Letter Sounds Save Their Soul: Direct Instruction: Secret to Reading Success for African American Children (777 Series Winning the Reading Lottery)

Of all the teaching to read methods, Black children’s reading scores often excel national averages when first taught to read using Direct Instruction. … “for example, a child introduced to this program at age 4, by the end of kindergarten, will have a 1,979 word reading vocabulary, which consist exclusively of words that he or she can decode, sound-out and comprehend; at a solid 2nd grade skill level!” … Teaching reading correctly takes time, patience, skills and tools. Most adults, including teachers, don’t have three or more of the necessary requirements. It’s a slow step-by-step process that in order to achieve success, and do it right the first time, there can be no shortcuts, multitasking or grouping of learning processes. Each sound out category be it single, paired or teamed letter sounds has to be introduced, explained, illustrated and practiced in great detail. As reading guardians, parents, program administrators or teachers, it is our responsibility to have what it takes to guarantee that each mentally capable student reaches 100% comprehension. Operating as your partner in this learning to read journey, The Letter Sounds Save Their Soul, Direct Instruction Sound Series, has what it takes to guarantee the development of a competent capable fluent reader. Additionally this direct instruction sound series promises that the added financial cost parents and guardians have to spend for corrective reading tutoring will be eliminated, if the steps as outlined in these reading primer series are followed in precise order. In ‘Letter Sounds Save Their Soul’ Books 1 – 3 readers master the alphabet letter-sounds concept of reading and learn that one letter represents one single sound. Learners are also taught to identify parts of a sentence and to regard punctuation marks, beginning with capital letters and periods, as key voice change and story comprehension signals. At the completion of Book 4, Preschool – 1st grade learners, who started the program with Book Series #1 will read and comprehend at least 2 skill levels above their designated grades, and struggling readers will have gained equally measurable literacy skills. For instance, a child introduced to the program at age 4, by the end of kindergarten, will have a 1,979 word reading vocabulary, which consist exclusively of words that he or she can decode, sound-out and comprehend; at a solid 2nd grade skill level! But more importantly, because of their solid phonics, decoding and comprehension head start, while adapting to the unfamiliar demands of a controlled structured school environment, reading prepared children will have the luxury of progressing emotionally and socially at their leisure. Why do Blacks thrive when taught Direct Instruction? Author Vanessa Peters’ suggest it’s because of their sense of rhythm. By tapping into their natural ability to connect rhythm and sounds, direct instruction teaches minority children how to hear, manipulate and identify the smallest unit of letter sounds and naturally connect those sounds into the process of reading fluently. Tragically for minority students rarely are new teachers trained in direct instruction. Instead during their college years, training is focused on popular research studies and opinions of biased experts who discredit the necessity and success of direct instruction for African Americans children. Opening with concrete evidence showing the meteoric rise and subsequent plummeting test scores of a model inner city school before and after DI, “Letter Sounds Save Their Soul” shows parents and guardians how to STOP the practice of turning Black children into illiteracy statistics.