Special Literacy Support
This is designed as a one-on-one, intensive learning program for students who are failing to read. One students works with a Literacy Assistant for short daily sessions. A Literacy Assistant does not have to be a qualified teacher.
POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS for the training of Literacy Assistants
To qualify for a certificate, study the following and submit answers to the questions. To register, send a message through the CONTACT page.
Questions to answer following Power Point presentations
1. What is literacy? ppt pdf video
2a. About this course ppt pdf video
2b. Role and Responsibilities ppt pdf video
3. Biblical World View ppt pdf video
4. Literacy in the pre-school years ppt pdf
6. The character of God and values ppt pdf
7. God-centred education ppt pdf video
9. Fluency and Comprehension ppt pdf
10. The value of a child ppt pdf
13. The one-on-one session ppt pdf
14. Running Records & book leveling ppt pdf video
Running Records practice texts
15. Learning Difficulties ppt pdf
Specific exercises for improving left-right brain coordination
Notes – summary of Power Points
How the program works
The Literacy Assistant will spend half an hour per day with the student, on an individual basis, for three to five days per week, until the completion of the program. Three days is the minimum, in order to see positive improvement. The program starts at Level 1 and progresses to Level 11, bringing a non-reader to a reasonable standard in approximately 6 months. The program is suited to Primary school students, although has been used successfully with adult students wanting to learn to read English as an additional language.
Each half hour session consists of four elements, known as the “4 Ss”. Approximately 5-7 minutes is spent working on each category: a) Sounds b) Sight words c) Story reading d) Sentence writing. The following resources are used:
THE LITERACY RESOURCES
Additional resources: Word Wheels & Thinking Hats
Sound pictures for making individual sound cards
Student resources – Make each one of the following into an A4 book, bound or stapled along the left-hand short edge. Use these books with your student. Students do not write on the books, so they can be used over and over again.
Alternative format for stories: The stories can also be laminated back to back, so that each story is one laminated sheet. Store in a plastic tub, in their levels:
Stories Level 1 Stories level 2 Stories level 3 Stories Level 4 Stories Level 5 Stories Level 6
Stories Level 7 Stories Level 8 Stories Level 9 Stories Level 10 Stories Level 11
After Level 11
Get the student to practice the Dolch words in sentences. They can now continue with resources from the Primary Literacy page, starting from Level 12.
TESTING
Go to the Primary Literacy Page for Running Records tests, (bottom of the Primary Literacy page).
Special Numeracy Support
Introductory Power Point Presentation
Progress Chart Print one per student
Student Test Record Print one per student