It all began a couple years ago with a story that appeared on 20/20 about the Distar reading program. The Distar piece was followed soon by a story that Ted Koppel did about the Hooked on Phonics program. ('A few short weeks before Hooked on Phonics declared bankruptcy,' added Routman to the applause of most of the audience.). EW Worksheets. Distar Reading Program Worksheets. TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ IN 100 EASY LESSONS is a modification and extension of DISTARĀ® (Direct Instruction System for Teaching, Achievement and Remediation). Progressive Phonics allinone reading program with free phonics books and free alphabet books.
It was my first year of teaching and I had been hired by a small district in the mountains of Northern California. My class would consist of 19 students: Three Kinder, 2 First grade, 1 second grader, 8 third graders and 5 in the fourth grade. (You thought this kind of classroom only existed in history books from the 1800's, right? Many small rural towns across the country have to consolidate their grades into one classroom. Another school in my district had Kindergarten through 8th in one class.) With one full time Teacher's Aide and a whole lot of advance planning, I had figured out a way for my 2nd through 4th grades to work independently while I focused on reading with the younger children. But the question was, in a setting like this, what reading program do I use? Something that would work for a 5 to 1 student teacher ratio, that would pack a big punch in a short amount of time and that would cover abilities that were widely ranging, as one of my 1st graders was special needs.
I knew what I needed. LIMITED TIME BONUS - ($85.95 Value!!!!) Each Letter of the Week Packet includes crafts, activities, writing practice, path of motion, introducing the letter cards, a song, path of motion practice, reading literacy, writing center activity, dot to dot, maze, game, little book, and four crafts and lesson plans with suggestions for utilizing the activities over a five day period. Over 40 pages of activities for each letter.
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(920 pages in total!) - If you have purchased both bundles (& ) separately please email me for the bonus ([email protected]). SPECIAL BONUS when you Buy the All-in-One Bundle!
LIMITED TIME BONUS - ($85.95 Value!!!!) Each Letter of the Week Packet includes crafts, activities, writing practice, path of motion, introducing the letter cards, a song, path of motion practice, reading literacy, writing center activity, dot to dot, maze, game, little book, and four crafts and lesson plans with suggestions for utilizing the activities over a five day period. Over 40 pages of activities for each letter.
(920 pages in total!). If you have purchased both bundles (& ) separately please email me for the bonus ([email protected]). 'As a homeschool mom, I was hesitant about '100 Easy Lessons' because of the lack of reinforcement activities provided by the curriculum itself. Once we found GlimmerCat's packets, it was an easy choice for us to continue with using it with our kindergartner.
He has not only done beautifully with '100 Easy Lessons,' but has thrived with these additional packets because of our ability to reinforce the lessons with quick and easy worksheets (that he actually enjoys!), crafts, and the flash cards that make reviewing the sounds he's learned easy to do no matter where we are. We have laminated the flash cards with each packet, and keep them handy for waiting rooms, long car rides, and restaurants, and have enjoyed making card games of our own with them to help him review.
Thank you for such a great resource!' You've even skimmed through the first few pages and you're just itching to try it all out, with your child sitting in your lap, reading through the sounds with you. Here's the only catch: You had hoped to include a few complimentary crafts for your beginning reader and maybe a few follow-ups along with Siegfried Engelmann's valuable reading instruction. You are aware already that repetition for small ones is vital, and although much repetition is built into 'Teach Your Child to Read', there is always room for more, especially when it can be an engaging activity outside of the book itself.
We are all set!!! 'I give this an A+!
These are.perfect. accompaniments for the '100 Easy Lessons.' That book is the only way my son could grasp reading (we homeschool), and I was going crazy trying to find something to use with it to reinforce. These are AWESOME.
I can't say enough good things about them. My only complaint is I wish they went further up in the lessons! Thanks SO much!!!' - Beth Yarwood 'I love that this packet added the 'Story-Time' section. It's one of my son's favorite parts of the lessons in '100 Easy Lessons' and I know he'll enjoy having that as an additional reinforcement activity in the packet. Thank you for such a wonderful resource!' 'We are on Lesson 19.
