$100.00

Designed to facilitate timed practice of the recognition of vowel and consonant sounds, this unit builds a fluent foundation in phonics, while aligning visual and auditory systems in preparation for the reading and spelling of phonetically predictable real and nonsense words. Students receive practice in saying vowel and consonant sounds, blending sounds into words, in addition to reading and spelling predictable words in order to increase decoding speed, bridge phonics and phonemic awareness, and teaches students to look for and recognize patterns instead of memorizing ‘rules’.

When you order this product, you will be provided with a link to download a PDF version of the product. You WILL NOT receive a printed version of the product. You can print out your copy using the PDF file. In fact, you can print only the pages you need, when you need the pages. 

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Description

This unit has been constructed with an eye towards optimization of precious practice time, while engendering a desire for more practice. Sound and Word employs achievable chunks, units of material which balance learner’s strengths and needs, to insure that growth is a key motivational element of further practice.  If a task is too difficult the learner resists and if it is too easy disinterest ensues. The optimal balance occurs when both accuracy and frequency improve at the appropriate rate and there is continual feedback of that success to the practitioner.

Practice needs to be measured for purposes of motivation; the accuracy and speed of performances are recorded with the results being made immediately available to both practitioner and coach. Improvement, which is incremental, and might go unnoticed, will become apparent allowing the learner to climb a motivational ladder on the rungs of their personal bests. To facilitate this dynamic between challenge and achievability and provide immediacy of feedback that motivates further practice these units have been closely integrated with Precision Teaching.

With Precision Teaching a student is timed on specific tasks until he/she can perform a certain amount accurately within a specified amount of time.  Timings are usually one minute, but frequently range from ten seconds to ten minutes.  We record a student’s performance on a Standard Celeration Chart which gives a “learning picture” to the teacher and student, enabling them to make decisions about the student’s learning program.

The goal of timed practice is to build fluency which ensures a student permanently retains the skills taught (retention); can perform them for extended periods of time (endurance); and can easily apply them to new learning situations (application).

These practice materials for Sound and Word have been designed and implemented successfully using Precision Teaching.  When you employ Precision Teaching in practice sessions, your students and you will have fun learning, enjoy joint decision making and achieve learning success.

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