READING & WRITING

Literacy Instruction

  • Pre-Reading Skills:

    • Alphabetic Principle, Phonological Awareness, Rhyming, Alliteration

  • The SIX Components of Reading:

  1. Phonemic Awareness

  2. Phonics

  3. Fluency

  4. Vocabulary

  5. Reading Comprehension

    Literal, Inferential & Evaluative Comprehension

6. Writing: (Refer to The Writing Revolution)

  • Grammar Rules

  • Sentence Structure

  • Single and Multi-Paragraphs

  • Revisions, Summarization, Transitions

  • Opinion, Expository & Narrative Writing

  • Writing Assignments (in core subjects at school)

  • Handwriting

Programs to Teach Literacy Instruction:

1. Orton Gillingham (OG) /Preventing Academic Failure (PAF) A Multisensory Curriculum for Teaching Reading, Spelling & Handwriting (Visual, Auditory, & Kinesthetic Input to strengthen associations & automatic recall)

Improves:

  • Word Recognition, Reading Fluency, Comprehension, Increased Sensitivity of Mastery & Self-Esteem

Results:

  • Minimum Frustration / Maximum Success

Which Children Benefit from OG/PAF?

  • All Beginning Readers

  • Struggling Readers With & Without a Diagnosis

Supplemented Programs to Compliment OG/PAF:

  • Oxford Reading Tree, Letterland, Jolly Phonics

Supplemental Materials:

  • Literature that Uses Repetition & Rhyming, Songs & Rhymes, Games, Graphic Organizers

2. Writing Program for Elementary, Middle and Upper School: The Writing Revolution (TWR) A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades

Principles:

  • Clear & Coherent (Fluent) Writing, Critical Thinking, Content Knowledge, Reading Comprehension, Oral Language Skills