dislexia de la Escuela de Medicina de Universidad de California en San Francisco y en el proyecto de alfabetización Curious Learning, del que es cofundadora. Con anterioridad fue profesora de Ciudadanía y Servicio Público en la Universidad Tufts, y directora de su Centro de Lectura e Investigación del Lenguaje.

Ha sido galardonada en múltiples ocasiones por su labor investigadora y docente, con premios como el de la Asociación Internacional de Dislexia y la Asociación Australiana de Discapacidades del Aprendizaje. Es autora del libro Cómo aprendemos a leer (Ediciones B, 2008) y de más de ciento sesenta publicaciones científicas.

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