treestarfae Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Anyone try this reading curriculum? http://zoomreadingstrategy.com/ We really like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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QuirkyKidAcademy Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Haven't heard of it, but I'm always looking to improve reading skills. Thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BatmansWife Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Interesting. I have 2 readers here who are struggling. I wish the samples showed more of the actual reading pages. Would you say that the pages the student reads are just reading pages focusing on those concepts....or is there actual teaching/instruction along with it?? Which books do you have? If I got these for my kids it looks like I would need Leopard and Rabbit (vowels) for the younger.....and vowel blocks, prefixes/suffixes, and Gorilla for the older. Leopards and rabbits and gorillas oh my! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treestarfae Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 They're workbooks with instruction. We really like them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treestarfae Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 I have most of the books ranging from Panda to Gorilla. We like the animal pictures. :001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 They're workbooks with instruction. We really like them! Do the kids actually write in the books then? I was hoping they could be used with another child. I suppose you could use a wipe-off sheet or something, right....or wrong?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKidAcademy Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Interesting. I have 2 readers here who are struggling. I wish the samples showed more of the actual reading pages. Would you say that the pages the student reads are just reading pages focusing on those concepts....or is there actual teaching/instruction along with it?? Which books do you have? If I got these for my kids it looks like I would need Leopard and Rabbit (vowels) for the younger.....and vowel blocks, prefixes/suffixes, and Gorilla for the older. Leopards and rabbits and gorillas oh my! :D I thought the same thing, AM. I'd feel better about plunking down $20 if I could see something besides "this strategy is great!" I like what the table of contents shows, but I need to see some of the instruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treestarfae Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Yes, you write in them but you can use a wipe off. That's a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Yes, you write in them but you can use a wipe off. That's a good idea. Thanks. Do you have a way of posting some pics of the pages here?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treestarfae Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Thanks. Do you have a way of posting some pics of the pages here?? I would contact the the Zoom people on their website for page samples. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowfall Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 It looks interesting, but I figured I'd save a few people some trouble and point out that it's really not consistent with Spalding or OG methods, since it teaches "rules" like, "When two vowels go walking, the first vowel does the talking." It also says, "Vowels often reach back around one consonant to poke a vowel: decide". This means the 'i' in that word is making the 'e' say its long sound, but in reality the 'e' is saying /E/ because it's at the end of a syllable - it has nothing to do with the 'i'. Then it teaches that gh are just silent letters following 'i' or 'ou', but in OG and Spalding methods, 'igh' and 'ough' are phonograms. All of that is in the book following the Leopard book, but I can't see the title of it on the page. I think in the sample it's called Vowel Power. I would still consider using it if I knew more about it, but I would have to heavily edit it for my purposes. I'm not criticizing or anything - there are lots of roads to the same destination and all that. I just wanted to share so people would know ahead of time, since I know some people absolutely would not want to use that, since it conflicts so much with certain methods. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I was going to contact Mary (the author) to see if she had more samples....but she contacted me first (thanks treestarfae). She's very nice and she e-mailed me over 100 pages of samples from various books. Wow! I am only on the 14th sample page....so I have a long way to go. But, so far...what I see I really like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treestarfae Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 I was going to contact Mary (the author) to see if she had more samples....but she contacted me first (thanks treestarfae). She's very nice and she e-mailed me over 100 pages of samples from various books. Wow! I am only on the 14th sample page....so I have a long way to go. But, so far...what I see I really like. :) :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I forgot to add that she also has a blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treestarfae Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 Then it teaches that gh are just silent letters following 'i' or 'ou', but in OG and Spalding methods, 'igh' and 'ough' are phonograms. All of that is in the book following the Leopard book, but I can't see the title of it on the page. I think in the sample it's called Vowel Power. I'm not seeing from the sample pages what you are talking about? I don't see any pointing out of silent gh. Not to be redundant but Vowel Power is about vowels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treestarfae Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKidAcademy Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I am intrigued by Maisner's strategy and plan to pursue it with DS after Thanksgiving. (He leaves tomorrow for 10 days with his grandparents.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treestarfae Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 I am intrigued by Maisner's strategy and plan to pursue it with DS after Thanksgiving. (He leaves tomorrow for 10 days with his grandparents.) Great! Let us know how it goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treestarfae Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 I've been really liking the books! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowfall Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I'm not seeing from the sample pages what you are talking about? I don't see any pointing out of silent gh. Not to be redundant but Vowel Power is about vowels. Sorry - I never looked at this thread again until now. I didn't look at the samples again, but when I looked at them before, it definitely said that you could basically ignore 'gh' when it followed 'i' or 'ou'. I don't remember how it was worded, and again, I don't think it's a flaw in the teaching or anything. I was only pointing it out for people who are using things like SWR or Phonics Road or whatever. Some of us like to have multiple options, but this program conflicts with what those programs teach. I'm glad you're liking them. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treestarfae Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Sorry - I never looked at this thread again until now. I didn't look at the samples again, but when I looked at them before, it definitely said that you could basically ignore 'gh' when it followed 'i' or 'ou'. I don't remember how it was worded, and again, I don't think it's a flaw in the teaching or anything. I was only pointing it out for people who are using things like SWR or Phonics Road or whatever. Some of us like to have multiple options, but this program conflicts with what those programs teach. I'm glad you're liking them. :) Can you look at the samples again and explain where it says that? I'm not seeing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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