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DOES THE CHILD MISREAD WORDS BY subtracting letters? adding letters? substituting letters? reversing letters? DOES THE CHILD GUESS AT WORDS BY using the first 2 and last 2 letters? suggesting a word that starts with the same letter and looks the same size? using the words he/she knows to figure out the words he/she doe not know? using picture clues? DOES THE CHILD MISREAD VOWELS BY not knowing how to syllabicate words? not knowing the sounds of the letter or letter team? DOES THE CHILD SKIP WORDS HE DOESN’T KNOW? Sue's Strategies provides solutions to all of the above problems within 1 year. HOW? SUE'S STRATEGIES PHONETIC FLASHCARDS TO REMEMBER PROVIDES THE ESSENTIAL 99 SOUNDS AND SUFFIXES NEEDED FOR READING SUCCESS FROM GRADE 1 TO 12. After learning the sounds that match each letter or letter combination and when to use each sound, a person can scientifically sound out millions of words one syllable at a time. Susan has recorded all the flashcards on four, free, YouTube videos so that parents and teachers will learn how to teach the sounds and how to pronounce the sounds . SUE"S STRATEGIES PSS FOR PHONICS , provides an illustrated guide to dividing words into syllables and then using the position of a letter or group of letters to determine the correct sound for those letters that make multiple sounds. Ms. Kahn has created free, animated You Tube videos to teach each strategy in the PSS text. SUE"S STRATEGIES SYLLABLE PRACTICE FOR READING ACCURACY & FLUENCY include 6 workbooks. Students will begin practice with 2 syllable words in Book 1 and finish book 3.5 with 5 and 6 syllable, high school words. Workbooks 1, 1.5, and 2 are suggested for beginning readers; workbooks 2.5, 3, and 3.5 are recommended for intermediate and advanced readers. NOW THE STUDENTS SHOULD READ WITH 90% ACCURACY.
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Why Massachusetts needs a Literacy Law?
THE IMPORTANCE OF PHONICS After phonemic awareness, the most important skill set from the Science of Reading is phonics. This subject includes sound to symbol correspondence which translates to: learn the sound or sounds of each letter or letter combination and learn when to use that sound. Then blend sounds into syllables to achieve reading and spelling accuracy. Sue’s Strategies® provides the best and quickest ways to reach reading and spelling literacy. In addition to offering free, instructional videos and blogs, Sue publishes many texts: Phonetic Flashcards to Remember contains 99 illustrated flashcards for sound to symbol correspondence and usage; PSS for Phonics explains and illustrates the patterns based on position that a letter or letter combination will follow; Syllable Practice for Reading Accuracy & Fluency provides practice exercises at 6 different levels, from 2 syllable words to 6 syllable words. How does anyone know how to spell the “K” sound if four options exist: C, K, CK, CH? Kick Kyle, the cat, off the couch. Teach him to behave before Christmas. Sue’s Strategies® techniques reveal the answers. Does your school teach phonics?