Teaching Phonics
In a Balanced Reading Program

Teaching Phonics in a Balanced Reading Program helps children master phonics skills early, an important first step in unlocking the mysterious, magical world of reading.

Teaching phonics is a critical first step in putting reading within reach for all children.  However, not all phonics programs are the same and some can even hinder the reading process.

Teaching Phonics in a Balanced Reading Program is an innovative program developed by renowned reading expert Edna Goble.  The most effective elements found in traditional systematic, direct and explicit phonics programs come together to form the foundation for Teaching Phonics in a Balanced Reading Program.

Teaching Phonics in a Balanced Reading Program...

Is completely self-contained and includes all teacher and student support materials necessary for proper, successful instruction.

Uses meaning in the form of picture cues and actual books to help children decode.

Provides immediate feedback to teachers to ensure that all children are learning the program.

Includes extra-practice support materials for students who require additional instruction (can be self-taught).

Is organized by grade level.  Programs are available for kindergarten, first grade and second grade instruction.

An accelerated phonics program for higher grade levels is also available which teaches decoding skills to help students segment and read multi-syllable words.

Is designed to work in conjunction with a school's existing basal or whole language program.

Teacher Support Materials

Teaching Phonics in a Balanced Reading Program uses direct instruction.  The program is set up so that teachers are able to directly teach the program to children, rather than using the random approach to discovery.

Teaching Phonics in a Balanced Reading Program is completely self contained and easy to implement.  Teachers are provided with all of the resource materials they will need to teach the program.  In addition, multiple copies of all children's practice materials are included to help minimize cutting, copying, and pasting tasks.

A comprehensive Teacher Handbook has a scripted lesson plan in sequential, systematic order.  Each plan has direct instruction, directed practice, independent practice and practice skills which involve actual reading and writing practice.  Full sized posters complement and provide visual reinforcement to the verbal instruction.

Letters and Visual Cues

Teaching Phonics in a Balanced Reading Program is highly visual.  For every letter, there is a visual configuration lesson.  Students are given ample opportunity to sort and match which helps build a strong phonics base.

Building a Vocabulary

Pink and blue cards help students expand their phonics skills and sight words by building words.  Advanced yellow instruction cards help children understand compound words.

Student Materials

Black and white practice materials keep students' attention focused on the specific phonics task at hand.  A number of different student support materials are included: One card for each letter of the alphabet with five picture cue cards; blends and diagraphs cards with five key picture cue cards; student books for each letter for each child (reproducible); Elkonin Boxes which build segmenting skills, and others.

Proven Results

By the end of kindergarten, students will have learned...

All consonant sounds

All short vowel sounds

How to sound out unknown words with short vowel patterns

By the end of first grade, students will have learned...

All blends and diagraphs

Ending consonant sounds

Long vowel sounds

Vowel teams

If you would like additional information about our programs, please give us a call at 800-279-6983 or e-mail at edna@t2read.com.