Rod Everson Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I posted this at first on the K-8 Curriculum board, but that board is so busy that I thought I'd cross post it here, plus this is where I usually comment anyway. One of the reasons I think reading instruction is such a mess in the schools today is that even professional educators can't agree on how to teach it. As a result, many kids don't even get exposure to the concept of a phonogram and how one phonogram can represent several different sounds. Well, I've worked with about 200 struggling readers over a decade and have taught the same Code Knowledge to each of them. Eventually, I devised a PDF of 84 phonogram flash cards with the options I taught for each phonogram listed on the back of each card. I'm convinced that if every child, and adults as well, knew the contents of these cards, then reading instruction would make a lot more sense to everyone involved. (They are a blend of the phonograms found in WRTR and Reading Reflex, by the way, with some tweaking that I found useful when working with kids.) On my website, I stated that I would give away 50 free copies to the first fifty people who requested them, but I'm getting ready to start marketing them soon and would like to speed the process up. I still have about 35 copies to give away and thought I'd offer them here. (You just get the PDF and print them at home using 8.5x11 card stock and then cut them up into individual cards.) To see what they look like, there's a full preview at Lulu.com here. Just click the "Preview" button under the picture and you can go through the entire set. If anyone is interested in getting one free, I'll email it to you if you go to the Teaching the Phonograms page of my website and request them through the email link you'll find in the gray text box there. (Sorry for the extra step, but I don't want to list my personal email on the board.) It might be just a bit of a hassle to request them, but I'd rather have only the people who really might use them ask for them anyway. (If you're just interested in what they look like, you can see the full set just by going through the Preview at Lulu.com.) I have no idea how many people will want one, so for now I'll only offer these free copies through Friday, Feb 3rd, or until I send out all of the 35 copies I want to give away. I'll edit this message if I reach that point so people don't have to go to the trouble of trying to get them when I've already sent 35. All I ask is that people receiving them respect the copyright notice and use them only for their own family (or classroom.) All the best... Rod Everson OnTrack Reading P.S. I'm a reasonable person, so if 45 or 50 people want them, I'll send them all. I just don't want to have to suddenly respond to 500 requests, and I have no idea how many of you might be interested, hence the limit. Again, if you're curious about them, but unlikely to ever use them, just view the Preview at Lulu.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Everson Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Just a quick update: First, several requests for the pdf got trapped by my Spam filter, so if you asked for a copy and didn't get it, please try again. Second, I'll probably send out copies to anyone who asks for the next week or so at the rate requests are coming in. (I was concerned with the number of people on these WTM boards that I'd get too big a surge of requests, but that didn't turn out to be the case, thankfully.) One other thing: If you do download the pdf and actually use it, and have the time, I'd appreciate any feedback you're willing to provide, good or bad. Thanks. Rod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Everson Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 The last 35 copies that I'm giving away are trickling out at a rate of 3 to 5 a day, so ignore the Feb 3rd deadline that I mentioned in the first post. I'll edit this post when they're all distributed, to let people know they're all gone. I appreciate the opportunity to distribute the free copies to those here who are interested in obtaining a set. Thanks. Rod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Everson Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 I've removed the reference to the free PDF's from my website after giving away the 35 copies, and this thread will soon be buried again, but if anyone still wants a free set for a while, I'll still email it to you. It's just that you'll have to use the Contact tab on the upper right of any page on my site to reach me now. Just mention in the email that you saw it here in WTM. Rod OnTrack Reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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