Embassy Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 I am looking for a phonics program for my son that is not integrated with readers. My son has completed ETC through book 3 and reads books on a 2nd grade level without difficulty. I was thinking of ETC online, but I was wondering what else there is out there. His phonics skills are lower than his reading comprehension. Thanks for any suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin's Song Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 I love ETC :001_wub:, but I believe WTM also recommends MCP. Are you opposed to continuing with ETC? We loved 4&5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairytalemama Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 We love OPGTR. You can just skip to the lesson where you think he needs the most phonics instruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 A Beka's phonics program comes with readers but the program is not tied to the readers, kwim? They kind of separate phonics and reading in their curriculum, so you could technically read other things and still completely do their phonics program. My boys got way ahead in the readers, actually, but we stayed on schedule with the actual phonics lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsiew Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 We use Phonics Pathways here... simple no frills gets the job done well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 OPG. The lessons are so well spelled out, short, and effective. And you can jump in where needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin's Song Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 I am looking for a phonics program for my son that is not integrated with readers. My son has completed ETC through book 3 and reads books on a 2nd grade level without difficulty. I was thinking of ETC online, but I was wondering what else there is out there. His phonics skills are lower than his reading comprehension. Thanks for any suggestions! What have you already done? It sounds from your post like perhaps part of a phonics program or 100 EZ?.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted June 24, 2010 Author Share Posted June 24, 2010 Thanks for all the suggestions! I'll look into them. What have you already done? It sounds from your post like perhaps part of a phonics program or 100 EZ?.. I've done Explode the Code 1-3. I'm partway through AAS Level 1 too. My son has mostly completed MCP Phonics Level A. Plus we have done some of Sonlight's games and some phonics computer games from the library. I was set to do MCP this whole school year, but it became too difficult for my son. So I had him complete ETC 1-3 and then we went back to MCP Phonics. At that point it was no longer difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBoulden Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 I'd use Abeka's Handbook for Reading. Just start at the front (or wherever your son needs to start). If he already knows his letter sounds, short and long vowels, for example, you can just review those real quick and start with the special sounds. Just go page by page through that book. (You can always find a nice used copy on the cheap). The book builds on itself and even though Abeka makes readers to "go with it," you do not have to use them to get a great foundation in phonics. I tutored third and forth graders from this book, actually. They already knew how to read, but they showed weakness when confronted with a word they'd never seen before. This book really helped them. I started my five year old in this book a few years ago, back when she was just learning the alphabet, and she is reading on a second grade level now. We did not use any of the Abeka readers that go with the book until just a few weeks ago. We didn't even own them. We just used this one Handbook for our phonics instruction. It's bare bones, no whistles, no gimmicks... But, it works. Just wear that Handbook out. Go cover to cover and I bet it's all you will need. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartingOver Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Another vote for OPGTR ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin's Song Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Thanks for all the suggestions! I'll look into them. I've done Explode the Code 1-3. I'm partway through AAS Level 1 too. My son has mostly completed MCP Phonics Level A. Plus we have done some of Sonlight's games and some phonics computer games from the library. I was set to do MCP this whole school year, but it became too difficult for my son. So I had him complete ETC 1-3 and then we went back to MCP Phonics. At that point it was no longer difficult. :) In that case, I vote for OPGTR and continue with ETC 4/5. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_Household Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 We use Discovering Intensive Phonics by Reading Horizons. They have a computer program that my kids enjoy. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildiris Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I just wrote a brief review of Adventures in Phonics. I've used Phonics Pathways for reading and Adventures in Phonics for spelling and writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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