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and
Phonics Express Components for
K-12, College, Self-Learning and
ESL
About the Right-Brain Teaching
Method & Program, How to Teach
and Results
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Components Descriptions and
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Descriptions & Purchase]
Catch the Phonics Express
to rapidly learn to :
Write legibly, Spell
accurately and Read fluently
Just Start with:
The Incredible Orton Phonograms
Dr. Orton
isolated the 72 most used phonograms that represent
the common spelling patterns of the 45 sounds
heard in English speech. They are the "primary codes"
of English. They are the 26 alphabet letters and 46
multi-letter teams consisting of 2-4 letters, each has
1-6 sounds. These are the
primary phonics
codes and
word-building tools
used for speaking,
spelling, writing
and reading English.
A "Phonogram" is either one
letter or a set combination of letters that represent
one or more single sounds in a word.
Orton Phonograms
& Flash Card
Examples
This
YesPhonics program features a unique concept of
using illustrations of mnemonic catch phrases
(keyword captions) that correspond to the sound
sequences of the 72 Orton Phonograms with which
the students quickly and easily learn the sounds
of the phonograms in the order of their use
frequency.
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Phonogram Flash Card Face
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Phonogram Flash Card Back |
ie – piece of pie
The phonogram’s sounds should be rehearsed
until they stand out as a “sound” in a printed
word.
The 72 Orton Phonograms teach the 45 single
sounds heard in English speech & accelerate
“Phonemic Awareness”
which is the understanding that English words
are made of tiny bits of sound (phonemes) that
make up words and of being able to hear and
recognize them.
The phonograms and spelling rules provide the
word building tools needed to break apart and
manipulate these sounds to recombine them into
single and multi-syllable words in order to
quickly and easily learn to speak, write, spell
and read English fluently.
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The "a" represents 3 sounds |
The "ey" represents 2 sounds |
The "tch" represents 1 sound |
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images to view a larger illustration. |
To view more examples and a
list of the 72 phonograms with keyword captions see:
[Orton Phonogram Flash
Cards List & Examples]
Orton Phonograms
DVD Examples
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Phonograms with Illustrations & Keyword
Captions DVD (Y03D) |
Flash Card DVD (Y03IID)
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To view Streaming DVD extracts
from both of the DVDs see:
[Phonics Codes for English Phonogram DVD/ CD]
Knowing the
phonograms’ sounds
in the order of use
frequency is vital
for fast, accurate
and fluent reading.
The “keyword
caption” articulates
the sound sequence
of the phonogram
that is easily and
quickly learned,
never to be
forgotten.
When the
phonics codes of the English Language are taught with
the phonograms there is simply no need to separately
teach the single sounds of hundreds of blends and word
families. These spelling patterns are easily learned
with the phonograms and spelling words.
The
Orton-based elementary level instruction for all
students from Dr. Samuel Orton was developed and
published by his student, and elementary teacher Romalda Spalding in her teachers' textbook "The
Writing Road to Reading" (1957-2003); known as the
"Spalding Method".
Also known as
Spaulding.
Phonics Taught First
and Fast and Spell to Read
To teach reading,
phonics is taught
first and fast.
In
the first 5 weeks the students will learn 56
phonograms
. They are
taught explicitly with the flash cards and
a DVD/CD with easy-to-learn illustrations,
keyword captions
and a Sound-A-Long
feature that depict the phonograms sound
sequences. All of the sounds of each phonogram are
learned together, not in layers. All of the
phonogram’s sounds must be known from the beginning to
spell and read common words that say their 1st
to 6th sound such as: ‘me, to, go,
she, the, now, you, my,
see, all, out, may, look’.
They will also learn the first 150 words of the
Ayers Spelling List.
The words are taught in
syllables with spelling rules and word
markings that use the lesson plans and students worksheets and they will
write and read
sentences that they construct from
spelling words.
Potential
reading
abilities will then include hundreds of words that make up the
same spelling
patterns.
All students can quickly grasp these essentials and
apply them to any reading context and start reading
literature from the library and many other sources
of their age-interest that educate and develop a love of
reading.
