BIRD, CINDY

What is multisensory reading?

What is Structured Literacy?  A science-based, structured approach to literacy instruction. It provides explicit, systematic, engaging, multisensory, and developmentally appropriate instruction.  It teaches students the key skills they need to become efficient and accurate decoders.  These skills lead to strong word identification, which increases and develops deeper text comprehension.

Overview of lesson

Sample Lesson Review

• Card Pack
• Spell Sounds
• Review Words
• Spell Words
• Sentence Dictation

New Material

• Activate Prior Knowledge
• Direct Instruction (1 concept)
• VTAK methods
• Read Words
• Spell Words
• Controlled Reading/Reading

As discussed on back to school night, homework is not a part of the Multisensory program. However, I always encourage students to read as often as possible and try to apply the skills they have learned in class to every new word!