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Big Words for Young Readers
Teaching Kids in Grades K to 5 to Decode—and Understand—Words With Multiple Syllables and Morphemes
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Heidi Anne MesmerCurriculum
Phonics Instruction & Decodable Texts
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Description
Phonics instruction shouldn't end when students can decode short words. From an early age, they also need to be able to decode "big words"-words with multiple syllables (sound units) and morphemes (meaning units)-to read proficiently. Dr. Heidi Anne Mesmer shares a K-5 scope and sequence to guide practice, and offers abundant research-backed strategies that teachers can put into action immediately.
Key takeaways:
• Presents an easy-to-follow K-5 scope and sequence to make teaching systematic, explicit, and developmentally appropriate.
• Organized by grade and skill so teachers can find what they need quickly check.
• Aligned with state standards and SOR-based foundational skills to work with any literacy curriculum.
Key takeaways:
• Presents an easy-to-follow K-5 scope and sequence to make teaching systematic, explicit, and developmentally appropriate.
• Organized by grade and skill so teachers can find what they need quickly check.
• Aligned with state standards and SOR-based foundational skills to work with any literacy curriculum.
About the Author
Heidi Anne E. Mesmer, PhD, is a Professor in Literacy in the School of Education at Virginia Tech. She has studied beginning reading materials, text difficulty, phonics, and struggling readers since 1999. Her research has appeared in Reading Research Quarterly, The Educational Researcher, Elementary School Journal, and Early Childhood Research Quarterly. She has written and directed eight grants aimed at improving reading instruction in K-5 classrooms. Dr. Mesmer is recent author of Alphabetics for Emerging Learners, as well as Letter Lessons and First Words: Phonics Foundations that Work, Teaching skills for complex text: Deepening reading in the classroom (Teachers College Press, 2016). She regularly consults with school districts, state departments of education, and publishers.