At the
completion of
the Ayers Spelling Word List at the end of the 3rd level,
elementary students can read the longest of unfamiliar
words syllable-by-syllable with phonogram word-
building
tools. At
this point, the students have accelerated their comprehension power
and are able to
read anything
in their vocabulary of about 30,000 words.
Phonemic Awareness
The 72 phonograms
teach the 45 sounds
heard in English
speech. These
individual sounds
are called
“phonemes”. Use the
phonograms to teach
the 45 “phonemes”
for students to
achieve phonemic
awareness as
recommended in the
National Reading
Panel’s guidelines for
Reading First.
Phonemic awareness
is the knowledge of
these tiny segments
of sound that make
up words. It is
literally “sound”
awareness and is the
understanding that
words are made up of
sounds and of being
able to hear,
recognize, and
manipulate the
individual sounds
that make up a word.
For example, it is
the ability to
recognize that the
word “dad” is made
up of the separate
sounds /d/ /a/ /d/.
Children vary
greatly in their
natural ability to
hear the sounds
within words. Many
do not realize the
words they hear
break apart in to
smaller sounds
(phonemes). Hearing
the individual
sounds within a word
is difficult because
when we
speak, we
effortlessly blend
all of the sounds
together which hides
the phonetic nature
of spoken language.
In order to
read and spell
fluently these
sounds (phonemes)
must first be taught
systematically and
explicitly in
isolation
which is easily
accomplished with
the phonograms.
Teach Phonic Sounds First -
Not Alphabet Letter Names
This phonetic
method first teaches the phonic sounds
of the alphabet letter phonograms (a-z),
rather than the names of the letters. Learning the
letter names first confuses students. Learning to write
the letters with their sounds links the sounds of speech
with the symbols (letters) used for spelling and reading
the words. Proper pronunciation, enunciation and
articulation are acquired from the beginning.
Phonogram’s Sounds are
Learned Together - Not As Layered Phonics
All of the sounds
of each phonogram are learned at the same time in
the order of use frequency to be filed in the computer
brain in one folder for easy recall. All of the sounds
of the alphabet letter phonograms and many of the
multi-letter phonograms must be known from the
beginning for writing, spelling and reading high frequency spelling words such as: me, to, all,
she, the, you, how, low,
my, good, out, day, boy.
Systematic & Explicit Phonics
The Orton
phonograms teach the systematic and predictable
relationships between the letters of written language
and the individual sounds of spoken language with direct
teaching of a set of letter-sound relationships
in a clearly defined sequence. The phonograms are
taught explicitly. Explicit phonics moves from
the smallest part to the whole. The students first learn
the phonograms (letters and set combinations of letters)
and their sounds. They then build and recombine them
into syllables and words. Knowing these relationships
will help students recognize familiar words and
accurately and automatically decode and write new words.
The mind “frees up” for comprehension only after
decoding becomes automatic.
Step-by Step Sequential
Teaching Guide
The
“Sequence” is the guide for teaching and
learning the programs. This sequential step-by-step
guide coordinates the presentation of the subjects
and integrates the teaching order on a
daily,
weekly and level (grade) basis in the Phonics Express Program Manual.
The
“Sequence” is also
listed throughout the Ayers
Spelling Word List in the manuals.
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I searched so
long to find a user-friendly way to do
Spalding Phonics. The method is unmatched,
but “The Writing Road to Reading” is just so
cumbersome to learn, plan and implement.
With three children under 3, I’m just too
busy to do it justice. So I am thrilled to
find your program. C.H. Omaha, NE |
No
Teacher Training Needed!
These YesPhonics™
programs need no teacher training and are
designed for experienced
and inexperienced
teachers, tutors and parents. The
step-by-step
"Sequence"
coordinates the presentation of the subjects
and integrates the teaching order and how to
teach the phonograms, spelling words, spelling rules
and beginning grammar with the lesson plans and
worksheets. The programs are sequenced Levels 1, 2,
& 3 (kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade)
and are used for all learners from beginning to
advanced students.
Just Start:
The teacher learns along with the
student!
