Rhymes & Reasons

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Pub. Date: 2000-03-03
Publisher(s): HEINEMAN
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Summary

Rhymes & Reasons is a smart, up-to-date, all-in-one guide to phonological awarenesswhat it is, what it isnt, and the best practices for teaching it.

Author Biography

MICHAEL OPITZ is a professor of Elementary Education and Reading at the University of Northern Colorado, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate literacy courses. Michael also works in selective classrooms in the US and abroad planning, teaching and evaluating demonstration lessons focused on different aspects of literacy in K-5 classrooms. He works as a consultant for Great Source Education Group, the US Department of Defense Schools and presents on-line and sponsored workshops for Heinemann. Michael has published several articles in professional and trade journals and presents at state and international conferences.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v
Introduction 1(4)
Getting Grounded
5(16)
Defining Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness, and Phonics
5(3)
Explaining the Hype
8(1)
Overcoming Confusion
9(4)
Fostering Phonological Awareness: Best Practices
13(4)
Using This Book
17(4)
Rhyming Texts
21(60)
Alliterative Texts
81(8)
Repetitive Texts
89(15)
Poetry Texts: Single-Poem Picture Books and Collections
104(21)
Song Texts
125(15)
Goofy Texts
140(9)
Gathering Additional Ideas
149(8)
References 157(4)
Index 161

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