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INTRODUCTION TO Ready-Set-Teach
RST/001
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Teaching Reading:
The Great Debate
RST/002
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Important Reading
Fundamentals
RST/003
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Basic
Reading Skills
RST/004
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How To
Get Great Results
RST/005
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RST/003
IMPORTANT READING FUNDAMENTALS
Physical Components in Reading
Eye Stop:
Eyes make fixations, or eye stops, on each line of print. Recognition of
words or individual letters occurs during this brief moment.
Eye Span: The amount of print seen (recognized) in
each eye stop. The goal is to expand the amount of print which is recognized
during each fixation.
Regressions: Also called eye skips. Eyes move
backwards, rereading the same material. This activity slows reading rates
and inhibits comprehension.
Sub-vocalizing: Sounding-out or saying words under the
breath. Like reading out loud (which generally limits reading rate to 160
words per minute or less), this tends to create word-by-word reading and
slows or prohibits fluency.
Eye Teaming: Fluent reading is dependent on
successful eye-teaming (the professional term is binocular fusion).
Binocular vision requires that both eyes are working in consort. This
affects successful tracking or following along a line of print.
Visual Perception: Problems with visual perception (such as
dyslexia) may reveal themselves as reversals and word confusion. Generally,
these perception problems can only by accurately identified by an
optometrist or a psychologist. These professionals, or a trained special
education teacher, can provide advice or recommend activities regarding
visual/perceptual concerns.
Directionality: A surprising number of older students
lack directionality and, therefore, have problems following along
(tracking) a line of print.
Common Sense
Mini-lessons (CSML) for Reading Champs
NOTE: All
session titles (below) displaying a link and date are available for
purchase as .pdf downloads.
The preceding table provides an index to individual instructional
Mini-lessons to assist reading champs coaches and
students in home-school and other self-directed instructional programs
handle initial learning and unit review activities. Each title represents a
single instructional unit which is intended to:
- Encourage phonemic awareness
- Teach basic phonics
- Build vocabulary (including correct spelling)
- Read for meaning
- Increase reading rate and fluency
Titles are available for purchase, as
separate Reading Champs Common Sense Mini Lesson (CSML) Instructional
Handbooks, either as downloadable .pdf documents
(on the Internet for between $1.95 and $6.95 each) or as binder-formatted
hard copies (by mail) at $4.00 to $8.95 each including handling and USPS
delivery.
The Mini-lesson 3-ring Organizer with
CSML-050 and the first five mini-lessons as full color hard-copies
is regularly available for $26.35 including handling and USPS delivery
within the United States.
International deliveries of the binder and four lessons are available for
an additional $7.00 postage and handling.
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