Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1991
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Randy Wallace
Second Committee Member
David N. Shorr
Third Committee Member
Franklin D. Carlson
Abstract
The debate among phonics instruction and the whole language approach and the research supporting a balanced approach were examined. High utility phonics generalizations were identified from the literature. Those high utility phonics generalizations that were appropriate for the primary grades were applied to the vocabulary of a set of whole language readers. Lessons and activities were developed to integrate phonics instruction with the whole language materials for first grade students. Implications for further research and teacher training were discussed.
Recommended Citation
Allsworth, Anne I., "A Phonics and Whole Language Synthesis" (1991). All Graduate Projects. 327.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/327
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons, Speech and Hearing Science Commons