Curriculum Craze!
Day 1: Comprehensive Manual
Day 2: Condensed Manual
Day 3: Reading Library
Day 4: English Language Enhancement (ELE)
Day 5: Professional Development for Teachers
Reading Horizons is CRAZY about its improved teaching reading curriculum and manuals! To help others see the benefits and improvements of the new manuals this week’s blog posts will take an in-depth look at the changes and features of the new Reading Horizons v5 curriculum manuals and instructor materials.
Participating in the comment section of each separate post will enter your name into a drawing for a free Reading Horizons v5 Condensed Teacher’s Kit (refer to question section at the bottom of this post for more information).
Comprehensive Manual Overview
In connection to the release of the new Reading Horizons v5 software, the old “Teacher’s Manual” has been improved extensively to realign the material with the updates made to the new software. The new teacher’s manual is now called: Decoding Strategies for Literacy Development Comprehensive Manual and provides teachers with the lesson plans to properly instruct students effective strategies for building a solid reading foundation.
Reading Horizons Decoding Strategies for Literacy Development Manuals
Core Features
The key features of the new Decoding Strategies for Literacy Development Comprehensive Manual include:
• 68 lesson plans of word decoding and pronunciation instruction
• 13 most common word list lessons
• Enrichment activities
• ESOL Supplement for English Language Learner instruction
5 Key Updates (5 Additional Updates will be provided on Condensed Manual post)
1. The lesson content was rewritten to be more concise without sacrificing the quality and thoroughness of each lesson.
2. The organization of each lesson was improved by:
- Adding a Skills Overview section at the beginning of each lesson
- Providing a list of teaching materials needed for that lesson
- Inserting review sections within each lesson
- Dividing each lesson into 3 separate sections:
I. Teacher Information
II. Teacher Instruction
III. Student Involvement
3. ESOL Notes are now included throughout the manual to assist ESOL teachers.
4. FYI Notes have been added to provide teachers with additional information on properly teaching the concepts in the lesson content.
5. Enrichment Activities are now included at the end of each lesson to reinforce the concepts taught in that lesson. (This feature is only part of the Comprehensive Manual).
Video
This video shows Reading Horizons Company President, Tyson Smith, discussing the major changes to the Comprehensive Manual to better serve struggling readers:
Question
From watching the video of Tyson, what changes to the Comprehensive Manual do you think will be most beneficial to improving reading instruction?
By answering this question in the comment section of this blog your name will be entered into a drawing for a FREE Condensed Teacher’s Kit. Responding to the question in separate posts will enter your name in the drawing multiple times (up to 5).
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