The Annual Newsletter of the International Reading Association's Phonics Special Interest Group
Phonics SIG News (from 2004 Phonics
Bulletin)
2003 Orlando Meeting
The IRA Phonics Special Interest Group held its second official meeting
last May in Orlando, Florida. We had two terrific speakers, Dr. Grace
Haskins and Dr. John Shefelbine. The topic of Grace Haskins’s presentation
was The Spelling/Reading Connection: How Do We Achieve It? Haskins, who
has studied reading and spelling for many years and is the author of The
Spel-Lang Tree, shared information about a word study program for primary
grades.
Dr. John Shefelbine, a professor in the Department of Teacher
Education at California State University, Sacramento, spoke on the topic
of Strategies for Decoding and Spelling Polysyllabic Words. Dr. Shefelbine,
widely known as a literacy leader and charismatic public speaker, provided
an excellent presentation on syllabication strategies and methods for
teaching them to students.
2004 Reno Agenda
Join us at the 49th annual International Reading Association convention
in Reno, Nevada. The Phonics Special Interest Group speaker program will
be presented from 10:30 to 11:45 on Thursday, May 7th 2004 in the Nugget
Hotel, in Pavilion A. We have five terrific speakers scheduled to address
the Phonics Special Interest Group members and other interested conventioneers.
The title of our session is “Show and Tell Phonics: Instructional
Materials and Techniques for Teaching Engaging Phonics Lessons.”
These are the topics and presenters:
"Show and Tell Phonics" (Program Title)
A word walk introducing the word sort
Beth Ann Bader-Paetschow, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor,
California State University, Bakersfield
FUNetix: A new decoding strategy for early readers, using
pictographic sound cues
Bob “Kali” Woodward
Creator of Funetix
Phonograms, flipbooks, and dictation
Lynn Melby Gordon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Elementary Education
California State University, Northridge
The use of multi-sensory cards to teach handwriting and
sound/symbol relationships
Grace Haskins, Ed.D.
Author of The Spel-Lang Tree
Using language and concepts that children already have to
teach phonics
Mark Wendon
Letterland
Save the Dates
Plan now to attend future IRA conventions and meetings of the Phonics
Special Interest Group. Here is IRA’s latest proposed convention
schedule for the Phonics Special Interest Group.
2005 – San Antonio, Texas
(Tuesday afternoon)
2006 – Chicago, Illinois
(Wednesday morning.)
2007 – Toronto, Ontario
(Thursday afternoon)
2008 – Atlanta, Georgia
(Tuesday morning)
2009 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
(Wednesday afternoon)
Check the IRA website, www.reading.org, several months prior to each annual conference for more precise convention scheduling, travel, and lodging information.
Roll Call
The following people are active members of the IRA Phonics Special Interest
Group as of May 2004:
_ Patricia Allegrucci
_ Denise Baker
_ Susan Beisel
_ Patricia Benner
_ Ken Blaiklok
_ Richard Block
_ Sandra Boggs
_ Meggie Bowen
_ John Brunner
_ Patricia Butchko
_ Karen Cochran
_ Judith Cohen
_ Andrea Comiez
_ Faye Crow
_ Rochelle Ireland D’Ardenne
_ Judith Dierker
_ Katherine Echeverria
_ Jennifer Fenrich
_ Sue Fino
_ Annette Gast
_ Janie Gates
_ Nancy Gibney
_ Jonathan Gillentine
_ Gina Goble
_ Adelina Gonzalez
_ Lynn Gordon
_ Doug Gross
_ Sheila Harper
_ Grace Vyduna Haskins
_ Fred Hooper
_ Kathleen Horner
_ Amy Johnson
_ Marilyn Joshua
_ Adria Klein
_ Carol Krajewski
_ Patricia Langton
_ Lorraine Long
_ Constance Loscalzo
_ Leah Magruder
_ Donald McCabe
_ Peggy McCardle
_ Marcia McGowan
_ Patricia McKenzie
_ Michelle Meeks
_ Patricia Mossman
_ Rita Mulholland
_ Linda Murphree
_ Jane Nagy
_ Susan Okeefe
_ Robert Parvin
_ Karen Pasquini
_ Judy Pelkola
_ Deanna Preiss
_ Mary Rector
_ Robyne Ridge
_ Eugenia Ropp
_ Pat Savage
_ Marilyn Joshua Shearer
_ John Shefelbine
_ Margaret Shelton
_ Jeanette Sleeper
_ Lori Snowden
_ Mari Stangland
_ Caron Staples
_ Barbara Strell
_ Denise Tenyer
_ Kathy Trefenthen
_ Ted Vail
_ Heidi Verkler
_ Kendra Wagner
_ Joyce Warner
_ Ingrid Waters
_ Kelly Wayne
_ Jan Wellman
_ Mark Wendon
_ Leslie White
_ Wendy Whitnah
_ Audrey Wilson
_ Charlene Wrighton
_ Mary Youngblood
_ Debbie Zahka
If you don’t see your name, you either 1) joined after
last year’s roster was submitted to IRA for validation, or 2) have
not paid your IRA membership fee, or 3) have not submitted your information
to the Phonics SIG secretary yet. To become an active member (or to check
on your status), please forward your name and IRA membership number, or
name and address, to SIG secretary, Rochelle Ireland D’Ardenne, at
rireland@mail.mcps.org.
Membership Drive
The IRA Phonics Special Interest group is eagerly seeking to increase
its membership. If you know any phonics fans please solicit their membership.
Remember, it’s free! This SIG does not charge! E-mail our secretary
with your name and IRA number: rireland@mail.mcps.org. An interest in
phonics and current, paid-up membership in the International Reading Association
are the only requirements for membership in the Phonics Special Interest
Group. Remember, membership in the International Reading Association’s
Phonics Special Interest Group is free.
We Love Phonics
Members of the Phonics Special Interest group and non-member interested
folks are invited to join the WeLovePhonics@yahoogroups.com e-mail list.
Like a listserv, or old-fashioned party line, when a member of this group
sends out an e-mail, the message goes out to all other members. Membership
registration in the e-mail group can only be initiated by the moderator.
If you wish to join, please send your request via e-mail to Lynn Gordon
at Lynn.Gordon@csun.edu.