Speech-First
During my doctoral research, I discovered various speech-first systems such as EBLI, Phono-Graphix, Reading Simplified, and Sounds-Write. These systems are all guided by three key principles which streamline instruction:
A sound can be spelled by 1, 2, 3, or 4 letters
One sound can be represented by many spellings
The same spelling can represent many sounds
Time to Benefit Ratio
Time is our most precious commodity. Taking a multi-componential approach to literacy learning allows for the greatest time-to-benefit outcomes.
Integrating various literacy components (vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, fluency) strengthens the new neural pathways created to form an entirely new area of the brain dedicated to learning and storing written words.
Hours not Years
After approximately 20 hours of remediation time, this 5th grade student challenged with dyslexia excelled from emergent readers to chapter books in less than a school year! Click on images to listen!
Let’s start shifting our conversation from years to hours! I have discovered that students are learning to crack code in 12-36 hours of instruction (on average).