Reading & Spelling Through Literature Primer

SKU
040913
ISBN
9781696295093
Grade K-1
Charlotte Mason
Christian/Religious
High Teacher Involvement
Multi-Sensory
No other materials needed
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
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Unit Study
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Montessori (Discovery)
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Secular
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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.
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Focus is on the “why,” often with a unifying concept as well as specific skills; coverage may be broader.
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Description

Primer Level includes stories from the Elson Readers Primer. Multi-letter phonograms are underlined; multi-syllable words are written with the syllables separated. The words have many of the same markings that children are learning to use as they analyze their spelling words. 241 pgs, pb


Publisher's Description of Reading & Spelling Through Literature Primer

Reading Lessons Through Literature is a pick-up-and-go Orton phonogram reading program organized around the stories in The Elson Readers. RLTL teaches 75 basic phonograms. In each level, the spelling lists are organized around the stories in The Elson Readers. Each level the includes instructional material, the spelling lists, and an Elson Reader, so there are no additional readers to purchase.


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.


Category Description for Reading Lessons Through Literature

Note: This series is becoming Reading and Spelling Through Literature.

What does a busy homeschooling mom of several children want when it comes to teaching reading? How about . . .

  • Pick-up-and-go.
  • Strong, phonics-based instruction.
  • Reasonable price.
  • A focus on the beginning reader.
  • Lists of spelling words.
  • An easy-to-find set of stories to read.

Ok, then! It's all here in Reading Lessons Through Literature. This program takes an Orton-Gillingham approach to teaching first the phonograms, then spelling, then reading. If you know much about any of the O-G programs, you know that they can be expensive, complicated to use and/or time consuming to learn. Not so with Reading Lessons. You will have to take a bit of time to read through the brief introductory material (ten pages or so) and it may take a bit more time to become comfortable with the process (I'd guess a week or so) but that's a very minimal investment for a homeschool mom's lifetime of teaching reading. After that, the program really is pick-up-and-go and, frankly, rather amazing in its thoroughness as well as its straight-forwardness and, not to mention, its nice, comfortable price. If you added the author's corresponding grammar program, English Lessons Through Literature, you would have a complete language arts program.

The Text (program book) for each level is the one necessary component. Plus, you will most likely want a composition book for each student (with line width corresponding to grade or ability level) which will serve as a spelling notebook. You might want to add a set of RLTL phonogram flashcards (available as free downloads) but you wouldn't have to. After the brief introductory instructions (identical for each RL level), there are three sections in each level Text. Section 1 - the phonograms (75 phonograms and 30 spelling rules). Section 2 - the spelling lists (which also serve as reading lists) - markings analyze the words and are explained. Section 3 - the complete (slightly edited) text of a corresponding Elson Reader.

The O-G method of teaching reading may seem a little backwards to some but it's based on the premise that through learning the basic phonograms and spelling rules, students then have the tools needed to decipher new words. Relying on sight words (as many programs do) just forces the student to memorize those words and then (hopefully) intuit the phonograms. Instead, learn the phonograms, then add the analysis of words and teach the spelling rules (many of which are pronunciation rules, as well). The spelling lists (ten words per week in Level 1 and then 10- 15 words per week in subsequent levels) become reading lists. Spelling/reading lists are arranged around the Elson Readers stories so introducing the stories comes next (after the first 80 words have been learned). A student may read a story after he has learned all the words in the story and he is comfortable reading those words from his spelling notebook.

Phonograms can be taught straight from the Text but prepare a set of flashcards from them, if you must. Beginning students (4-5 years) should learn two phonograms per day although an older beginning student could be expected to learn as many as four per day. Phonograms are reviewed on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and quizzed on Wednesday and Friday. Once the first 26 phonograms have been learned, the student will begin to learn the spelling lists which are first dictated at the rate of two-three words per day. The student is creating a spelling notebook and then reading these spelling words from it daily. After the first 80 words have been learned: real stories from the classic Elson Readers!

The Elson readers are reprints from the early 1920s and feature stories about traditional life reflective of the early 1900s, folk tales, fables, nature stories, and poetry. For example, in level 4, Brother Fox's Tar Baby folktale, reflective of the time period, is included. Other noted authors include Mother Goose, Christina G. Rossetti, and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Progress through the Readers is in incremental steps and in RLTL is facilitated by the way the words are presented. Primer Level includes stories from the Elson Readers Primer; multi-letter phonograms are underlined; multi-syllable words are written with the syllables separated. Level 2 (Elson Readers, Book 1) still has multi-syllable words written with syllables separated. In Level 3 (Elson Readers Book 2) and Level 4 (Elson Readers Book 3) words are written in the normal fashion. There are also a few editing changes in the RLTL version of these stories. Archaic animal names have been changed to reflect the more common modern names. There are some other minor changes in punctuation and wording, but the stories remain the same. The RLTL author has, however, removed many of the pictures because picture clues to the text can encourage guessing instead of practicing decoding skills. The complete text of each Elson Reader is included in the RLTL Level Book.

There are several helpful appendices in each of the RLTL Level books: prepared dictation (how/what to do after finishing the RLTL levels), spelling words in alphabetical order (words from all four levels), sample schedules, and a list of advanced phonograms.

If you are looking for an intensive phonics approach to reading that is easy to implement and won't consume your entire homeschooling budget, this is a good place to look. If you're clueless about the ins and outs of intensive phonics compared to other types of programs, don't sweat it. This is a straight-forward program that will have you up and moving through those phonograms before you even know what they mean. Reading is right around the corner. Approx 300 pp, sc. ~ Janice

Note: With the title change are a few other changes. Revised books in the series are 8.5"x 11." The levels are changing to correspond to the titles of the Elson Readers. Phonograms are no longer included in the book but are available as free downloads.


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Product Format:Paperback
Brand:Barefoot Ragamuffin Curricula
Author:Kathy Jo DeVore
Grades:K-1
ISBN:9781696295093
Length in Inches:11
Width in Inches:8.375
Height in Inches:0.625
Weight in Pounds:1.4
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