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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Educ Psychol. 2013 Apr 29;105(3):633–648. doi: 10.1037/a0032581
Word Work Phonological Awareness
  • Stretching Words (phoneme segmenting)

  • Mystery Word Game (phoneme blending)

  • Elkonin Sound Boxes Without Print

Letter-Sounds and Letter Combinations
  • Teaching Letter–Sounds

  • Teaching Letter Combinations

  • Pick-Up-the-Letter Game (letter and sound identification)

  • Vowel Sound Game (medial vowel sound identification)

  • Teaching Letter Formation

Sounding Out and Spelling Words
  • Teaching Sounding Out

  • Elkonin Sound Boxes With Print

  • Point Game (word-reading practice)

  • Silly Word Game (nonword reading)

  • Teaching the Silent e Rule

  • Reading Word Lists

  • Word Linking (change one or more letters in a word to form a new word)

  • Word Pattern Charts (poster with a list of words with one sound-spelling pattern)

  • Word Sorts

    Sound Box Spelling (with Elkonin boxes)

    Listen and Spell (mapping sounds to print)

High-Frequency Words
  • Teaching High-Frequency Words

  • Beat the Teacher Game (timed flash card game to promote automaticity)

  • Writing High-Frequency Words

Multisyllabic Words
  • Reading Multisyllabic Words

  • Writing Multisyllabic Words

  • Reading Closed Syllables

  • Teaching the Schwa Sound

  • Flexing Words

  • Reading Open Syllables

Fluency
  • Teaching Print-Related Vocabulary

  • Repeated Reading With Model

  • Partner Reading

  • Reading Phrases

  • Oral Reading With Word Instruction

  • Beat the Clock (timed practice)

  • Whisper Reading (independent repeated reading

Assessment
  • Anecdotal Records

  • Assessment of Reading Accuracy

  • Developmental Reading Assessment a

  • Letter–Sound Assessment

  • High-Frequency Word Test

  • Oral Reading Fluency–Student Books

  • Oral Reading Fluency–DIBELS b

  • Word List Assessment

  • Quick Phonics Screener c

  • Read Naturally Placement Test d

  • Spelling Inventory

Supported Reading
  • Introducing a New Book

  • Reading a New Book

  • Modeling the Word Identification Strategy

  • Teaching Word Identification Using the Strategy

  • “Does It Make Sense?” Game

  • Teaching Self-Monitoring in Text Reading

  • Teaching Comprehension in Text Reading: Story Structure

  • Asking and Answering Questions

  • The Predict and Verify Strategy

Supported Writing
  • Supported Independent Writing

  • Teaching Sound Analysis in Writing

  • Teaching Students to Edit

  • Writing in Response to Text

a

Developmental Reading Assessment (Beaver, 2006).

b

DIBELS = Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (Good & Kaminski, 2002).

c

Quick Phonics Screener (Hasbrouck, 2006).