Structured Phonics in detail

Designed for use in the classroom and as send-home activities, READING SUCCESS
contains 104 completely planned reproducible lessons (pp.212).

Each lesson begins with an explanation of the skills being taught and can be used without special instructions.

Using this program for developmental instruction or remediation you can work successfully with average students, students who need extra skill work, and special education students.

Each lesson contains:

An explanation of the sound the letter makes in words.

A description of how to place the mouth and tongue to produce the sound of the letter.

A variety of picture exercises to reinforce identification of the letter and its sound.

Practice in printing the letter. This develops the muscle habits to form letters and reinforces
the learning of the shape and direction of the letter.

Activities and Games Section:

52 stimulating learning activities for word attack skills, ranging from readiness to 3rd grade.

< Ideas for send-home activities.

< Full size patterns for making individual and group self-correcting learning activities.

€ Manipulative activities (Alphabet Puzzles, Vowel Bingo, sound and letter matching Vowel Dolls) promote action learning.

Tape and Letter Cards:

An independent or small group activity, with 60 lesson units, for reinforcing word attack skills.

Using the tape, the child stops the recorder at the tone and does the exercises hearing and saying consonants, digraphs, blends and vowels; thinking of the letter sound, tracing over the letter using the letter card, and drawing pictures of objects that have the letter sound.

The Letter Cards (8 1/2 x 11, paper board) allow the child to trace over the letter with his finger, following the RED directional arrows, then print the letter beside his picture. This reinforces the letter-sound connection and develops the muscle habits to form letters correctly.

Practice in seeing and identifying the letter in words.

Practice in hearing the sound of the letter in words.

An exercise in identifying the letter in different words to assure that the letter shape has been learned.