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“Pauline Adamson has developed a
wonderful set of self-help
teaching aids based on the
phonics program, “The Writing
Road to Reading” by Romalda
Spalding. As an elementary
school teacher who uses the
Spalding approach, I highly
recommend Mrs. Adamson’s
material.” Jean Zier. Mrs. Zier
is a 1st and 2nd
grade Spalding teacher and
curriculum director in an award
winning school at Roberts MT;
she also gives credited
teachers’ workshops on the
Spalding method. |
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Multi-Sensory
Comprehensive Literature Based Reading Program
These
Orton-Spalding method based comprehensive phonetic
language arts programs use a multisensory
approach of seeing, saying, hearing and
writing the phonograms and spelling words from
dictation. A multi-sensory method has a synergistic
effect of addressing the preferred learning style
while reinforcing the less developed modalities.
Using this method all students will understand the
concepts being taught whether they have an auditory,
visual, verbal or kinesthetic/tactile individual
preferred learning style mode and motor channels.
This method is multi-sensory; it develops the eyes,
ears, voice, hand and arm muscles, and the right and
left sides of the brain concurrently. This teaching
strategy fully integrates the students mind’s natural
learning dispositions; it motivates everyone -
brilliant, average and challenged students of every age.
These
literature
based programs use age appropriate books from the
library, bookstore, newspapers, magazines and other
sources; no limiting vocabulary controlled readers are
used.
Ayers Spelling Word List
The Ayers Spelling Word
List consists of 1000 high frequency words most
commonly used in everyday English with 300 added
derivatives and related words. The words are taught in
syllables with a multi-sensory approach directly from
dictation. How to teach instructions accompany each word
with its vowels sound sequences and teaching tips. This
method guarantees accurate spelling and fluent reading
Spell and
Write to READ!
Phonics awareness and auditory
processing skills can be more precisely and
efficiently taught through spelling rather than
randomly taught through "implicit" phonics applied
to pronouncing words for reading. Phonics for
reading alone gives only approximate pronunciations
for many words. Early learning of correct spelling
patterns (while avoiding programming of
misinformation such as "invented" spellings as in
phonics: fonics, fonix, phonix), allows primary and
elementary students to write with increased
precision and creativity. As a result, they can then
read at their interest and speaking vocabulary
levels enjoying quality literature with its
obvious benefits.
The students
learn to
construct literate English sentences by using high
frequency words as taught in the Ayers
Spelling List (not only low frequency words in
categories or of the letters/phonograms being
taught). From the beginning they construct oral and
written sentences using the spelling words. The
student's first reading "in context" experience is
to read the sentences they have written from words
in their Spelling Notebook. Correct spelling of
words are the same as standard "book print".
Accurate spelling facilitates fluent reading and
creative writing.
In the program manual the
Ayers
Spelling List of words are in syllables and are
written from dictation.
The intention is not to memorize, but rather to
learn how to spell words by listening to and writing
the sounds. The sound/symbol relationships and
spelling rules that should be taught with the
phonograms and spelling words are highly relevant
because those who do not know them cannot learn to
spell except by whole-word memorization. Spelling
must be learned in syllables along with the spelling
rules. When the phonograms are taught with the
spelling rules, 93-97% of English is phonetically
accurate.. This knowledge is a real short cut to
spelling accuracy. Learning one rule for many words
is much easier than learning each word individually.
The spelling words are referenced to the
29
Spalding spelling rules
that are taught with
Lesson Plans and Worksheets.
In the spelling lessons the
students obtain the basic knowledge of how the
written language works. At the completion of the
spelling list at the end of the 3rd level
(sequenced: kindergarten, first grade, second grade
and third grade) the student can decode
(read/pronounce) the longest of unfamiliar words
syllable-by-syllable. At this point, students are
able to read anything in their comprehension
vocabulary of about 30,000 words. Compare this
with the 900 words third-graders are able to read
using Whole Language.
Think to Spell, Schwa, Word Markings,
ESL:
Write and Spell to Read and Speak & Picture
Dictionary
Think to Spell:
Worldwide English Spellings are relatively uniform,
whereas speech is very diverse. We use ‘Think to
Spell’ as a memory device, the word should be
sounded and spelled the way it is written as in: b/ee/n
(not bin), s/ai/d (not sed) /a/.round
(not /uh/round), then said the way that your
culture says it.
