… Students with neurological deficits, cognitive
impairments, and communication disorders
... Second language learners with cognitive deficits
... Young beginning readers who are at risk for dyslexia and learning disabilities
What is it?
When Phonics Doesn’t Work…this does” has proven success in teaching hign frequency, low meaning, sight words to struggling readers.
Some children have difficulty remembering more than three or four words at a time. They need smaller bites or “slice backs” to be successful and build fluency.
It is user friendly for teachers, tutors and/or paraprofessionals with multi-media directions
It builds fluency from the beginning for comprehension
Words are learned quickly through pictures, actions, meaning based associations, and structured teaching games.
Uses daily, curriculum based measurement, easy to use bar charts, and data driven decision making
220 Dolch sight words and 42 common nouns are taught and then used in context in personalized stories