I've already printed the flashcards and the remainder of this packet looks great. I look forward to using these materials in the next week.' - Tescille R. 'I love these packets. I think I've bought all of the ones that are out now. I use Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons in my K-2 special education classroom. I tend to save these for sub plans.
The kids love that they are cute and something a little different than our usual reading group. They support the lessons so well.' 'Great companion resource to accompany Twach my kid to read in 100 easy lessons. Especially since the book itself can loose interest pretty easy. Brought fun back into it.' 'I use this with my ESL students that know very little English.
It is soooo good!' - Junelle K. 'This is our first time using 100 Easy Lessons and these packets have made reinforcing the lessons we cover so easy. As a homeschool family, having a resource like this that is flexible and easy to implement is such a blessing. The worksheets are quick and easy for my kindergartner to complete with very little help and the flash cards make reviewing sounds possible when we're on the road with the help the older siblings. ' Most of you are familiar with the Reading Program ', and I can promise you it has been easier to come up with engaging stories and entertaining activities with the broader range of sounds I have to work with, having once hit lesson 50.
In fact, I'd like to show you a few of these new stories. Here is the Mini Book that comes with the. Look at that pink car!
There just isn't anything more fun than a horse named Molly, stealing a red car and driving it into a tree. Another change we see as our supplementals progress through the lessons, is the ability to move on to more standard looking fonts in the stories. Because the classic fonts are introduced at this time in the Reading Program ', and they are introduced along with the entire alphabet of letters, I decided children should get the chance to use their deciphering and decoding skills as they match letters in a variety of fun fonts. LIMITED TIME BONUS - ($85.95 Value!!!!) Each Letter of the Week Packet includes crafts, activities, writing practice, path of motion, introducing the letter cards, a song, path of motion practice, reading literacy, writing center activity, dot to dot, maze, game, little book, and four crafts and lesson plans with suggestions for utilizing the activities over a five day period. Over 40 pages of activities for each letter. (920 pages in total!) - If you have purchased both bundles (& ) separately please email me for the bonus ([email protected]).
SPECIAL BONUS when you Buy the All-in-One Bundle! LIMITED TIME BONUS - ($85.95 Value!!!!) Each Letter of the Week Packet includes crafts, activities, writing practice, path of motion, introducing the letter cards, a song, path of motion practice, reading literacy, writing center activity, dot to dot, maze, game, little book, and four crafts and lesson plans with suggestions for utilizing the activities over a five day period. Over 40 pages of activities for each letter.
(920 pages in total!). If you have purchased both bundles (& ) separately please email me for the bonus ([email protected]). The book's authors suggest that it is a stand alone program (and it is!) and that the only other materials you will need are a pencil and paper, to write out the sounds for writing practice.
This is true, you don't need anything more than the book to teach your child to read. But, since my children love crafts and getting to put their knowledge of their learning to work, I decided to make a collection of worksheets, activities and crafts called 'After Five Phonics', as a Set to supplement the first 5 lessons of '.100 Easy Lessons'. When I used this program before, I wanted practice sheets for the writing part of the program. If you are familiar with ', you'll remember that sound introduction happens in a different order than the ABC's are usually introduced. But even the way the sound for 'A' is introduced is a challenge, as in the '100 Easy Lessons' book, it looks different than most lowercase A's do in Kindergarten workbooks. And what I really wanted, was something more like this: Sample worksheet from the 'After Five' packet So now I have it.
With nice colorful imagery, in case someone wants to print it out, laminate it and reuse it over and over (which would really be helpful). I also included black and white options for those who prefer to print these out at home without using up their color cartridges: Sample worksheet from the 'After Ten' packet The teacher side of me kicked in and whispered, 'You know, some supplemental activities that added more sound/letter recognition would be really nice.' So I made some of this. LIMITED TIME BONUS - ($85.95 Value!!!!) Each Letter of the Week Packet includes crafts, activities, writing practice, path of motion, introducing the letter cards, a song, path of motion practice, reading literacy, writing center activity, dot to dot, maze, game, little book, and four crafts and lesson plans with suggestions for utilizing the activities over a five day period.
