Modern Curriculum Press Phonics: Level A

by Clarence Elwell Author

(From Amazon): MCP PLAID Phonics Level A MCP "Plaid" Phonics Level A helps students become fluent readers. Activities help students develop spelling (encoding), recognize words in context, and use phonics in word-building and personal writing. It provides teachers with a direct model for integrating phonics and reading through reading activities. Modern Curriculum Press "Plaid" Phonics celebrates over 50 years of successfully helping more than 55 million children learn to read. Its proven scope and sequence, along with the abundance of practice, review, and application of skills, ensures comprehensive coverage and supports best practices in phonics instruction. Features and Benefits Integrates reading comprehension and critical thinking. Offers flexible choices along with comprehensive coverage to supplement any reading program. Builds in formal and informal assessment tools to guide effective, efficient instruction. Modern Curriculum Press “Plaid” Phonics set the standard of excellence in its 50-year history of helping more than 55 million children learn how to read. Make your students part of the tradition! Bring MCP “Plaid” Phonics’ proven scope and sequence, along with abundance of practice, review, and application of skills, into your classroom to ensure comprehensive coverage and the best practices in phonics instruction. This “stand out in a crowd” program will: Increase fluency and comprehension, as well as phonics and phonemic awareness, by connecting phonics skills practice to meaningful reading experiences. Deliver a proven program of success and support Reading First with current research and the best practices for teaching essential phonemic awareness and phonics skills. Guide effective student-centered instruction to meet the needs of individual students with flexible and manageable assessment options. Offer meaningful practice through flexible yet comprehensive coverage to supplement any reading program, boost reading and writing skills, and ensure no child is left behind. Meet the needs of today’s diverse classroom by incorporating SDAIE and CALLA strategies to support ELLs. Research and Validity MCP "Plaid" Phonics reflects the current research outlined in Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read. Authors MCP “Plaid” Phonics’ team of original authors, led by Harvard professor Clarence E. Elwell, Ph.D., researched, field-tested, and developed the program based on classroom success. Through its history and today, researchers, consultants, editors, and teacher advisors continue working to ensure that the program reflects the most current research, and incorporates the best practices for teaching phonemic awareness and phonics.