The Total Reading Primary Grades Program

With the three major Total Reading Manuals (500 - 600 pages each) and the student support materials, Total Reading has become the most powerful K-4 Reading/Language Arts curriculum available to American classrooms. The basic phonetic methodology comes from Orton. The techniques for decoding, reading comprehension, creative writing, spelling, and basic skills have been developed and refined in California classrooms over a period of 40 years. Total Reading is a complete language arts program for the Primary Grades, integrating the teaching of reading, writing, spelling, and speech. Oral readiness precedes every step. Reading is individualized and self-reliance is fostered from the beginning, allowing each child to proceed at his or her own pace and making them independent of the teacher as early as is compatible with their ability. Special consideration is given to the immature learner and advanced material is provided for faster groups. The method is used with library books for which literal, evaluative, and interpretive comprehension questions have been written. Total Reading may be started anytime in the school year and used to enhance reading materials already available in the classroom. SCOPE AND SEQUENCE The Total Reading Primary program is on five levels. The emphasis at Levels I and II is on decoding of words with oral preparation for reading comprehension and creativity; Level III on reading comprehension and sentence writing; Level IV on spelling, language skills (including grammar and punctuation) and creative writing, with continued emphasis on comprehension through wide reading in children's literature. Level V is programmed to teach advanced language arts skills to high Third Graders. Total Reading is built on a plan for continuous progress in language arts throughout the grades, and students may enter the program at any time and be brought up to or beyond grade level in reading. METHODOLOGY The instructional basis for word attack skills is phonetic decoding, using a multisensory (visual, oral, kinesthetic) approach, and built upon the oral base of the English language. Comprehension skills literal, interpretive, and evaluative are taught from the first day of school, orally at the beginning and then in printed form. Spelling, writing, and speech are inter-related with reading, and creativity is emphasized throughout. PROVISIONS FOR STUDENT EVALUATION The program is characterized by continuous testing at the end of each level to ascertain whether the children have met the stated objectives. All First Graders finish Level III with most reading 50 to 100 library books and writing well structured and creatively described stories. Second and Third Graders are tested for placement in Levels III and IV, with remedial readers beginning in the Level I methodology. Third Grade students in the programmed instruction take self-tests after each lesson and a teacher corrected test at the end of each unit.   GUIDES AND CONTRACTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR USE OF THE PROGRAM WITH EACH OF THE MAJOR READING SERIES TEACHER'S GUIDE/EDITION The manuals include detailed daily lesson plans for individual classrooms and open learning centers as well as sections for application of the method to Special Education, ESL, Spanish Bilingual, and the Gifted Child. Guides and contracts are available for use of the program with each of the major reading series, and the teacher may keep track with Total Reading's Management System. IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS  CONSULTANTS GIVE WORKSHOPS   AND INSERVICE TRAINING In each manual, a Capsule Course in conjunction with the cassette of  Sounds and Dictation gives the teacher the basic phonetic and language instruction that is needed to teach this program. The Correspondence Course includes the basic levels of the Total Reading program. Consultants give workshops and inservice training to districts and schools requesting it. Dyslexia Solved by Multi-sensory Decoding. Order TR 00-0 Total Reading Success Story Catalog at no charge for pictures and complete descriptions of all the Total Reading materials. TR031  First/Second Grade Teaching Set - Total Reading Levels I-III Primary Manual (512 pages) Sound Cards, Word Cards, Cassette of Sounds and Dictation, Read Aloud Comprehension, Level I Worksheets, Level II Cards and Reading, I Can Read By Myself, Level III Workbook, and Easy to Read Comprehension for library books. $295   TR032 Third/Fourth Grade Teaching Set - Total Reading Level IV Primary Manual - with Review of Levels I-III (640 pages), Sound Cards, Word Cards, Cassette of Sounds and Dictation, Read Aloud Comprehension, Decoding with Phonograms, I Can Read By Myself, Level III Workbook, I Can Read More Stories, Levels IVa, IVb, and IVc Workbooks, Integrated Curriculum, and Level IVb Comprehension. $400 TR033 Advanced Third/Fourth Grade Programmed Instruction Set  - Level V Teacher Manual, Student Text and Test Booklet, Level IVc/V Comprehension. Fifteen units of instruction in spelling and basic skills, creative writing, reading comprehension, oral speech activities, and preparation for standardized testing. $150 Separate Items to complement your own Reading/Language Arts program. Word Packs and "Little Book" stories, Graded Readers with comprehension questions, Spelling/Basic Skills Workbooks, Creativity Charts, Classroom Phonics Posters, Remedial Reading Workbooks, and more. Place An Order

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