This sounds like a great program to me! I like that it includes multiple ways to communicate your answer, so students have to work on both written and oral skills but the teacher can go by their stronger skill to record their answer. I also think this goes back to what our group talked about with not focusing so much on the fact they answered incorrectly, but where to go based on that answer.
I read the article titled Reading Comprehension by Koppenhaver. The second half of this article consisted of research based interventions towards typical developing learners. What I shared with my... more
I've used the Lindamood-Bell Phoneme program for introducing letters/sounds and I really liked it. You first introduce the sound and have the child repeat the sound you made, you talk about the way... more
Sara- I enjoyed reading your post about the strategies you read about and the correlation you saw in those strategies to Letterland. I work in a public separate school for students with moderate to... more
I have known people to love letter land and hate it. I think it just depends on the teacher and student and their strengths and weaknesses. I have seen letter land confuse some students while others... more
I personally like the use of Letterland in the classroom. I think it is a fun and engaging way for the students to interact with letters. I also think that the different characters that the letters... more
I must say that I have heard more people (parents, teachers, and professors) say they don't like Letterland than I have heard praises. I have not seen or read the effects, but I'm not too thrilled... more
Thank you, Jean, for your comment. I was in a classroom that used Letterland for my block 1 but wasn't there long enough to see results, I am also intrigued to get in the classroom and see for... more
In the ASU reading program this instruction is directly addressed. We use sorts to target beginning, end, and middle sound awareness. Its similar to Words Their Way. If you are in the program you... more
Wow! Good to know! Thank you for sharing your positive experiences with using Letterland and those that are similar! I like the idea of using sorts. Getting the students interacted rather than just... more
I wonder about this too because I have heard some professors and classroom teachers who say that they don't like Letterland and others who love it. Maybe it just depends on how you use it? To make it ... more
I definitely agree! I believe this intervention needs to be tried on multiple students with diverse abilities and in different settings to base any assumptions on it. I thought the v for vultures... more