The Ladder of Literacy Introduction Learning

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-2 b • Pat King’s Family • Consonant Blends • Two for the Road • Focus on Phonics-2 a 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 • Focus on Phonics-4 • Other Vowel Sounds • Crossword Puzzles 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