How to Use Decodable Books to Teach Reading: DOG ON A LOG Parent and Teacher Guides, #2
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Sixty-five percent of U.S. fourth graders are not proficient readers because their teachers have not been taught how to teach reading using evidence-based methods. Up to 20% of children have dyslexia. Few receive the individualized teaching they need from their schools.
To help parents and teachers who want to teach their children using an evidence-based, effective method, Pamela Brookes, the mother of a child with dyslexia, discusses their daily routine as she teaches her daughter to read using the decodable DOG ON A LOG Books series. As the author of DOG ON A LOG Books, Pamela also shares how to choose where in the series to start. She shares how she teaches each of the phonics rules used in the book series along with the reasons for teaching the syllable types and handwriting. Although this booklet is meant to guide parents and teachers using DOG ON A LOG Books, the information can be adapted and applied to any systematic series of decodable books.
How to Use Decodable Books to Teach Reading is edited by Dr. Nancy Mather, a professor in learning disabilities, reading, and writing to make sure it follows the scientific research on teaching reading.
This edition includes information on Steps 1 to 10 of the DOG ON A LOG phonics rules. Additional steps will be added as the future decodable chapter books are created.
All DOG ON A LOG Books follow a structured literacy/Orton-Gillingham based phonics sequence. You can download printable gameboards, flashcards, and other literacy materials at www (dot) dogonalogbooks (dog) com.
Pamela Brookes
My child needed an ongoing supply of progressive phonics books that use an Orton-Gllingham approach. This proved to be a nearly impossible, expensive task. I decided to put my talents to use and simply write books for her. She is learning to read using an Orton-Gillingham approach. These books follow a gentle progression of phonics rules. DOG ON A LOG Books have five books at each step to allow for practice, repetition, and enjoyment. I want to share our books with new readers and their families. I also want to make them affordable. Since every family will have different needs and different budgets, I am making the books available in both digital and paper editions. They can be purchased as individual books or collections of five same-step books in one volume. Paperbacks have black and white images. They are optimized for dyslexic learners with cream colored paper and Verdana font. The digital books all have color pictures. As our reading journey progresses I will continue to write books for my daughter and to share them with other families. I was not going to include artwork because drawing is not my talent. However, my daughter was adamant she wanted her books to include pictures. I am grateful to the artists who have made their images available for public domain uses. These sweet images give my daughter a break when the reading is challenging. I hope other new readers will be entertained by these stories as they practice, and master, each step of their reading journey.
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How to Use Decodable Books to Teach Reading - Pamela Brookes
DOG ON A LOG
Parent and Teacher Guides 2
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I am not a Reading Specialist or certified educator. The content provided herein is for informational purposes and does not take the place of an evaluation and teaching plan provided by a credentialed educator. Every effort has been made to ensure that the content provided here is accurate and helpful for my readers. However, this is not an exhaustive treatment of the subject. No liability is assumed for losses or damages due to the information provided. You should consult a credentialed educator for specific guidance on educating your child, yourself, or others.
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HOW TO USE DECODABLE BOOKS TO TEACH READING
By Pamela Brookes
Edited by Nancy Mather, Ph.D.
Download DOG ON A LOG printable gameboards, games, flashcards, and other activities at
www.dogonalogbooks.com/printables.
Table of Contents
This is an Instruction Manual
Foreword
Let’s Begin
How do decodable Books Work?
Where in the Series do We Start?
DOG ON A LOG Phonics Progression
DOG ON A LOG Quick Assessment
Figuring It Out
We Know What Step of dog on a log Books, Now What?
We’ve Chosen Books. What’s Next?
Handwriting
Before You Start a New Step of Phonics/Books
Regarding Magnetic Letters:
A Note about Pictures:
And Our Ideal Daily Routine is...
1.Read every day.
2.Practice the words or rules she needs to practice.
3.Fluency
4.Teaching Comprehension
5.Write every day.
6.Reading for enjoyment
Individual Phonics Rules
Step 1
Syllables
Syllable Type: Closed
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Syllable Type: VCe
Step 6
Step 7
Step 8
Step 9 (In Production)
Syllable Type: Double Vowel
Step 10 (Upcoming)
Syllable Type: Open
FOREWORD moved to the back. I guess this is now the BACKWORD
Excerpts from Teaching a Struggling Reader: One Mom’s Experience with Dyslexia
Irregular or Sight Words
Tapping (Sounding Out)
Letter Reversals
b
and d
Make Your Bed
p
and g
See a Pig
q
Is a Chicken Letter
Motivators
Rewards as a Motivator
Reading Together as a Motivator
Play as a Motivator
Why Decodable Books?
DOG ON A LOG Books
How You Can Help
DOG ON A LOG Phonics Progression
DOG ON A LOG Sight Word Progression
This is an Instruction Manual
This book is for parents and teachers. It's for parents who will teach their children to read. Perhaps they homeschool, perhaps their child’s school is not providing the instruction their child needs, perhaps you are a parent who is wanting to supplement what your kids do at school. It is also written for teachers who were not taught evidence-based methods of teaching reading and they want an introduction to what they were not taught in college.
This book tells you step by step how I teach my daughter to read using the decodable books I write for her. Those books have bikes that turn into elk, real-life bikes for blind children to ride, and caves filled with all kinds of wonders.
You will not find any of those fun moments in this book. This is more like the instruction manual that tells you how to change the filter in your coffee pot or how to build a bunkbed out of three hundred pieces. The material here is dense. It condenses what I have learned in three years to a few score of pages. So, go slow. Read the section you need now. Go Step by Step as you would if you were building the previously mentioned bunkbed. If you were building a bed you would read Step 1: Set Slat A on top of Piece 1.
If you tried to worry about Step 327 before you finished Step 1, you might get overwhelmed. Granted, you need to have a rough idea of what you'll need to do and what materials you'll need before starting, but you wouldn't try to memorize all the bunkbed steps just as it may take you awhile to get up to speed with the teaching reading process.
I am guessing your goal is to teach your child to read a sentence like, The tough coughs as he ploughs the dough, though he should work through it.
It will take your child time to learn to read that sentence. I have the same goal for my daughter. This book will show you how I am using explicit systematic phonics to teach my daughter to overcome the challenges of both the English language and her dyslexia so she, too, will be able to read that sentence.
This book was originally called How to Use DOG ON A LOG Books to Teach Reading. I was never satisfied with that title. Although this book is clearly written about DOG ON A LOG Books, the information can be used with any systematic