Anyone desiring to make a tax-deductible contribution to this worthy endeavor may do so. Lena W. On November 3, she began teaching one student in the Alphabetic Phonics Curriculum. This student was the first of many students to receive language training at the West Texas Learning Center. It is a scientifically evidence-based, multisensory structured, sequential, phonetic-based curriculum specifically designed for the student with dyslexia.
The classes are taught by Certified Academic Language Therapists. Students attend Monday-Thursday for one hour each day for two to two and a half years. No student has ever been charged for attending the Center. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Hit enter to search or ESC to close. Nationally Recognized.
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Reader contributions support the journalistic mission of SMN to remain independent. Your support of SMN does not constitute a charitable donation. If you have a question about contributing to SMN, please contact us. When used as a supplement, Rite Flight: Rate should be integrated into a core reading program to adequately address fluency. As a fluency component of primary grade reading remediation and instruction, Rite Flight: Rate should be introduced early in the course of instruction in letter-sound recognition and should not be delayed until after phonics has been taught.
The program can be used in conjunction with a variety of core reading curricula that employ evidence-based components in phonemic awareness and phonics.
Rite Flight: Rate differs from standard reading fluency instruction by using a method of instruction designed to promote the recognition of letter clusters within words. Students follow a repeated reading schedule that introduces the same words in isolation, in phrases and finally in stories. Rite Flight: Rate is not intended to be used in place of a comprehensive intervention for students identified with dyslexia, as it addresses only one component of reading.
Rite Flight: Comprehension equips teachers and reading specialists to more effectively teach reading comprehension. Rite Flight: Comprehensio n may be integrated into a core reading program as a supplement to more completely address reading comprehension. It is designed to be a Tier II intervention for use by classroom teachers, reading specialists or special education teachers with first through eighth grade students as a tool for intensified comprehension intervention for struggling readers.
Rite Flight: Comprehension may be used with individual students, small groups or the whole classroom. The instructional strategies of Rite Flight: Comprehension may serve as a component of intensified reading instruction within the framework of a Response-to-Intervention RTI model.
The decision to use the curriculum as an intervention for struggling readers should be guided by an evaluation of possible causes of reading comprehension problems.
Rite Flight: Comprehension is not intended to be used in place of a comprehensive intervention for students identified with dyslexia, as it addresses only one component of reading. Take Time to Read, a partnership between Scottish Rite for Children and the Grand Lodge of Texas, is a public awareness program that educates adults about the importance of reading to young children. The program began in and has helped Masons spread the word throughout Texas about the benefits of reading to children.
Take Time to Read gives Masons the opportunity to demonstrate their care for the future of Texas children. Masons use the materials, such as posters, brochures, bookmarks and a handbook about how to implement Take Time to Read activities, to educate their communities about Scottish Rite for Children. Reading experts agree that reading aloud to children may be one of the most important activities adults can do to prepare children for success in school.
Reading aloud for as little as minutes each day can provide tremendous benefits in helping children develop a better understanding and appreciation of language. Helping children develop good listening skills and expand their attention span. Preparing children for success in school. Helping children develop critical thinking skills. Creating a bond between adult and child. Establish a regular reading time.
Your undivided attention is important to your child. Allow your child to choose from this group.
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