Break Through (Merrill Reader H)

SKU
026304
ISBN
9780026747141
Grade PK-3
Traditional
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Low Teacher Involvement
Visual
Teaching Method
Traditional
Teacher-centered curriculum commonly used in classrooms that may include a text, teacher manual, tests, etc.
Charlotte Mason
A methodology based on the work of a 19th century educator who maintained that children learn best from literature (Living Books), not textbooks.
Classical
A methodology based on the Latin Trivium (three stages of learning), including the grammar stage (memorization and facts), logic stage (critical thinking), and rhetoric stage (developing/defending ideas).
Unit Study
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Montessori (Discovery)
A methodology based on the work of a 20th century educator that emphasizes student and sensory-driven discovery learning and real-life applications.
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Other methodologies
Religious Content
Secular
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Christian/Religious
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Learning Modality
Auditory
Learns through listening, talking out loud or reading out loud.
Visual
Learns through seeing, prefers written instructions and visual materials.
Kinesthetic/Tactile (Hands-On)
Learns through moving, doing and touching.
Multi-Sensory
Curriculum that employ a variety of activities/components.
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Sequential
Curriculum progresses through well-defined learning objectives. Emphasizes mastery before moving to the next topic.
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Topics and concepts are repeated from level to level, adding more depth at each pass and connecting with review.
Conceptual/Topical
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Teacher Involvement
Low Teacher Involvement
Student-led materials; parent acts as a facilitator.
Medium Teacher Involvement
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Everything you need is included.
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Our Price
$115.00
Description

Written with emerging readers in mind,thistext concentrates on certain sounds to provide repetitive practice in specific phonics skills. This book is also controlled for sight words and spelling patterns, introducing all sight words at the front of each story and offering words lists organized by spelling pattern for each.

Publisher's Description of Break Through (Merrill Reader H)

Used in place of traditional reading programs to give at-risk readers the appropriate kinds of structure, pacing, and practice.

  • Gives children the high frequency decoding and word practice they need to become fluent
  • Uses carefully introduced words that are grouped according to their sound and spelling patterns
  • Utilizes high interest stories with controlled vocabulary to provide decoding and high-frequency practice
Category Description for Complete Programs - Phonics

Programs in this section go beyond teaching children how to read, incorporating phonetic readers, spelling and writing as well. Arranged roughly by grade/age.


At the heart of this multisensory Orton-Gillingham method program is the Preventing Academic Failure (PAF) Teacher's Handbook. This handbook has been updated to incorporate the PAF readers. It contains the methodology and framework for the entire program, integrating reading, spelling/dictation, grammar and handwriting instruction. The Teacher's Handbook includes a complete explanation of the program and how to teach it, a Curriculum Sequence of the order of instruction, lesson plan templates, proficiency tests, and an appendix (which includes comprehensive instruction on how to teach handwriting). The Curriculum Sequence part of the handbook lists when to use the other components of the program including PAF Handwriting, Alphabet Picture Cards, Pocket Chart Alphabet Cards, Review Cards, Key Word Picture Cards, and the PAF Reading Series including the Skills Books and Teacher's Guides. Levels 161-215 still use the Merrill Readers Take Flight and Break Through along with the Stepping Up In Reading 3 Workbook. (For a more specific review of the reading and handwriting components, please see PAF Readers and PAF Handwriting Program.)

The program is based on the premise that language learning must be simple to complex (phonics-based). Children should learn individual letter sounds, building syllables, words and sentences as they progress. The program uses a multisensory approach to accomplish this. Students learn to recognize graphic symbols for letters and sounds (visual), differentiate and duplicate sounds (auditory and vocal), and write symbols to produce sounds and words (kinesthetic). Children are explicitly taught phonics which is then reinforced in reading, spelling, handwriting and grammar. Instruction is organized and systematic with plenty of practice and reinforcement. This is much more than phonetic instruction as it addresses all components of language structure: phonograms, sight words, spelling rules, syllabication and grammatical concepts. There are 215 levels (or lessons) in the program.

This is a very thorough, complete and sound phonics-based language program which requires very little advance knowledge or preparation on the part of the teacher. It integrates phonics, reading, handwriting, spelling and grammar. The cost is reasonable. It can be used for three years (K-3) of phonics/reading/spelling instruction, or used as a remedial program for older students.

Category Description for Merrill Readers

These decodable texts correspond to the Preventing Academic Failure program, but they can be used to supplement any reading curriculum. Written with emerging readers in mind, each text concentrates on certain sounds to provide repetitive practice in specific phonics skills. These books are also controlled for sight words and spelling patterns, introducing all sight words at the front of each story and offering words lists organized by spelling pattern for each.

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Page Count: 160

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Product Format:Binder
Brand:Merrill
Grades:PK-3
ISBN:9780026747141
Length in Inches:9.5
Width in Inches:7
Height in Inches:0.5
Weight in Pounds:0.85
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