The Letterbox Lesson: A Hands-on Approach for Teaching Decoding.

Murray, Bruce A.; Lesniak, Theresa

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ERIC Number: EJ581343

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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The Letterbox Lesson: A Hands-on Approach for Teaching Decoding.

Murray, Bruce A.; Lesniak, Theresa

Reading Teacher, v52 n6 p644-50 Mar 1999

Describes letterbox lessons in which children learn the alphabetic code, spelling words by placing letters in boxes that show the number of phonemes in words, and later reading what they have spelled. Discusses materials, how to teach a letterbox lesson, and effectiveness of these lessons. (SR)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Decoding (Reading), Emergent Literacy, Instructional Effectiveness, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Primary Education

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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