The Annual Newsletter of the International Reading Association's Phonics Special Interest Group
Request
for Submissions
The submission deadline for next year’s Phonics Bulletin is March
1st, 2005. Please submit all documents electronically to the editors at
Kendra9@mindspring.com and Lynn.Gordon@csun.edu.
The Phonics Bulletin welcomes the following:
• Brief articles, essays, and research reports related to phonics
instruction, phonemic awareness, decodable print, phonics dictation, phonics
assessments, phonics and reading comprehension, word families/onsets/rimes,
phonics curricula and resources, reading achievement scores, history of
phonics, phonics and reading reform initiatives, phonics ethnography,
pedagogy, policies, and new phonics/old phonics commentaries. Articles
should run from 500 to 3000 words. Include a title for the article, your
full name, and institutional affiliation.
• Brief reviews of phonics books, resources, and instructional
materials. We solicit reviews in the following categories:
1. Phonics books (reference books &
books for teachers.)
2. Commercial reading programs
3. Instructional phonics materials
(including manipulatives, toys,
and games)
4. Decodable books/readers/series
5. Reading methodology college
textbooks
6. Videos (for students or teachers)
7. Phonics software
8. Websites (only informational, non-
commercial websites with a focus
on phonics)
9. Online articles about phonics
Word limit for reviews is 100 words
(for categories 1 - 7) and 25 words for website reviews or online article
reviews (categories 8 and 9).
Please follow the following format for reviews (in categories 1-7):
Line 1: Identify the name or title of the book or product.
Line 2: Provide the ISBN number if this is a book.
Line 3: Provide name of publisher (or distributor) and year of publication.
Line 4: Provide the publisher's (or distributor's) contact website, if
available.
Line 5+: Provide a 100-word description and review highlighting features,
utility, price, limitations, etc. (Note: if the item is an instructional
toy, game, or manipulative for teaching reading, indicate whether the
item is appropriate for whole class, small group, or one-on-one instruction.)
Next line: Indicate price.
Next line: How many stars (0 to 5)?
Next line: (Reviewed by _______)