Transcript The Literacy Ladder - Helen McLeod, Hamilton Literacy Council

The Ladder of Literacy
Introduction
• Learning to read is like climbing a
ladder.
• A person is not illiterate one day and
literate the next.
• It is a gradual climb and there is no top
to a ladder of literacy.
• Everyone can continue climbing to
achieve their personal goals.
The Laubach Way to
Reading
• LWR uses a structured format, enabling
a volunteer with no teaching experience
to be a successful tutor.
• The LWR series teaches more than 260
basic reading skills in a systematic,
sequential way.
The Laubach Way to
Reading
• There are many ways to teach reading
and writing.
• The Laubach Way to Reading is one
way that has proven effective with adults
with little or no reading ability.
• Designed to teach students to read the
language they speak as quickly and
enjoyably as possible
Content of LWR
• There are four Skill Books in the series.
• The books enable a beginning student
to acquire a reading level of
approximately fifth grade.
Skill Book 1
• Lays the foundation for reading.
• Teaches one sound for each letter, and
how to blend the sounds to decode
words.
Skill Book 1
•Workbook for Student
•Crossword Puzzles
•Focus on Phonics-1
Skill Book 1
•Supplementary
Readers:
•In the Valley
•More Stories 1
Skill Book 2
• The LWR series sorts out the difficult sound
system of the English language.
• The English sound system comprises of:
• 26 letters make up 43 sounds
• 18 sounds for the five vowels
• 22 spellings for the five long vowel sounds
• 88% of common English words have regular
spellings.
How many sounds does the letter e make in following sentence?
The little bee is on the
beautiful red flower.
How many sounds does the letter e make in sentence below?
Ellen Bell sells fresh eggs.
The Laubach Way to Reading Series avoids confusion by
teaching only one vowel sound at a time.
Skill Book 2
•Workbook for Student
•Focus on Phonics-2b
•Pat King’s Family
•Consonant Blends
•Two for the Road
•Focus on Phonics-2a
Skill Book 2
Skill Book 1
•Short Vowel Sounds
•Supplementary
Readers:
•City Living
•More Stories 2
Skill Book 3
• Introduces long vowel sounds.
• Includes longer stories with material
relevant to the student’s life.
• Includes practical, life skills material.
• Introduces cursive writing.
Skill Book 3
•Workbook for Student
•Crossword Puzzles
•The Many Ears of CB
Radio
Skill Book 3
•Five Dog Night
Skill Book 2
Skill Book 1
•Focus on Phonics-3
•Long Vowel Sounds
•Supplementary Readers:
•Changes
•More Stories 3
•Laubach Way to Cursive
Writing
Skill Book 4
• Presents the remaining vowel sounds
such as /oo/, /ou/, /oi/, etc.
• Presents consonant sounds with
irregular spellings (ph, kn, etc.)
• By the end of this book, students will
have learned all of the word attack and
phonic skills needed to decode words.
• Students will know how to look up words
in a dictionary.
Skill Book 4
•Workbook for Student
Skill Book 4
•Crossword Puzzles
•Focus on Phonics-4
•Other Vowel Sounds
Skill Book 3
Skill Book 2
•Consonant Spellings
•Supplementary Readers:
•People and Places
Skill Book 1
•More Stories 4
Teacher’s Manual
• Very detailed instructions for the tutor.
• Reduced copies of each page from Skill
books to help in preparing lessons.
Supplementary Materials
• Checkup
• Provides means of assessing how the
student and tutor are doing
• What needs added emphasis or
reinforcement as student progresses
• Certificate
• Given to recognize the student’s completion
of each level
ANY QUESTIONS
Skill Book 4
Skill Book 3
Skill Book 2
Skill Book 1