A home for their hearts Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Has anyone used their Discover Intensive Phonics or Reading Horizons v5? They both look great but I would like to read some reviews before buying. I'm also not sure if I would be able to use Discover Intensive Phonics with ds7 and ds10? v5 is geared towards ages 11-adult but I would be paying a lot more money for both programs? Also, is it strickly Orton-Gillingham? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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houseofkids&pets Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I asked this question recently too. I did receive some positive reviews from some parents who contacted me offline. If you check out http://fcrr.org, you will find a very thorough review of Discover Intensive Phonics. This website also reviews other popular programs, such as Barton and Wilson. My only concern was the results of the Summary Table of Reading Programs (also on fcrr.org). Discover Intensive Phonics had the following ratings: Phonemic Awareness + (few aspects of this component taught and/or practiced) Phonics +++ (all aspects of this component taught and/or practiced) Fluency n/a (not addressed or not a goal of this program) Vocabulary + (few aspects.....) Comprehension n/a I am looking for a proven, comprehensive program. Otherwise, I feel like I am throwing together a little of this and a little of that and it overwhelms me. When you look at the summary table, a program like Wilson does address all areas. It is just more teacher intensive. At this point, we are sticking with Barton, but I may jump ship and try out S.P.I.R.E. Then again, I may change my mind again tomorrow (I have committment issues!!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 I asked this question recently too. I did receive some positive reviews from some parents who contacted me offline. If you check out http://fcrr.org, you will find a very thorough review of Discover Intensive Phonics. This website also reviews other popular programs, such as Barton and Wilson. My only concern was the results of the Summary Table of Reading Programs (also on fcrr.org). Discover Intensive Phonics had the following ratings: Phonemic Awareness + (few aspects of this component taught and/or practiced) Phonics +++ (all aspects of this component taught and/or practiced) Fluency n/a (not addressed or not a goal of this program) Vocabulary + (few aspects.....) Comprehension n/a I am looking for a proven, comprehensive program. Otherwise, I feel like I am throwing together a little of this and a little of that and it overwhelms me. When you look at the summary table, a program like Wilson does address all areas. It is just more teacher intensive. At this point, we are sticking with Barton, but I may jump ship and try out S.P.I.R.E. Then again, I may change my mind again tomorrow (I have committment issues!!). Thanks for this information. I'm having trouble navigating The Florida Center for Reading Research. Could you link me to the page for the review as well as the page that has the summary table? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houseofkids&pets Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 http://fcrr.org/fcrrreports/creportscs.aspx?rep=supp is the link for the summary table. http://FCRRReports/PDF/DiscoverIntensivePhonics.pdf is the link for the program review. Hope I did those correctly since I have never tried to add a direct link before. I have very limited computer skills! Michelle:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houseofkids&pets Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 OK, I just tried the links. The second one for the program review did not work. It directed me to a page that read "Oops! Internet Explorer could not find fcrrreports". However, I clicked on the google search below this statement and I was able to access the report that way. Let me know if you still have a problem and I will try to help figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 OK, I just tried the links. The second one for the program review did not work. It directed me to a page that read "Oops! Internet Explorer could not find fcrrreports". However, I clicked on the google search below this statement and I was able to access the report that way. Let me know if you still have a problem and I will try to help figure it out. It wouldn't work for me either. I didn't see a linke on the error page either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houseofkids&pets Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 OK, if you go to Reading Horizons directly at: http://readinghorizons.com/company/news/press/fcrr.aspx you can then click on the link at the bottom of this page and it should take you directly to the pdf review that FCRR did of the Discover Intensive Phonics program. If that doesn't work for you, let me know:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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