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STEP 1
- TEACH THE VOWEL SOUND
The first step in the ReadingKey Student Vocabulary Wall technique is to
tell your student the sound made by the colored letter in each word
below. If you need to review the sound yourself – click the “Short
i Words” link at top right. As you point to the red letter in each word,
your student is to say the short “i” sound. When this is done without
errors from top to bottom – proceed to Step 2.
STEP 2
- STOP AT THE VOWEL SOUND
The student is to then say the sounds made by the letters only up to the
color-coded vowel sound (typically the beginning consonant and vowel
sound blended together – fi - hi
- li– etc). This technique teaches proper blending skills and gives the
child an effective and simple technique that can be used consistently
when attempting to read new words. When the child can say all “STOP AT
THE VOWEL SOUNDS” with no errors – proceed to Step 3. |
STEP 3
- READ EACH WORD SLOWLY
Tell the child we are now going to do the same “STOP AT THE VOWEL SOUND”
trick as before, however, this time you want them to also add the
sounds after the red vowel sound - in other words – to read the
entire word. When words are all said from top to bottom with no errors
– proceed to Step 4.
STEP 4
- TIMED READING
Get out
the stopwatch - To provide the practice necessary for permanent learning
– we are going to time the student on how long it takes to say all words
in the list. Record the student’s time in the vertical bar graph below
(5 bar graphs are for 5 different students if needed). When 4-5 seconds is
reached (most students can do this in 4 seconds after 6-8 attempts), have the student read the list in reverse order from the
bottom to the top slowly. When the student can do this, they are said
to have “PASSED” the list and told - Congratulations !
PROOF OF PERMANENT MEMORIZATION
Once
your student has passed this list, we want you to come back in 24 hours
and test your student again (record their time in the second bar graph
column). Their first attempt on the 2nd day is often
at or near their fastest time from the previous day. Their second or
third attempt is typically faster than their best time ever !!
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