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Phonics Pathways: Clear Steps to Easy Reading andPerfect Spelling, 9th Edition
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Using her materials, Dolores G. Hiskes has implemented a number of school and community tutoring programs, such as the highly touted YES Reading Center in Palo Alto, CA. She has tutored reading for over thirty years, and trained teachers from all over the world. She also has collected classic old reading and spelling texts from English-speaking countries worldwide, including New Zealand, Australia, The United Kingdom, and Canada, which she incorporates into her instruction. Well-published in professional journals and a winner of numerous honors, she publishes a free on-line newsletter about teaching reading, called Phonics Talk (www.dorbooks.com). She has trained teachers in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada, as well as throughout the United States.
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INTRODUCTION.

ABOUT PHONICS PATHWAYS.

TEACHING AID AID: SHORT-VOWEL STICK.

GAME GAME: SHORT VOWEL SHUFFLE.

SHORT-VOWEL SOUNDS.

GAME GAME: BLENDIT! (Similar to Bingo) Short-Vowel Review.

TWO-LETTER BLENDS (“Eyerobics”).

GAME GAME: TRAIN GAME.

GAME GAME: STARSEARCH.

THREE-LETTER WORDS.

GAME GAME: BAG THE BUGS.

PYRAMID.

“K = C, K, -CK”.

TWO-CONSONANT ENDINGS.

“Y” SUFFIX.

TWIN-CONSONANT ENDINGS.

FLUENCY REALITY CHECK: Real And Nonsense Words.

CONSONANT DIGRAPH ENDINGS (“-sh,” “-th,” etc.).

“-NG, -NK” ENDINGS.

SIMPLE LONG-VOWEL SOUNDS.

SUFFIXES:

SHORT-VOWEL WORDS.

LONG-VOWEL WORDS.

SUFFIX SPELLING CHART.

MULTISYLLABLE WORDS.

“K = -IC, -ICK”.

PLURAL, POSSESSIVE, AND “X”.

CONSONANT DIGRAPH BEGINNINGS (“Sh-, ch-,” etc.).

TWO-CONSONANT BEGINNINGS (“Bl-, fl-,pl-, cl-, gl-, sl-”).

FUN AND GAMES.

TWO-CONSONANT BEGINNINGS (“Sm-, sn-, st-, sp-, sc-, sk”).

TWO-CONSONANT BEGINNINGS (“Br-, cr-, dr-, fr-, gr-, pr-, tr-”).

“R” MODIFIED VOWELS.

LONG-VOWEL DIGRAPHS.

“S = CE, CI, CY”.

“&Emarc; = EI”.

VOWEL DIPHTHONGS (“Oi, oy, ou, ow”).

“J = GE, GI, GY, -DGE”.

“-Y, -IE” PLUS SUFFIXES.

“-F = -VES”.

NEW VOWEL SOUNDS.

THREE-CONSONANT BEGINNINGS.

SHORT-VOWEL SPELLING PATTERNS.

CONTRACTIONS.

SILENT LETTERS (“-le, k, w, l, b, t, h,” ).

SILENT “GH”.

LONG “A” SPELLING PATTERNS.

“Z, ZH, SH = S,” “F = PH, GH,” “K = CH”.

ANOTHER “R” MODIFIED VOWEL SOUND.

“Âr = -are, -air, -ear, -ere, -eir”.

A SPELLING GRAB BAG.

Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs.

Multisyllable Words with Suffixes.

“-ce, -ge” and “-able, -ible”.

PREFIXES (“Pre-, sub-, re-, auto-, un-, dis-, inter-, super-”).

MORE SUFFIXES (“-tion, -sion, -able, -ness, -ful, -less, -ment”).

COMPOUND WORDS.

“BUILDING BLOCKS”.

APPENDIX A: REFERENCE & SUPPLEMENTAL PRACTICE.

Spelling Strategies.

Index to Spelling Rules And Patterns.

Spelling and Pronunciation Charts.

Plural Spelling Chart.

Suffix Spelling Chart.

Student Progress Forms.

Vision/Motor Development Exercises.

Another PYRAMID.

APPENDIX B:GAMES AND ACTIVITIES.

Hot Tips.

“Dewey-The-Bookworm” Bookmark.

Shoo-Fly Shuffle (aka Short-Vowel Shuffle).

The Train Game.

Blendit! (similar to Bingo).

StarSearch.

Bag The Bugs.

APPENDIX C: A Word About Curriculum and State Standards.…

REVIEWS AND RESULTS.

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"Adorable characters like Dewey the Bookworm and illustrations to delight all make this program vital in becoming part of your child's life. Let your child be a lifelong reader—give him the Phonics Pathways advantage!"
—Cathy Fox, New Jersey director, National Right to Read Association, NRRF Teacher of the Year 1997

"I had no idea how to teach phonics, yet in about six weeks my 3 ½ and 5-year-old children were reading and spelling. I always recommend Phonics Pathways—it remains my favorite program."
—Sandra S. Elam, director, The National Right to Read Foundation

"We are homeshcooling our 9- and 7-year-old and were convinced they would never read. Then I discovered Phonics Pathways in our local library. We are absolutely thrilled with their progress and your book!"
—The Walter R. Wright family, Gnadenhutten, Ohio

"After my mom had a stroke she had trouble getting words from her brain to her mouth. Soon after she was back home I began using Phonics Pathways with her. It helped her so much—she loved it!"
—Barb Tessmann, librarian, Oconomowoc Public Library, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

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