Classrooms That Work by Patricia Marr Cunningham; Addison-Wesley Pub Co Reader Review: Patricia Cunningham's book is by far the best resource for language arts. You do not have to read it cover to cover to get what you need. It is so full of useful ideas that you only need to skim through the index to find numerous strategies, activities and ways to make your classroom a better place for readers and writers. Click Here for More Information

Easy Lessons for Teaching Word Families Judy Lynch; Scholastic Hands-on Lessons That Build Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Spelling, Reading, and Writing Skills With these systematic lessons students will learn to make links between phonemic awareness and phonics. Children manipulate their own reproducible letters to make words having high-frequency word patterns and then sort these for common word patterns, and write more words using the sounds they have just practiced. Perfect for small group practice. Click Here for More Information

Making Words : Multilevel, Hands-On Developmentally Appropriate Spelling and Phonics Activities by Patricia M. Cunningham, Dorothy P. Hall; Good Apple This book provides hundreds of fun, hands-on activities for teaching children phonics and spelling. It is an excellent method for teaching learning disabled students at the elementary level. Children really learn phoneme segmentation, an essential reading skill, through this process. They especially love the culminating activity, finding the "Big Word." Click Here for More Information

Phonemic Awareness in Young Children : A Classroom Curriculum Marilyn Jager Adams; Paul H Brookes Pub Co Reviewer: A reader from San Diego, California - "This book was recommended to me by my sister (also a k teacher), and I used these phonemic awareness activities during the last school year -- not only did the activities help my whole class overall, but they also helped me identify which kids were struggling and needed more help. And they were fun for the kids, too, which made teaching it so much easier. My school has been buzzing about phonemic awareness and phonological awareness for a couple of years now, but we haven't had a good way to actually teach it directly until we used these activities. I highly recommend this book!" Click Here for More Information

Phonics They Use by Patricia Marr Cunningham; Addison-Wesley Pub Co An excellent, practical teacher resource book! Reviewer: jlvanhulzen from California: 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! Click Here for More Information

Quick and Easy Learning Centers : Phonics by Mary Beth Spann;; Scholastic Grades 1-3. 48 pages. Click Here for More Information

Ready-To-Go Phonics: Games, Manipulatives, Activities, and Rhymes That Make Teaching Phonics Easy and Fun! Cheryl Potts; Scholastic Grades K-2. 80 pages. Click Here for More Information

Word Matters : Teaching Phonics and Spelling in the Reading/Writing Classroom by Gay Su Pinnell, Irene C. Fountas,; Heinemann (Txt); Reader Review: Outstanding professional text for ALL educators! Clear, to-the-point, and full of great ideas to help those who work with elementary children learning within a building, a grade or a district as an inservice tool. Don't miss this one! Click Here for More Information

Words Their Way by Donald R. Bear; Merrill Pub Co Word study for phonics, vocabulary, and spelling. Reader Review: Words Their Way offers a complete package for working with young readers. Carefully constructed within a wide range of activities is an adherence to a developmental philosophy of learning, assessment methods, and instructional strategies for a range of ages. Click Here for More Information