Resources

Nursery Rhymes
For nursery rhymes and illustrations that might be used to reinforce -am and other patterns, go to Webbing into Literacy at the address listed below. This is an outstanding collection of downloadable materials.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/home.html

Books
There are numerous books that can be used to reinforce patterns. One of the best series available is Wonder Books published by the Child's World. This series of 35 books presents initial consonants and the digraphs ch, sh, th, and wh and short- and long-vowel patterns.

Workbooks
The following workbooks use a Word Building approach to present and reinforce phonological awareness and word analysis skills.

Word Building, Beginnings. New York: Phoenix Learning Resources.
Phonological awareness, beginning consonants, and predictable stories.

Word Building Book A. New York: Phoenix Learning Resources.
Short-vowel patterns.

Word Building Book B. New York: Phoenix Learning Resources.
Long-vowel patterns.

Word Building Book C. New York: Phoenix Learning Resources.
R-vowel and other-vowel (ow, aw, oy, oo) patterns.

Word Building Book D. New York: Phoenix Learning Resources.
Multisyllabic patterns.

(Phoenix Learning Resources may be contacted at 800-221-1274.)

Professional Books
Additional suggestions for books, rhymes, and other reinforcement activities can be found in the following publications:

Gunning, T. (1998). Best books for beginning readers. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Gunning, T. (2000). Best books for building literacy for elementary school children. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Gunning, T. ( 2001). Building words: A resource manual for teaching word analysis and spelling strategies. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Gunning, T. (2000). Phonological awareness and primary phonics. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

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