Re: Phonics Readers Feedback

John

Posted on 1/28/12

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Mark...I am interested in taking a look at what you have
created. It may be something to consider adding to our
product line. Please get in touch! justcuz46@yahoo.com or
visit www.vowac.com

On 12/04/11, Mark Pennington wrote:
> Thought I'd ask for feedback from the teachers.net community
> on a set of phonics readers I am writing. These 54
> eight-page "take-home" books are designed for older
> (4th-adult readers) who have severe reading challenges (Tier
> 2 and 3 Response to Intervention). I'm particularly
> interested in feedback from middle and high school reading
> teachers.
>
> The readers follow a systematic and explicit phonics
> methodology. A set of sound-spelling cards and instructional
> sequence is included. Inferential comprehension
> strategies/questions are woven into the stories to promote
> internal monitoring of text. Word fluencies are included in
> each book. Characters are multi-ethnic and high school age,
> illustrations are comic book style, themes and settings fit
> older readers. The idea is simply to provide engaging
> materials to teach struggling readers that won't treat these
> high-risk learners as idiots.
>
> Should you be interested in providing feedback on the first
> eight of these readers (short vowels and consonants), please
> email me at mark@penningtonpublishing.com and I'll send you
> a set. My illustrator and I have thick skins :) Thanks so
much.

Interested!

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