And if we look at the NRP research, it recommends very few hours of phonics instruction... I think twenty...and states that if intensive phonics has not worked by the end of second grade, something else needs to be tried.
This is supposedly the science on which Reading First is based, but it does not match up. Cathy -----Original Message----- From: sheila eisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 5:28 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Special Education Reading Programs Our district also has a high population of ELL students, and our Special Education teachers use Wilson. I think it's very phonics-based, and I have concerns with teaching specific sounds (like short vowels) to students who may not be pronouncing the words taught "correctly." I would encourage you to look for a program that uses chunks, rather than isolated letter sounds. Sheila --- On Mon, 12/17/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Special Education Reading Programs > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, December 17, 2007, 2:25 PM > You should definietly look at the Stevenson Language > Program--specifically written to teach SPED students to > read by association. It has never failed to work in my > experience.? It's not fancy, but works when nothing > else does! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: underdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:51 pm > Subject: [MOSAIC] Special Education Reading Programs > > > > Hello Everyone, > I am a literacy coach working in a middle school in a > district that is deeply > committed to MOT strategies, but our self-contained SPED > population is not > making AYP, thus this request....We are going to adopt a > reading program...it > is just a matter of which one. I don't necessarily > agree with this idea, but > it is going to happen whether I like it or not. I > desperately need some > suggestions for "tried and true" programs that > are out there. Actually, my > first choice is Read 180 which we already have, but I'm > not sure that they > will consider putting in another entire program for SPED. > > I work with grades 6-8 in a district with a large ELL > population. Any > suggestions? I feel the collective minds on this list have > been excellent > problem solvers in the past. My research leads me to the > following programs: > Language! Wilson, Slant and SRA. Does anyone use these > programs? Are there > others we should consider? Can anyone help?? > > Barb > Literacy Coach > Melrose Park, IL > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! > - http://webmail.aol.com > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
