New Readers, Level 6, All About Reading!

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Merry on March 4, 2010 at 11:43pm

You have come to the right place with questions, LOL!

All About Reading--there will be one manual per level, and as many levels as AAS. There will usually be 2 accompanying readers per level. Level 1 is for kids ready to learn to read--there is not a grade level attached to it. The word topics/sequence of AAS Level 1 will be followed, but the word lists will be expanded.

Preparation for Reading and Spelling will be one volume for young pre-readers, to get them ready for reading and spelling. It will be done before starting AAS and AAR for younger kids (not for remedial learners).

HTH! Merry :-)

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cheryl in SoCal on March 5, 2010 at 12:01am

Thanks! Is level 6 the final level of AAS? Any idea how often AAR levels will be released? I'm thinking they will not be released quickly enough for my 6 year old to use them but can always hope ;-)

What will AAR be like in the upper levels? Will it continue to review phonics/reading so they won't forget it and/or continue to introduce new material, and how much is phonics? I'm just trying to think how it would work compared to most phonics/reading programs that are finished in around 2 years, wondering if it spreads phonics out over a longer period of time or if it also expands on what most phonics/reading programs teach. I'm really excited about the possibilities because I think my ds's problems with spelling is because being "done" with phonics in 2 years let him forget a lot.

I hope that makes sense, I'm pretty tired, LOL.

Cheryl :-)

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Merry on March 5, 2010 at 9:55am

Level 6 was going to be the last level, but it grew so big that Marie has made it into two books--so now Level 7 will be the last level. That will tentatively be coming out next January.

I think that AAR will work so that a student can go as quickly or as slowly through it as they need to. Like AAS, a student can do more than one level in a year. By the way, AAS is a complete phonics program, so it will get to all of the phonics that your son is struggling to remember. Some people have even used it to teach reading, while others want something specifically scripted for reading. The first year my kids did AAS, their reading level went up two grade levels! I was surprised because we were not working at their reading level phonics-wise, but I think it just made everything faster and easier for them, plus I think the segmenting and syllable work really helped.

As to how quickly levels of AAR will be released, I don't have information on that yet, sorry!

Merry :-)

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cheryl in SoCal on March 6, 2010 at 1:32pm

Thanks, that helps :-) I will be interested to see some sample pages when AAR is released, especially the latter levels. Since AAS covers all phonics and I don't really need something scripted for teaching reading it may be what works best for us. I guess only time, and the publisher, will tell ;-)

It's interesting that you mention the segmenting because that did NOT come naturally to my son when I introduced it! That is the one thing (that I've come upon so far in AAS) that we've never done (our phonics program was very thorough but ended after 1st grade). It's been very interesting to see the deficits we are discovering already, especially since he is an excellent reader.

Cheryl

▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Penny G on March 4, 2010 at 11:59pm

I was getting ready to ask when Level 6 will be released, and I am so happy to see that it will be soon! How exciting!
-Penny G

▶ Reply to This

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• 2
• Next ›
• Page