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CurriculaRemedial Reading Instruction
May Include:
Take Flight
- Contains the five components of effective reading instruction supported by the National Reading Panel C
- Developed at the Luke Waites Center for dyslexia and learning disorders at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.
- Only practitioners who have gone through intensive training using the program are allowed to implement it with students.
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Multisensory Reading
and Spelling
- Contains the five components of effective reading instruction supported by the National Reading Panel
- Developed by Neuhaus Education Center in Bellaire, Texas.
Equipped for
Reading Success
A comprehensive phonological awareness training to support automatic word recognition skills.
Developing Metacognitive Skills
Used with students who struggle with comprehension giving them instruction that will build foundational skills such as oral language, vocabulary, world knowledge, and working memory. It provides strategies that simulate what good readers do before, during, and after they read.
Word Detective: Discovering the History of the English Language
Heightens students awareness of word origins and word parts to assist them with the pronunciations, spellings, and meanings of words. This information is especially beneficial for students with decoding and fluency deficits as it heightens their awareness of subword level patterns. This knowledge aids the student in rapidly recognizing words. When words are recognized rapidly, students’ attention is focused at the text level and meaning instead of at the word level.
Winston Grammar
Uses multisensory techniques, using a set of color-coded clue cards and a book of exercises, to help students understand the structure of language and comprehend the principles of traditional grammar. This curriculum teaches the parts of speech, prepositional phrases, modification, and noun functions.
Handwriting Instruction
Children who practice handwriting do better at reading and spelling. Experts believe that forming letters by hand while learning letter sounds activates reading circuits in the brain that promote literacy.
Handwriting is a multisensory activity. As you form each letter, your hand shares information with the language processing part of your brain. Your eyes track what you are writing and you engage different areas of the brain. The same goes if you say letter sounds and words as you write them.
Research has indicated a unique relationship between handwriting and the brain as it is related to generatinging thoughts and ideas. Virginia Berninger, a professor at the University of Washington reported children are able to “write more words faster and express more ideas when writing essays by hand versus with a keyboard.”
Keyboarding
Keyboarding uses different mind-muscle pathways than handwriting, and can be an important component of a comprehensive Multisensory Structured Language reading & writing program. It is not a substitute for handwriting, but it can be a lifeline for kids with writing issues, allowing them to express themselves and have more success in school.
Keyboarding is taught interactively through the alphabetic sequence with simultaneous oral spelling. The student presses the key while naming the letter aloud, establishing a conditioned reflex.
Student Writing Intensive – Institute for Excellence in Writing
Details nine structural units that students can use to write reports and stories, empowering students to manage any writing prompt. Writing lessons alternate between fiction and non-fiction, giving students the opportunity to practice a variety of skills.