1. Go Phonics By: Athena Cocallas

2. Background Sylvia Davison 44 year teaching veteran Learned the Slingerland Method Few supporting materials in teaching dyslexic and struggling readers Own games, stories, songs, and workbooks Holly Davison Daughter of Sylvia Together they designed Go Phonics that published in 2001 Using the Orton-Gillingham based approach

3. Gophonics.com Very informational No videos Different sections Home, overview, tools, dyslexia, downloads, background, testimonials, order, contact us Most informational were the overview, dyslexia, background, and download pages

4. Overview Phonics curriculum with K-2 language arts Orton-Gillingham based approach Hands-on and ideal for dyslexic students Basic Kit: Teachers guide, basic skills assessments, 5 workbooks, 7 volumes of decodable stories, key word chart set, prefix suffix chart, word lists book, 108 letter cards, songs for learning to read Can buy additional materials

5. Dyslexia http://www.gophonics.com/dyslexia.htm 10 strategies for why it is an effective program for dyslexic readers 5 reasons for why children may have difficulties reading and spelling What dyslexia means Signs of it Research results from the National Institutes of Health from 1994 about dyslexia Common myths about dyslexia

6. Downloads Lets you download a PDF file that contains sample lessons, the scope and sequence, teaching strategies, samples of the stories, tools, descriptions of the materials, and price lists. 4 decodable reader stories Couple extra pages that are interesting and a couple are a part of the first PDF file

7. Who uses it? Teacher: Reading specialists, speech/language therapists, tutors, classroom teachers, parents, home educators Basically anyone who wants to Students: K-2 nd grade or RtI K-4 th grade and older Can be used one-on-one/tutoring, in the classroom, in special education, RtI, remediation, differentiated instruction, home school, after school programs Basically for anyone No restrictions on what types of students or teachers can use this program

8. Sessions 79 lessons total No real explanation of how long you should meet or how often If it takes more than one day for the student to learn a lesson, the student should be practicing his/her flash cards every day

9. Lesson Structure Auditory Review Spelling and Handwriting Visual Review Teaching the Digraph Games Worksheets Teaching non-decodable words from the story Oral reading and teaching the stories Grammar, punctuation, predictions, inferences, sequencing, creative writing, and activities

10. Scope and Sequence http://www.gophonics.com/downloads/Go_Phonics- Lesson_Samples.pdf http://www.gophonics.com/downloads/Go_Phonics- Lesson_Samples.pdf Scope and Sequence Page 6, 12, 13 Foundation of Core Standards Page 18

11. Extra Research National Reading Panel Findings say that Go Phonics uses the Orton- Gillingham approach because it has “explicit instruction in phonemic awareness and systematic phonics” Orton-Gillingham Instruction is explicit, systematic, sequential, and simultaneous multisensory Simultaneous multisensory Hits visual and auditory learners Names the letter as she forms it on the desk