I’d like to hear from other teachers who work with elementary age students with learning disabilities. I’m moving from a one-to-one remediation setting to a public elementary resource room for LD students. I’m trying to decide what type of curriculum to use as a basis for reading instruction next year. Currently, I use multisensory structured language techniques and plan extensively for each student pulling from numerous sources. I have samples of the Language! program but it does seem more appropriate for third and up. My concern is that the decoding strand is taught more slowly than I feel comfortable with. However, it offers so much of the other language elements that these children need as they go on in school (grammar, writing, oral language development and using language expressions such as idioms). I know many of you use Phonographix. I have read the books and use some of their techniques. I’d love to have feedback from you guys out there in the field right now. I’d really like to be able to have as much remediation success next year with small groups as I’ve had working individually with students. Could you tell me what you use and what your success has been? I’ll be dealing with about 30 kids a day so I feel like I’m going to have to plan differently than I’m used to doing. Thanks for reading this long post and for responding!
Ann
I would suggest that you join the ReadNOW list at http://www.groups.yahoo.com (the list is free), as there are a lot of reading tutors and reading teachers there who are experienced with Phono-Graphix. Some work with small groups in a school setting.
Mary