Author: Vanessa PetersPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781491016176
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Of all the teaching to read methods, Black children's reading scores often excel national averages when first taught to read using Direct Instruction.Offering step-by-step illustrations, this reading primer series demonstrates a back to basics learning to read system called direct instruction which teaches readers how to attach meaning to letter sounds, as they learn to sound out words. The root or foundation sounds of the 26 letters of the alphabet are broken up into 4 primary categories and presented in great detail within the pages of Books 1 – 3. All other letter-sound possibilities are covered within advanced phonics (decoding) training and are available in Books 4 – 5.Book 2: BOUNCE LETTER SOUNDSBounce sounds are 1-second sounds that 'bounce' out of your mouth and create one quick sound. “Think of holding these specific sounds for a 1-count beat.”b . b . b . If you attempt to 'hold' or 'slide' any of these specific 7 letters, you'll end up unconsciously adding the slide letter sound 'u' sound or making 2-sounds, instead of one isolated sound.b . u . . . For many, this learned (bad) habit of adding an extra sound, greatly affects reading fluency and spelling. Adding extra sounds, while attempting to sound out and blend letters, increases decoding (sound-out) time and decreases comprehension, due to slower reading. As you can imagine, mastering isolating and blending this letter sound category can be very challenging, especially for readers not properly trained in blending.Why do Blacks thrive when taught Direct Instruction?Author Vanessa Peters' suggest it's because of their sense of rhythm. By tapping into their natural ability to connect rhythm and sounds, direct instruction teaches minority children how to hear, manipulate and identify the smallest unit of letter sounds and naturally connect those sounds into the process of reading fluently.Tragically for minority students rarely are new teachers trained in direct instruction. Instead during their college years, training is focused on popular research studies and opinions of biased experts who discredit the necessity and success of direct instruction for African Americans children.Opening with concrete evidence showing the meteoric rise and subsequent plummeting test scores of a model inner city school before and after DI, “Letter Sounds Save Their Soul” shows parents and guardians how to STOP the practice of turning Black children into illiteracy statistics.
