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Read
Kwik 3-Step system provides students with a consistent,
dependable and accurate "mental frame of reference," while decoding* unknown words, resulting in a program clearly identified for teaching and
learning.
Initial
lessons are taught using the Gestalt method, teaching the overall program then
practicing the individual parts while reading, spelling and with directed
lessons.
Students
see Combinations in words as a whole sound immediately for reading. They are
natural speech sounds used by speech teachers.
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Combinations
control many phonetic exceptions by turning exceptions into consistent sound
& spelling clusters. Students are actually more successful when decoding
longer words using Read
Kwik
Students
underline Combinations during initial learning for visual memory. This causes
the Combinations to 'stand out" during reading.
Step 2 - Borrowers (C, G,
& Y)
Borrowers are taught quickly
using 5 accurate rules. First grade students learn to master this step when letter sounds are practiced during
reading and with pencil & paper lessons.
Read
Kwik
teaches students to control the 3 Borrowers and 5 vowels to read fluently with accuracy.
Step 3 - Vowels
Ultimate vowel control
occurs with Read Kwik by:
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Prove vowel
long by double vowel rule or final 'E' rule or mark short
Controlling unusual vowel
sounds by their use in the 47 Combinations;
2 long vowel rules used
when vowels not part of a Combination;
6 suffixes taught that
hide a dropped final "e";
12 prefixes with long
vowels that do not follow a long vowel rule.
After applying the 3
steps, prefixes and suffixes, vowel sounds are so accurately controlled,
mastery generally occurs immediately. Reader may be required to change
a single vowel sound from short to long and this is usually accomplished by
the "reading brain." *
(*Reading
brain = recalling how words sound and pronounced from the learner's auditory
language memory using both Gestalt and logic brains for processing.)
Examples of
marked words:
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markings are eliminated from the process as student gains control of the system.
3-Steps become 1 step as students
control the C, G, Y and vowels with modest practice. |
Entire 3-Step system
correctly applied is usually mastered more rapidly than the following estimates:
Ages
4-5
Approximately 4-6 months
Ages
6-9
Approximately 8-16 weeks
Ages 10-adult
Approximately 2-8 weeks
Mastery time for special
needs and limited English speaking students will occur between 5-14 months.
However, all students learning
Read Kwik
will begin to apply the system in 5-10
hours of instruction
if they interact with at least one lesson in each step.
These
expectations are based on actual learning experiences in public, private, and
charter schools, clinics and home schooling for the past 25 years.
Read
Kwik is only decoding
method ever needed. There are no levels.
Exceptions
occur when marked letters, using the 3-Step system, do not say what they are
supposed to.
Unusual letter sounds are
part of Combinations. Few remaining are corrected by parent or tutor when met,
such as "X" when initial sound of a word.
Read
Kwik does not emphasize learning prefixes and suffixes as part of the
'decoding'
process. The 3-Step method accurately controls sounds in affixes.
Affix learning should be a
part of reading comprehension, writing activities and vocabulary lessons.
Read
Kwik software is intended as a serious presentation to thoroughly teach anyone
to read successfully. It is not designed with "bells and whistles" to
entertain and maintain student focus. Motivation for student attention is based
on their success to read.
Research has not supported
"learning success" using highly colorful and entertaining educational software. Such software is confusing, often bombarding the student's processing
system, interfering with learning the intended information.
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