Over 40 pages of activities for each letter. (920 pages in total!) - If you have purchased both bundles (& ) separately please email me for the bonus ([email protected]). SPECIAL BONUS when you Buy the All-in-One Bundle!
LIMITED TIME BONUS - ($85.95 Value!!!!) Each Letter of the Week Packet includes crafts, activities, writing practice, path of motion, introducing the letter cards, a song, path of motion practice, reading literacy, writing center activity, dot to dot, maze, game, little book, and four crafts and lesson plans with suggestions for utilizing the activities over a five day period. Over 40 pages of activities for each letter. (920 pages in total!). If you have purchased both bundles (& ) separately please email me for the bonus ([email protected]).
Oh my- DISTAR is old, old old- I was trained in college twenty some odd years ago. DISTAR is a very scripted direct instruction program for teaching phonics. It has been show to be quite effective with a variety of students- from those with learning impairments to some forms of LD.
It is very boring for the teacher- but not necessarily for the student. It does work, but it shouldn't be the only tool in the arsenal. For very bright LD youngsters, my experience has been that the vocabulary is very simplistic and this gets boring. It isn't the skills- they need those- but they need to be couched in a way that appeals to them too. Robin Joined Jan 30, 2019 Posts: 69136.
Distar is a form of modified alphabet, based on the Initial Teaching Alphabet or ITA. With Distar, you get truly phonetic reading/writing/spelling - one letter equals one sound. The advantages are that it is direct and logical and absolutely one-to-one.
Learning to read will go much faster and more easily at the beginning without all the battles learning irregular words. Writing is easier because if you can say it, you can write it. Yes, 'DISTAR' is old, hving initally been developed over 30 years ago. What the previous writers don't seem to be aware of is that it hasn't stayed the same. Lots has happened since the inception of Direct Instruction. The original Distar reading program has undergone many changes and there are at least 3 separate reading programs now. IT WAS NEVER BASED ON ITA!!!!
That is just not true. The orthography was to help children distinguish letters in their initial learning. It is phased out later in the program. In twenty years of teaching, I've found the only ones the letters bothered were the parents or teachers, certainly not the kids. The 'odd' orthography is in the Reading Mastery Program, the newer version of Distar. There is also a Direct Instruction reading program called Horizons which does not use the orthography.
There is yet another DI program, Journeys, which is more of a language arts program. The new programs have outside reading oportunities available. I have used all the DI programs in my LD setting for many, many years and my students have been very successful. I don't find student success boring.
Yes, I have to bring enthusiams to everything I teach. We also use the program in the regular classrooms at my school. Those students too are successful. The research on the effectiveness of DI is overwhelming. Joined Jan 30, 2019 Posts: 69136. OK, it was twenty years ago that I saw Distar in what was supposed to be action.(It wasn't very active.) Yes, newer versions may be different. Yes, it is possible that my memory is imperfect.
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I am NOT the person who claimed it was boring - quite the converse, I'm the person who said I was trying to use it for some kids who needed it. I'm also the person who regularly posts about the need for those three dirty little four-letter words, time and hard work. Please make sure who you are yelling at. As far as the ITA: Is Distar not the program that uses a sort of loopy shape, like a lower-case Greek omega, for the oo sound?
And a combined ae letter and ee letter and so on for long vowels? And words spelled by sound, even in the reading texts? (I am speaking of the beginning levels, which is the topic I was discussing) And later, a little tiny e where it is silent? And capital letters that are just larger lower-case? If my memory serves me right, it was.
This.is. a development out of the ITA. If the publishers have chosen to make up an entirely different reading program and market it under the same name, that's their business, and please excuse us for not knowing about their marketing ploys. Joined Jan 30, 2019 Posts: 69136.
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