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Program 2:
Independent Reading Skills for
Entering 2nd Graders
Phonics & Word Attack - Comprehension
Love of Reading
Goals
 This program helps students strengthen independent
reading skills. Your son or
daughter will build
confidence while learning and practicing these skills,
including phonics, word-attack skills, multi-syllable
words, sight vocabulary,
reading aloud with
expression, silent reading, and comprehension skills.
Our long term goal is to help you make sure your
child becomes an avid reader.
Children who read for
pleasure, outside of school, become strong readers and
confident students, whose lives are enriched through contact with great
literature.
Instructor
Instructors are drawn from the faculty of the Institute of Reading Development.
Curriculum design and instructor training are supervised by Paul
Copperman, a
Presidential appointee to the National Council on Educational Research, and the
author of Taking Books to Heart: How to Develop a Love of Reading in Your
Child.
Format
This lively and engaging class is conducted as a workshop, a format that
facilitates full participation and allows the instructor to provide individual
attention and the appropriate level of challenge and encouragement for each
student. Class is divided into short segments, each devoted to a stimulating
activity. During class, the teacher models activities and skills to the class as
a group, and then coaches individual students as they practice and gain
confidence with their new skills as applied to great children's literature. At
home, students continue to practice these skills in workbooks and in books they
select based upon personal interest.
Class meets for two hours, once a week for five weeks. Your child will
practice at home for 30-45 minutes, four times per week. Parents are invited to
attend parent meetings at the end of the first and last lessons.
Skills
Phonics & Word-Attack Skills:
The program includes direct instruction in phonics and word-attack skills. This
is provided though in-class instruction, as well as through the highly successful
and engaging workbook and audio CD, Pole and Vole and the Quest for the Book of
Language. This workbook and CD provide phonics instruction in an adventure story
format.
See sample pages from Pole and Vole and
the
Quest for the Book of Language
(PDF document)
Comprehension Skills:
Students learn to ask questions about the story and characters, and to relate the
elements of each story to their own lives. In this way our students become active
readers with strong comprehension. Finally, students learn to imagine more
clearly what is described by the author, identify more completely with the
thoughts and feelings of characters, and actively anticipate what comes next in
the story.
Independent Reading Skills:
Through class activities and home practice, your child will develop a larger
sight vocabulary. Students also practice reading with expression and handling
punctuation consistently, making the process of getting through words less
choppy, labored, and distracting. As a result, students are able to read more
fluently and concentrate more clearly on the content.
Materials
All of the materials we use are designed to build independent reading skills and
encourage a love of reading. Students receive a phonics workbook, Pole and Vole
and the Quest for the Book of Language. This beautifully- illustrated workbook
(with accompanying CD's) will hold your child's interest and generate
enthusiastic participation because it uses adventure stories, characters, and
music to teach phonics skills. Participants also receive a Course Workbook and
Parent Manual, which contains in-class exercises, homework activities for each
week of the course, and, for parents, a detailed overview of all skills and
activities contained in the program.
See sample pages from
the Course
Workbook and Parent Manual
(PDF document)
You and your child will also receive the Reading Development Booklist, an
important tool for building strong reading skills and the lifelong habit of
reading for pleasure. The Reading Development Booklist summarizes hundreds of the
very best children's books. By using the recommendations, which are organized by
level of difficulty, you and your child will know what books to choose and what
sequence to read them in. Your child's instructor will evaluate your child's
stage of reading development and provide guidance on where your child should
begin in the booklist.
See sample pages from
Reading Development Booklist
(PDF document)
Tuition is $299.
Registration & Information
For
more information or to register, please call one of our Program Directors at 1-800-964-8888.
We are available to take your call from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday through
Thursday, and from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays.
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