Preparing for Reading and Spelling

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Permalink Reply by Merry on March 18, 2009 at 11:51pm

Copied for Marie from http://www.thechatterbee.com/group/allaboutspellinglevel1/forum/top...

Preparing for Reading and Spelling is next in line after AAS Level 6 is released. There's no estimated date yet because there are too many variables with my graphic designer's schedule.

AAS Level 5 is being typeset at this very moment. I really wish I had a firm date for you, but it is in the page designer's hands!

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Permalink Reply by Deborah on March 19, 2009 at 12:38am

If I understand correctly, the readers correlate exactly with the levels of AAS. Preparing for Reading and Spelling is pre-level 1 I think. I wonder if additional material for helping the mom/teacher/tutor teach reading past the first stages be included in the readers or online or neither?

Deborah

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Permalink Reply by Marie Rippel on March 20, 2009 at 2:43pm

Hi Deborah,

You are correct: the readers correlate exactly with the levels of AAS. There will be one reader for each level of AAS.

Preparing for Reading and Spelling is designed to be used before AAS and before the Beehive Readers. It will cover the sounds of the letters, phonemic awareness, letter formation, blending, and other skills that help children be successful in reading and spelling.

Teacher's manuals for the Beehive Readers are currently being developed.

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Permalink Reply by Deborah on March 20, 2009 at 3:03pm

Marie,

I am looking forward to seeing the teacher manuals. Are they going to put out significantly later than the readers or at approximately the same time? Will the TMs be available as e-books?

I know -- so many questions, so little time.

Thank you.

Deborah

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Permalink Reply by Marie Rippel on March 20, 2009 at 3:10pm

The teacher's manuals will be out quite a bit later than the readers. We were planning on offering them as printed books. Why do you ask? Do you prefer e-books?

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Permalink Reply by Deborah on March 20, 2009 at 3:15pm

Marie,

I like e-books for things only I use unless I use them quite frequently. I like real books for things I read or use with my son beside me. So whether I prefer an e-book for a TM will depend on how often I need to use it.

Until the TM is ready, I hope to get help here if I need it when using the reader with my son.

Deborah

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Permalink Reply by Debbie Reeves on April 15, 2010 at 10:21am

So, is it suggested that the child learn ALL of the sounds that each letter makes from the very beginning? I've only been teaching the most common sound for consonants and long and short vowel sounds. He's not quite got all of the sounds yet. Should I begin to add in other sounds now?

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Permalink Reply by Merry on April 15, 2010 at 1:36pm

Hi Debbie,

Yes. For example, when the ch phonogram is taught later on in level 1, the student learns all three sounds: /ch/— /k/—/sh/. However, the applications of the individual sounds are taught one at a time so that the student can master them. Generally the most common usage of a phonogram is introduced first, and then later less-common uses are introduced.

Most letters only have one sound. The 5 vowels plus y, c, g, and s are the letters that have additional sounds. Many of the additional sounds come up in 1st and 2nd grade readers, in words like: has, ice, age, my, I, me/he/she/we, go, do, put, etc… A child won’t be able to progress very far in reading without knowing the additional sounds.

I'd start to introduce more of them one at a time when he is done working on the basic sounds that you have started with. It's a good idea to work on one vowel at a time, rather than several at once--that gets confusing! There are also some instructions in the front of level 1 about which letters to not introduce together. You can work on the first 4 steps of AAS 1 at the same time he is learning the extra sounds. HTH! Merry :-)

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Permalink Reply by siloam on April 15, 2010 at 2:00pm

The advantage of doing that, is even through they haven't learned how to apply those sounds, you can still use the knowledge to explain words that would normally be taught as sight words, but really can be sounded out.

Heather

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Permalink Reply by caspen1973 on March 23, 2009 at 11:32pm

I don't want to be redundant if this has been answered as best as it can be, but I am trying to be sure I understand how the Preparing for Reading and Spelling will be working. This is how I understand it:

Preparing for Reading and Spelling will be for those children that do not yet know the sounds the letters make. It is meant to be used BEFORE the new readers are used. I understand that there is no concrete date for when it will be released but are we talking by fall or are we talking sometime next year?

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Permalink Reply by Marie Rippel on March 23, 2009 at 11:51pm

You are correct: Preparing for Reading and Spelling will be for children who don't know the letters or the sounds they make. It is meant to be used before the new readers and before All About Spelling.

It won't be released by this fall. Wish I had a more definite answer on that for you. I'll post here when I know more.

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Permalink Reply by Bcontent on March 27, 2009 at 7:53am

I'm sooooo looking forward to what you have in store for us here. You must really be busy! It's just hard for me to wait on your forthcoming products. I love your approach to reading and spelling.

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