I will be a new resource teacher this year, doing a combonation of pull out and inclusion. I was hoping someone could give me the name of a good reading program to use. I’ll have 1st through 5th, and any program I buy will probably have to be partially with my own money. Thanks for any suggestions.
Aimee
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Amy call me at 877-475-3277 or check out my website at www.greatleaps.com
I usually try not to use this line to promote my own work, but for some reason, this time I did.
Ken Campbell
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but it doesn’t always display the first time. I sometimes have to click again on the address to get it to come up.
Personally, I think there is much more information in the book “Reading Reflex” than at the website.
Mary
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Thank you Mary and Robin. I spent hours on this site. It’s the most informative thing I’ve read on reading so far. I ordered the book just now. Looking forward to learning more. Thanks again.
Chuck
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Another site you might want to look at is the Reading Genie. He has some excellent information.
http://www.auburn.edu/~murraba
Sue Jones also has a lot of good stuff at www.resourceroom.net
Robin
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You can read about Great Leaps in CEC”s “Learning Disabilities Research and Practice” - the last issue of the year 2000. Volume 15, No. 4 “Effects of a Reading Fluency Intervention for Middle Schoolers with Specific Learning Disabilities”
It would take a good half hour plus of typing to go over the basics of my program, with time being an essential commodity in my life.
I’ll be speaking at CCBD in Atlanta (Oct), FFCEC in Miami (Oct), Rapides Parish in Alexandria, LA (Oct), Eastern Carolina Univ. in Greenville (Dec. - tentative),LDA in Denver (Feb) and NYIDA in New York City (March).
Cecil Mercer will be in Albuquerque for IDA and will be covering the rest of the nation in between. I know he’s working closely with Charlotte, NC schools.
Sorry the web page didn’t download for you - I had it checked out and it was in order - graphics, etc. were kept to a minimum for faster downloading.
Ken Campbell, developer Great Leaps
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I agree. The “Read America People” (a few of whom post extensively on this board), get VERY upset when questioned in depth about Reading Reflex. NOT worth the aggrivation.
RR does address phonemic awareness, as do many other programs. Check out Lindamood Bell and S.P.I.R.E.
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Thanks, great information! I briefly checked out Great Leaps and will go back when I have more time. No trouble downloading this site.
Thank you
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I’m trying to follow this thread, and I don’t actually see what you’re responsing to.
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This may a little late for you but I just saw your post. The best thing to use with 1st and sencond graders who have missed the boat is to be sure that they know all of their letter sounds and then put them in SRA work books B & C titled We Discover Reading. It was written by Cathern Stern, a leader in Special Ed. The workbooks are about $13.00 each but are well worth it. The first work book is entirely the short vowels and cvc patterns. The second workbook deals with long vowels and and irregular vowels. The beakuty of the program is that it moves very slowly for the children having difficulty. They get alot of practice sounding out words and writing. I teach Basic Skills which seems to be the same type of job that you have. Using these workbooks for the young children means that you have no prep, provided you have taught them all of their letter sounds before using the workbook. Even if the 1st graders can read some, begin at the beginning and move throught the workbooks you can complete 3-5 pages in 30 minutes. I work with roups of about 5 children. P.S. I have over 25 years of expeerience and my Masters in Reading and this is the best that I have seen.
I would appreciate your response
You can buy the book, “Reading Reflex” for $16 at most bookstores. It’s written for parents who want to use the Phono-Graphix method at home, but it would work great for a resource room teacher too. It is suitable for K through adult with only minor adaptations.
There is a listserve with a lot of reading tutors on it, most of whom are familiar with Phono-Graphix. You would probably get some good advice there. To join the list, go to http://www.groups.yahoo.com and search for the ReadNOW list.
Mary