Are your students unable to spell well or read fluently?     Successful spelling and reading skills have many essential building blocks or steps.  Although all of the steps are important, children and adults cannot read adequately without a strong foundation in phonics.  Like building a house, when students successfully retain the phonics of our language and lay a firm foundation, successive levels of reading and spelling can be taught.  Reading and spelling proficiency results when a phonics base is established.    A well-researched, award-winning phonics program called Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading, Level 1  meets the needs of students of every age level.  Its age-range versatility will help teachers instruct elementary,  middle, or high school students and adults who haven’t been able to retain phonics and therefore cannot read or spell successfully. Older students enjoy the program and realize that phonics is not just an elementary skill. Use Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading, Level 1  with elementary or beginning readers to ensure that all students grasp the sound system, not just those at the top of the class.  The instructional techniques in the program make everyone successful. It can be utilized with phonologically deficient readers who have varied exceptionalities including learning disabilities, mental challenges, cultural differences, emotional difficulties, remedial needs, or environmental deprivation.    Unlike all programs on the market today, the key features of Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading, Level 1  are:    1) It guarantees long-term retention of our sound system for all students, even those that struggle with academics.    2) This versatile program works successfully with all age levels, kindergarten through adult.  The high-interest activities attract the attention of middle and high school students.  Motivation occurs with the use of multisensory techniques and age-appropriate stories.     3) Breaking the "Sound" Barrier uses the students’ strong visual modalities, as well as auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile modalities.    4) It encourages peer models.    5) The program links spelling, reading and writing through multisensory activities.    Teachers learn to help students break the phonetic code of our language. Reading and spelling will not be a "guessing game."  Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading, Level 1  has been researched for 20 years and thoroughly field-tested.  The actual program takes approximately three months of instruction.  Once taught, your students gain one to four years in reading per one year of instruction.      Turn all students into good readers.  Make the sky the limit!

Breaking the Sound Barrier to Fluent Reading, Level 1: Teaching Phonics to Readers of All Ages

Education & Teaching

Martin, Sandra

Schools & Teaching

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Breaking the Sound Barrier to Fluent Reading, Level 1: Teaching Phonics to Readers of All Ages