Phonics They Use: Words for Reading and Writing (3rd Edition)

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Summary: Phonics We Can All Use!!!
Review: As I write this, this book is on back order. This is a great resource for primary teachers who would like explicit information on how to do a word wall and use many activities for using word families, etc. to teach phonics. But don't bother waiting for this book to be available again. Get the 3rd edition! It's worth the extra money. I purchased the 2nd edition several months ago, but when I examined the 3rd edition at the library, I noticed there seem to be many more activities and games for teaching phonics. The 3rd edition easily gets a 5+ star rating from me. It would be an invaluable resource, especially for new teachers! Making Words, by Cunningham and Hall is a good companion if you need help with the making words activities.

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Summary: Phonics They Use, 2nd edition
Review: As I write this, this book is on back order. This is a great resource for primary teachers who would like explicit information on how to do a word wall and use many activities for using word families, etc. to teach phonics. But don't bother waiting for this book to be available again. Get the 3rd edition! It's worth the extra money. I purchased the 2nd edition several months ago, but when I examined the 3rd edition at the library, I noticed there seem to be many more activities and games for teaching phonics. The 3rd edition easily gets a 5+ star rating from me. It would be an invaluable resource, especially for new teachers! Making Words, by Cunningham and Hall is a good companion if you need help with the making words activities.

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Summary: Phonics They Use
Review: I too had this for my reading methods class. I totally agree with the other responses. It is an excellent reference book

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Summary: An excellent, practical teacher resource book!
Review: Patricia Cunningham has provided a resource in this book that Reading teachers should not do without. The ideas are easily put into use in the classroom. Chapter 3, High Frequency Words, shows how to use a Word Wall to teach the reading and spelling of common words. This book is written in easy to understand language and is enhanced by real classroom photos. It's a book you'll find yourself reading over and over!

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Summary: Phonics We Can All Use!!!
Review: This book is full of great activities and strategies for teaching reading. It is not like the typical phonics lessons found in workbooks and basal series. You won't even know that you are teaching phonics! Who ever thought it could be fun! The kids love it and the teachers who use it do too!

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Summary: Makes teaching phonics fun for students *and* teachers!!
Review: This is a great, practical how-to book that every teacher should read. It is easy to read and full of ideas and activities that you can use in your classroom. The hands-on, activity based ideas can be used with all ages and all levels

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Summary: You've got to read this book!!
Review: This is a great, practical how-to book that every teacher should read. It is easy to read and full of ideas and activities that you can use in your classroom. The hands-on, activity based ideas can be used with all ages and all levels

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Summary: Makes teaching phonics fun for students *and* teachers!!
Review: This was one of the texts for my reading methods classes when I got my teaching credential. I've used it more than many of my other resources. If you're goal is to teach children to read, you need this book! Whole language advocates (of which I am one) will love it, too!!!