Schwa:
In the rhythm of
speech, vowels in unstressed syllables are often
muffled and sound like /uh/. In these syllables the
vowel’s sound should be stressed and taught as it is
written as in: rel/a/tive (not
rel/uh/tive), Unless we ‘think’ the vowel as
it is written, spelling will not be accurate.
Word Markings:
Marking the spelling words by using numbers,
underlining and identification marks, identifies the
phonogram’s sound as it is used in the sequence,
multi-letter phonograms and indicates spelling
rules.
ESL: Write and Spell
to Read and Speak:
In many cases individuals whose first language is
not English, who have good memorization skills
(about 10% with photographic memory, ), will learn
to write, spell and read English but are unable to
fluently speak English. When the learner has the
combined tools of: 1) knowing the sounds in sequence
of use for the 72 basic Orton phonograms that say
the 45 individual single sounds of English speech,
2) learn to spell words in syllables with spelling
rules, 3) use the memory devices of ‘Think to
Spell’ and word markings, then their ability to
pronounce the word is enhanced.
Picture Dictionary:
The use of a picture dictionary that has many words
with pictures is of great value to students that are
learning English as a second language of all ages,
as well as elementary students. In the space under
the word, the word may be written in syllables with
word markings thus giving the student clues to its
correct pronunciation.
Prepare Your Child for
College in Elementary School
Now is the foundational period
for your child's success in all of life's
challenges. The Phonics for English Reading,
Spelling & Writing Express Program Manual is
sequenced Levels 1-3 (K, 1st grade, 2nd grade and
3rd grade) for beginning students in school and
homeschool. Other learners (remedial to
advanced) should start at the beginning and work
through the program at their own pace.
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“Thank you so much, I am thrilled to
review this product. I had no idea there
was such an easy way to teach the
phonograms and the spelling list, this
is a curriculum we will be telling our
parents about." Sincerely, VA,
Curriculum Center Coordinator of the
Children’s Center, Memphis TN.
“The YesPhonics program is wonderful!
My 5-year-old is reading after three
months of one-hour daily lessons. He is
really proud of himself. I just want you
to know that I’m very pleased to have
found this program. It has been a
positive experience for our whole
family”. (Update: He is reading
newspapers in the 1st grade)
an inexperienced homeschool mom, C.S.
Fairview, MT. |
Orton-Spalding Method Based Programs for All
Learners
These programs are
for all ages and reading levels: k-12, k-college to
advanced learners. These phonetic language arts
programs may be used for teaching phonics to school
and home school children, preschool, kindergarten,
first-grade, second-grade and third-grade in primary
and elementary grades, gifted, special education,
bilingual English as a second language, ESL and EFL.
They also have instruction for teaching and learning
for the advancement of reading and spelling skills
and remediation in fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth
grade, seventh grade and eighth grade in middle
school, high school, college, , educational learning
strategies for early intervention of at risk teen,
illiterate, reluctant and challenged readers, career
advancement, reading skills enhancement, self-help
and self-learning, literacy. Right-brain
reading instruction for infants, babies, toddlers,
early childhood and pre-school children has it own
program. Everyone, regardless of previous education, will
benefit quickly with these programs
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I
just wanted to let you know how often I
recommend your curriculum. It is an
excellent phonics program
and I recommend it to anyone looking for
one. Not only for those children that are
dyslexic, but for all children.
I have a true phonics child (wouldn’t read
till he understood why) and a sight-word
child. Both did well with
your program and became better readers
because of it. Thank you so much for taking
the time to put it together.
I
bought the program after trying to use “The
Writing Road to Reading” (the book). I was
very frustrated by it and did a web
search and found your site. This was 4 years
ago, in 2001. I live in Utah and have
homeschooled for 4 years. Yours was
the very first curriculum I ever bought. LL
in Utah |
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Components
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and
Purchase
Information
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Your
Baby
Is A
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&
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