Hands-On Word Family Activities for Young Readers

Download or read book Hands-On Word Family Activities for Young Readers written by Roberta Seckler Brown and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2003-02-20 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hands-On Word Family Activities for Young Readers is a handy resource that offers you easy-to-use material for guiding children (K-3) in real reading experiences by teaching them word families. While using this book, you will be able to give your students the opportunity to learn and practice the essential phonological skills of onset and rhyme as they read an enticing story or poem. This book offers you a wide variety of engaging methods for teaching word families including art projects, poems, big books, and little take-home books. As you progress through the book's lessons, your students will learn to write the word families fluently and to manipulate magnetic letters and words. In addition, Hands-On Word Family Activities for Young Readers contains easy-to-follow lessons for each word family, helps to build self-esteem, and increases independence as students gain confidence while learning to master the contents. The book's materials are organized into 25 word-family chapters and printed in 8 ½" X 11" format that lies flat for easy photocopying. Hands-On Word Family Activities for Young Readers offers you and your students a classroom tested reading program created by two reading educators dynamic "real" reading experiences step-by-step lessons that are similarly formatted for each word family a wealth of activities that involve art projects, poems, big books, little books¾plus magnetic letters, flashcards, and other word family activities blackline masters for the book's engaging poems, art projects, and word-family books a variety of lessons that can be used with an entire class, small groups, or individuals a surefire way to engage parents to become involved with their children's learning detailed lesson plans and teacher directions Hands-On Word Family Activities for Young Readers will help teachers guide young learners to master word families and ensure a good start to their reading success.