Phonics Links and Resources

Reading Rockets
www.readingrockets.org/atoz/phonics_decoding/
Videos and information on strategies and the research behind phonics
instruction; Teaching activities and parent information sheets are also
available
What Works Clearinghouse
provides a list of reading interventions and the results of evaluation of
their efficacy
What Works Clearinghouse
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/topicarea.aspx?tid=01
provides a list of reading interventions and the results of evaluation of
their efficacy
Teacher Vision resources. **Wide Selection Compared to other Sites**
o http://www.teachervision.fen.com/phonics/early-reading-
activity/55668.html

Variety of resources including phonics!
o http://www.mes-english.com/phonics.php
Phonics worksheets and games and opportunities to build your own
o http://www.funfonix.com/
Phonics Resources for Stories Including Printable Alphabets/Online word
game activities
o http://www.storyit.com/alphabet/phon.htm
GREAT VARIETY OF PHONICS WORKSHEETS!
o http://www.free-phonics-
worksheets.com/html/free_phonics_worksheets.html
Letters and Sounds resources. Split into phases
o http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/
Synthetic phonics activities and resources
o http://www.synthetic-phonics.com/phonics_activity.html
A variety of different alphabet and sounds worksheets
o http://bogglesworldesl.com/
Online Phonics Components
o http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm
Flashcard activities, phonics games, phonics worksheets
o http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm
Word Family Activities
o http://www.kidzone.ws/phonics/
Specific Program for Teaching Phonics
o http://dancophonics.webs.com/
Games for teaching phonics to ESL kids
o http://www.marks-english-school.com/games.html
PDF of Letterland reading booklet: an activity workbook to help kids
master their sounds
o http://www.letterland.com/documents/pdf/My%20Letterland%20Re
ading%20Booklet.pdf
ESL Phonics Worksheets
o http://www.english-4kids.com/phonicsheets.html
Phonics and Phonological Awareness Assessments
o http://www.readinga-z.com/phonics/
Zoo Phonics Alphabet Cards
o http://www.southwestschools.org/crosby/danner/zoophonics1.htm



Guides
Why teach phonics
o http://eps.schoolspecialty.com/downloads/articles/why_teach_phon
ics.pdf
Phonics in a Box for Teachers
o http://www.phonicsinabox.com/guide.html
PDF: Saxon Phonics Users Guide
o http://steckvaughn.hmhco.com/HA/correlations/pdf/f/FLDIBELS.pdf
A professional development guide on teaching phonics in early literacy
o http://www.usu.edu/teachall/text/reading/texas/EXphonics.pdf

Treasure for Teachers
o http://treasureforteachers.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/guide_phonics.2482
12507.pdf
o Phonics teaching guide from the NSW Department of Education and Training
Learning and Development. This is a guide full of information and appendices
Appendix 9 has excellent take and use ideas for teaching phonics to students.

Online Phonics Games
o http://www.starfall.com/




Archer, A. L., Gleason, M. M., & Scanlon, V. L. (2003). Decoding and fluency: Foundations
for
o struggling older readers. Learning Disabilities Quarterly, 26, 89-102.

Ehri, L. C., & McCormick, S. (1998) Phases of word learning: Implications for instruction
with
o delayed and disabled readers. Reading & Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning
Difficulties, 14, 135-163

Lovett, M. W., Lacerenza, L., & Borden, S. (2000). Putting struggling readers on the
PHAST track:
o A program to integrate phonological and strategy-based remedial reading
instruction and maximize outcomes. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33, 458-476.

National Reading Panel (2000). Report of the national reading panel: Teaching students
to read:
o An evidenced-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and
its implications for reading instruction: Reports of the subgroups. Bethesda, MD:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes
of Health (www.nationalreadingpanel.org).