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Research in the classroom

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Jun 28, 2011

I have taught in privet schools and therefore have a little more freedom in products used in my classroom. I think teachers after a while knows what works and what does not. I started teaching using a program for phonics called Letterland. When I changed schools the program was left at the old school. We had a new program to use so I decided to use it. All I can say is that I was never more disappointed with such a great new program. It had a lot of pluses but it could not produce the readers and spellers that Letterland did. I got permission to use it in my new school. The phonics program is also one of several Dr. Sally Shaywitz recommends in her book "Overcoming Dyslexia".

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Karen M. On 6/28/11, parents talk wrote: > I have taught in privet schools and therefore have a little > more freedom in products used in my classroom. I think > teachers after a while knows what works and what does not. > I started teaching using a program for phonics called > Letterland. When I changed schools the program was left at > t...See More

Jun 28, 2011

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parents talk On 6/28/11, Karen M. wrote: > On 6/28/11, parents talk wrote: >> I have taught in privet schools and therefore have a little >> more freedom in products used in my classroom. I think >> teachers after a while knows what works and what does not. >> I started teaching using a program for phonics called >> Letterland. ...See More

Jun 29, 2011

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Karen M. On 6/29/11, parents talk wrote: > On 6/28/11, Karen M. wrote: >> On 6/28/11, parents talk wrote: >>> I have taught in privet schools and therefore have a little >>> more freedom in products used in my classroom. I think >>> teachers after a while knows what works and what does not. >>> I started teaching...See MoreOn 6/29/11, parents talk wrote: > On 6/28/11, Karen M. wrote: >> On 6/28/11, parents talk wrote: >>> I have taught in privet schools and therefore have a little >>> more freedom in products used in my classroom. I think >>> teachers after a while knows what works and what does not. >>> I started teaching using a program for phonics called >>> Letterland. When I changed schools the program was left at >>> the old school. We had a new program to use so I decided to >>> use it. All I can say is that I was never more disappointed >>> with such a great new program. It had a lot of pluses but >>> it could not produce the readers and spellers that >>> Letterland did. I got permission to use it in my new >>> school. The phonics program is also one of several Dr. >>> Sally Shaywitz recommends in her book "Overcoming >>> Dyslexia". >> >> Is this the same Letterland program that was originally >> developed in England?? > > > Yes, it is

13 years ago, when my district went from half day to full day K, and the majority of children did not attend preschool of ANY kind, we attended a 2 day inservice on Letterland. I used Letterland exclusively for the first 7-8 years, and then my district shifted to Harcourt Brace Trophies for Kindergarten.

Our population has changed also. More and more children are attending pre-school at 3 years of age, continuing with a 4 year old program, and then entering K. All of our district 3 and 4 year old PreK's use Letterland and Creative Curriculum.

I LOVE Letterland!! I continue to use it during my first 30 days of school to review letters and letter sounds. I love the older music that goes with each of the letters. They originally used good old fashioned nursery rhyme songs and piggybacked their lyrics with them. The newer music is faster and "jazzier". I think the older version allows the children to actually hear the sounds better. I still use the large charts with each character when I review the letters. I find that after our initial review, the children make a very smooth transition to remembering just the letter names and sounds, and not the characters, although the characters are VERY helpful when remembering /u/ and explaining blends and diagraphs!

I'm SO glad to hear that Letterland is being used elsewhere. It's such a wonderful program! Lynn did a huge amount of research when she was developing this program. She truly understands how young children internalize and learn. I met her and her son (Hairy Hat Man!!) years ago. Such lovely people!!

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parents talk On 6/29/11, Karen M. wrote: > On 6/29/11, parents talk wrote: >> On 6/28/11, Karen M. wrote: >>> On 6/28/11, parents talk wrote: >>>> Thank you for such a lovely story. Yes, I like the rhymes too. I just took a class in Orton-Gillingham training for Dyslexics and I was thrilled to see that what I had done with Letterla...See MoreOn 6/29/11, Karen M. wrote: > On 6/29/11, parents talk wrote: >> On 6/28/11, Karen M. wrote: >>> On 6/28/11, parents talk wrote: >>>> Thank you for such a lovely story. Yes, I like the rhymes too. I just took a class in Orton-Gillingham training for Dyslexics and I was thrilled to see that what I had done with Letterland so matched teaching dyslexics. My own two sons are dyslexics and they started with Letterland and are now excellent readers and spellers. > > 13 years ago, when my district went from half day to full day K, and > the majority of children did not attend preschool of ANY kind, we > attended a 2 day inservice on Letterland. I used Letterland > exclusively for the first 7-8 years, and then my district shifted to > Harcourt Brace Trophies for Kindergarten. > > Our population has changed also. More and more children are > attending pre-school at 3 years of age, continuing with a 4 year old > program, and then entering K. All of our district 3 and 4 year old > PreK's use Letterland and Creative Curriculum. > > I LOVE Letterland!! I continue to use it during my first 30 days of > school to review letters and letter sounds. I love the older music > that goes with each of the letters. They originally used good old > fashioned nursery rhyme songs and piggybacked their lyrics with > them. The newer music is faster and "jazzier". I think the older > version allows the children to actually hear the sounds better. I > still use the large charts with each character when I review the > letters. I find that after our initial review, the children make a > very smooth transition to remembering just the letter names and > sounds, and not the characters, although the characters are VERY > helpful when remembering /u/ and explaining blends and diagraphs! > > I'm SO glad to hear that Letterland is being used elsewhere. It's > such a wonderful program! Lynn did a huge amount of research when > she was developing this program. She truly understands how young > children internalize and learn. I met her and her son (Hairy Hat > Man!!) years ago. Such lovely people!!

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