num_pages: 205
description: Laurie Lee Bell's quest to find the best materials available for her first grade class led to the development of Step by Step Phonics. In addition to becoming fluent readers, students who use the program also develop excellent writing and spelling skills. This long awaited program is steadily advancing literacy across our nation. Step by Step Phonics is a 40 unit program with specific teaching instructions day by day, week by week, for one school year. It begins by teaching letter names, sound/symbol association, and has a progressive format. Each week's unit teaches five words which follow one phonics pattern and five sight words which don't sound out. Students practice reading, writing, and spelling the words in each unit. The words were taken from established high frequency sight word lists. Practice sentences, which gradually increase in difficulty, allow students to gain early reading success. Entertaining, original poems reinforce the phonics patterns, while providing additional reading practice. Step by Step Phonics is invaluable with its time saving, reproducible blackline masters. In addition to teaching the program in class, many teachers have used it as the homework plan for the entire school year. Though originally designed for primary students, many upper grade teachers, parents, and literacy tutors have successfully used the program for individuals reading or spelling below grade level.
language: English
title: Step by Step Phonics: Makes Reading and Spelling Easy
titlecomplete: Step by Step Phonics: Makes Reading and Spelling Easy
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Back to the Basics Pub Llc