Remedial Reading Strategies Reading Intervention Programs

Read Quick-Learn Quick is a complete 3-Step decoding system, unlike any other in American education. Read Quick was developed and pioneered in classrooms while teaching regular, special education, ESL and remedial reading intervention classes. This ideal reading supplement uses one "Stand-Alone" system on 'VOICED & VISUAL' interactive software for successfully teaching all ages and ability levels - 4-adult.

Read Quick 3-Step decoding system prevents and corrects reading dysfunction in all readers, including adults, gifted, average, remedial and ESL learners. As students learn to apply the 3 step system on difficult words, they are encouraged to continue this process by their success, as they begin to fully understand the printed passages.

Read Quick does not interfere with other known methods; enhances prior skills for decoding and word fluency. Most consistent letter clusters for spelling and speech are used from basic language and organized in a pattern for analyzing word structure and the relationships of letters within a word. The result is a 3-Step marking system that guides the reader to methodically focus on Combinations first, as they are the most critical letter clusters to identify for decoding an unknown word.

Students are initially taught mastery of Combinations. After modest practice, Combinations 'stand out' in words that readers see instantly while reading. Near instant recognition greatly improves reader's comprehension and improves reading speed for memory of text; skills that students need to develop their comprehension.

Read Quick uses the student's listening vocabulary to anchor identification and memory of Combinations for decoding. This visual to speech process significantly accelerates the mastery time for decoding, comprehension, and developing word fluency.

Initially marking unknown words is a rapid process and is only needed while learning the system. With modest practice, all markings are eliminated from the process as student gains control. Three (3) steps become one (1) step as students control the C, G, & Y and vowels.

Guaranteed to out-perform all decoding methods, regardless of price.

USE THE FOLLOWING LINKS TO ACCESS READ QUICK 3-STEP SYSTEM LESSONS:

1. Read Quick Demo (All lessons) 60 accumulated minutes - Download Time: 10-15 min.

(Hard copy available - Contact Certified Learning Systems.)

To rapidly review the 3-Step System, visit Learning Center(s) A, B, C, D ( Lesson 1 & 2), and Learning Center H, where all 3 steps are automatically marked on 3 words.

( Access program from desktop. )

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2. Actual Pages from Read Quick 3-Step System in PDF format for "Instant" viewing.

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Note: "NComputing" found Read Quick software compatible with their virtual hardware.

Based on Standardized Reading Tests, the percentage of students labeled "dysfunctional", not being taught to read, has remained at a staggering 50-60% since the 1960's. Reading was the number one problem then and is the number one problem now. Enhancing programs to teach phonics and syllables have not made significant gains in the number of functional readers.

Read Quick was developed to successfully teach both left and right brain learners to efficiently decode words.

Students with right brain dominance are Gestalt learners. Right brain and right eye dominance are kinesthetic learners. Their pathways to learn visually and orally are blocked because language is processed by the left brain and the initial information is delayed for student learning. Along with the ESL students, they comprise the majority of the dysfunctional readers in the national failure rate. This group requires a remedial intervention program and teaching methodology to involve both left and right hemispheres for dealing with their learning style, taught daily for long term memory.
Educators and parents must face the reality - The majority of students included in the national reading statistics are right brain, dyslexic or learning disabled with a visual problem that can be corrected. This prevents normal reading growth in this group of students.
Teaching phonics and syllables, using the logic (left) brain for instruction, is a documented failure for right brain (Gestalt), kinesthetic and dyslexic learners. Successful readers taught using phonics and syllables are Logic (left brain) learners.

BRIDGING THE READING GAP

Most remedial readers need a better foundation in a consistent decoding system to rapidly advance their comprehension and reading skills in grades 4-12. Phonics and syllables for decoding may have been emphasized in grades K-3, but the inconsistent and inaccurate syllables have prevented this group from developing decoding skills in reading and educational subjects. As they progress to more mature language structure and vocabulary, the distance between success and failure grows wider and they become totally "turned off" to reading, resulting in more failure; so they escape by dropping out of school.

ESL students experience the same problems learning how to correctly pronounce English words because syllable methods are not consistent in controlling letters and letter cluster sounds, which is the basis of Read Quick's 3-Step System.
To prevent reading dysfunction, begin teaching Read Quick to students in grades 1-3 to provide them decoding skills that are accurate and easily learned for mastery.
There are different basic types of language learners and different ways to teach them.

GESTALT TEACHING

Gestalt means explaining the whole concept of a topic or skill before providing the necessary individual pieces of information for learning and mastery of that concept or skill.

Gestalt (Right Brain), Kinesthetic, Dyslexic and ESL students must learn by this sequence of how materials are presented, regardless of the lesson content. Read Quick teaches all lessons in this sequence:

SEE & HEAR ~ SEE & SAY ~ SEE & DO

Initial lessons are taught using the Gestalt method, teaching the overall program, then practicing the individual parts while reading, spelling and with directed lessons.

Student Bookmark (3"x 8") is recommended for student's daily use at school, home, or library, to act as a constant reminder of the 3-Step System for decoding.

Read Quick recommends using reading materials, 2-4 years above students' tested ability for oral reading and direct teaching, providing challenging concepts, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills. This approach pulls and challenges the students to rapidly advance their vocabulary, reading skills and general knowledge.

Oral reading is half of a 2-part reading strategy. The other half is following the text and reading activities of the adopted reading program.

Using reading material 2 to 4 years above the student's actual reading level is not frustrating to the reader.... In fact, this has proven to be the best strategy.

Using natural speech, the 3-Step System is easily learned and memorized for mastery, resulting in rapid recall, embedded in long term language memory.

The 47 Combinations are used by speech teachers working with students that have been identified for speech therapy.

In-service for instructors simply involves their using the 3-Step System on a few words.