Scholastic Week By Week Phonics and Word Study for the Intermediate Grades, Grades 3-6

Most fluency practice is geared for the lower grades. This is a wonderful resource for middle level students, particularly those who have dyslexia or those who simply need to boost their confidence in their fluency and pronunciation.Pros:• Sound phonics teaching (aligns great with the All about Reading curriculum)• Easy to follow format. Each week is structured with (1) instructions for teacher in a mini-lesson, (2) student activity, and (3) speed drill.• Speed drills are particularly exemplary. For myself, I copied the speed drill page and put the page in a plastic sleeve. Using a dry erase marker, it is easy to mark when the student misses the word, and to mark the last work they got correct in 60 seconds.• Emphasis is on improvement, not perfection. The speed drill page has place for students to record their timings over multiple days. My student loved the competition to beat their previous scores and were often eager to retake the timed tests to improve their times!• Activities varied from “cut apart” and categorize similar words, to puzzles and word webs.• “Nonsense word” activites are wonderful to be sure the student is applying the phonics rule, rather than memorizing or recognizing the real words.Cons:• Starting week 29 (out of 35) the words for the speed drill were longer, and therefore the font was smaller, making it more difficult to read quickly. To compensate for this, when I copied that page, I increased the size and made the copy landscape.• This is the only book of its kind. I wish there were additional versions to continue this practice.

Should have purchased this book years ago! It was so helpful with planning instructional practice in word study for my older intervention kids. Learning all about the science of reading and being trained…. This correlates beautifully! Love this resource!

The media could not be loaded. This book would be great to help drive instruction in phonics or to help a parent or tutor teaching a struggling student phonics concepts but it’s not good for a struggling reader to complete independently because they need a lot of feedback.

We homeschool and had my son tested for a disability since his reading was so bad. His IQ was great. His comprehension was 10th grade, but his speed was 2nd. Most of the reading help books are to build comprehension. We needed fluency. This was one of the few 1-off books for speed and fluency in older kids. I was glad to not have to buy a while “program” but still get some drills and practice lessons. He is improving.

This is based on 300 most common syllables. Has an easy generic mini lesson plan for a week of study.

The media could not be loaded. The exercises are okay however the print for the drill pages is very small.

My go to book for Word Study!

Wow! I wish I had found this resource sooner. This book is organized so well, with just the information you need, What dishwashers are to dirty dishes, this book is to teaching phonics and word study - Love it!