Yvette Zgonc

Have you wondered how to prepare all your kids with a solid phonological awareness base but found your advanced learners bored and your struggling learners lost? Well, in this long-awaited second edition of Interventions for All: Phonological Awareness, author Yvette Zgonc, along with Kim Zgonc present a wealth of phonological awareness activities directly tied to a three-tiered model, which fits in with Response to Intervention (RTI) or any multilevel approach you use. Informed by research on how the brain learns best, these activities include songs, poems, and games that will keep students engaged, involved, and having fun, because that’s when learning is sustained. So, whether they’re pretending to be superheroes, surgical assistants, baseball pitchers, or just lowly worms, get ready to see your students actually enjoy strengthening their phonological awareness skills. In addition to the original and updated ninety-six phonological awareness activities for whole-group, small-group, and individual instruction, along with assessments in both English and Spanish, this second edition now includes:Updated research with correlated strategiesNew Phonics Connection activities (each beginning with a short phonological awareness foundation activity) to support whole-group phonics instructionOnline resources, including a study guide and handouts with suggestions to help parents and caregivers reinforce phonological awareness at homeSuggestions for differentiating whole group activities with on-the-spot adaptive instruction ideas to support your advanced and struggling learnersMultiple trade book recommendations to support new and modified activitiesTips to support students struggling with early rhyming skillsSuggestions to embed quick phonological awareness activities during transition timesIf you’re looking for maximum learning that makes phonological awareness skills fun and impactful, this revised volume will help you effectively engage your students and monitor their progress, while bringing you one step closer to the ultimate goal—success for all children.

Learn the principles and practice of the Science of Reading. This bundle provides a comprehensive toolkit giving you all you need to maximize learning and understanding in literacy and reading. These books are research backed, activity based and student focused, covering topics including comprehension, phonics, and text selection. Shifting the Balance K-2 (9781625315106) Whether your students are just learning to read or building more advanced reading comprehensive skills, Shifting the Balance is designed to help teachers meet the instructional needs of K-2 students. Shifting the Balance Grades 3-5 (9781625315977) is focussed on best practices for the intermediate classroom with grades 3-5 teachers in mind. It’s accessible and practical with the aim of building a bridge between research and classroom practice. Brain Words (9781032753942) This updated and highly readable new edition presents reading research and theory in ways that can be understood and directly applied in teaching. Phonological Awareness (9781032880037) In this long-awaited second edition the authors present a wealth of phonological awareness activities directly tied to a three-tiered model. New elements include updated research with correlated strategies, New Phonics Connection activities, and online resources to help parents and caregivers reinforce phonological awareness at home. Using easy to apply Science of Reading based literary instruction, and blending best practice and the latest research, these books are ideal for teachers, educators, and parents.

Do you find yourself asking: How am I supposed to put assessment, differentiated instruction, and multi-tiered instruction into practice? In this book author Yvette Zgonc gives you a wealth of phonological awareness activities directly tied into the three-tiered model of RTI. At your fingertips you’ll find activities for use with the whole class, for small groups not making adequate progress, and for individual students who need the most intensive and explicit instruction. Informed by research on how the brain learns best, these songs, poems, games, and activities will keep students engaged, involved, and having fun because that’s when learning is sustained. So whether they’re pretending to be superheroes, surgical assistants, baseball pitchers, or just lowly worms, get ready to see your students actually enjoy strengthening their phonological awareness skills. This jam-packed collection will help you to: Engage students with easy-to-do activities that take little or no prep-time; Tailor your instruction to students’ individual needs; Assess students’ phonological awareness skills (with tests in English & Spanish); Monitor & track student progress, and Integrate works of children’s literature into skills-based activities. Whether or not you are following the three-tiered RTI model, this volume will help you to effectively teach and keep track of your students. And that brings you one step closer to the ultimate goal—success for all children.