<div> This bestselling book provides indispensable tools and strategies for explicit, systematic phonics instruction in K-3. Teachers learn effective ways to build students' decoding skills by teaching letter-sound relationships, blending, word building, multisyllabic decoding, fluency, and more. The volume is packed with engaging classroom activities, many specific examples, and research-based explanations. It offers a complete phonics assessment and clear guidelines for sequencing instruction to give every student a strong foundation for reading. More than 30 reproducible forms and word lists are included in the appendices; the companion website features a wealth of supplemental teaching resources.<BR> <br> New to This Edition<BR> *Six additional chapters covering key topics, including assessment, phonemic awareness, orthography, and automaticity.<BR> *A complete phonics assessment with administering and scoring guidelines.<BR> *Companion website with rich supplemental resources, including word/syllable cards, assessment tools, and illustrated stories featuring target words, which teachers can project or print for classroom use.<BR> *More classroom examples and "Your Turn" activities, plus expanded word lists.<BR> <br> See also <I>Bringing Words to Life, Second Edition: Robust Vocabulary Instruction</I> and <I>Creating Robust Vocabulary: Frequently Asked Questions and Extended Examples</I>, by Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, and Linda Kucan, which provide essential tools for K-12 vocabulary instruction.<BR> <br> </div>