Go Phonics Reading Program at Gophonics.com :

Go Phonics is an Orton Gillingham compatible balanced reading program effective for dyslexia AND to teach natural and struggling beginning readers of any age a curriculum of reading skills--- alphabet, phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, reading, handwriting, spelling, grammar, punctuation, K-2 language arts...helping to provide a strong foundation of skills needed from 3rd grade on. Grades K-2nd and RTI - Response to Intervention K-4th grade plus

Research based and used with success by: Reading specialists (Title 1, LAP, RTI, Transition Programs, Special Ed, Learning Differences), speech/language therapists, tutors, teachers, parents, home educators...

Home educators have found that Go Phonics works for their natural or accelerated beginning reader for a streamlined, comprehensive foundation. It is designed to be especially effective for their child who has a reading or spelling difficulty.

Teachers, tutors and parents truly enjoy teaching with Go Phonics. Why? The user friendly lessons provide the structure, strategies, rules, and instructional support they need for direct instruction. It's written by a master teacher, with over 40 years of experience. With Go Phonics, you're provided guided lessons and tools for sequential, explicit, systematic, simultaneous multisensory phonics instruction. This cohesive set of tools supports the Orton-Gillingham approach. The highlights of the Go Phonics Program are a set of 50 colorful phonics games (that provide word decoding practice), and six volumes of decodable stories (phonetically sequenced for applying phonics/language arts skills to meaningful reading AS THEY ARE TAUGHT). First introduced in 2001, Go Phonics is now in its improved 2nd Edition, and is better than ever.

Go Phonics uses a Research-Based Approach
Supported by the National Institute for Literacy and Partnership for Reading--Designed to Meet the Needs of Reading First.

Go Phonics has engaging tools and uses all of the best strategies needed for success:
1. Orton-Gillingham based and compatible with multisensory techniques for higher retention (used by reading specialists and effective for dyslexia and language learning difficulties)
2. A phonics sequence that minimizes confusion
3. Phonics presented in patterns that make sense of the rules
4. Strategies and techniques help solve difficulties with reversals, handwriting, spelling, retention, directionality, blends...
5. A balanced program that covers all of the bases:
alphabet, phonemic awareness, systematic and explicit multisensory phonics, reading, handwriting, spelling, and K-2 language arts, and creative writing suggestions based on the text-to-life stories
6. 50 colorful phonics games
provide the valuable word decoding practice prior to reading
7. 5 Workbooks (One for each level: 1-5)
provide the phonics, language arts skills that link to the stories
8. Six volumes of phonetically sequenced stories (80+ stories)
Each story features words with the new sound for the lesson and has a few new non-decodable words that are taught in advance. The vocabulary is highly controlled introducing phonics in a cumulative, building block sequence. This helps students get continuous practice of skills taught to date. With thorough Go Phonics preparation and practice in advance, students can have a successful, meaningful reading experience.

Integrated tools provide preparation and practice for reading success: Assessments, Teacher's Guide, 50 Phonics Games, 5 Workbooks, 3 Key Word Charts, Prefixes and Suffixes Chart, 108 Letter Cards, Word Lists Book, Songbook with audio CD, 5 Mini-book stories, 6 Decodable Storybook Volumes (80+ stories/500+ pages)...These items are also sold separately.

"For four years we have used your reading (materials) in our primary. In 25 years of teaching reading, I can say that these readers are the best published materials I have ever seen." Lynne Simpkins, Language Lab Reading Specialist--Holy Family, Auburn, WA

"I'm thrilled with this product. This has been absolute fun---especially if you have a resistant child with possible dyslexia. Having Go Phonics makes it a lot easier. I'm just a mom and I don't have the credentials for doing this, but I am actually teaching my child to read."    Gayle Stoops, Michigan
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Go Phonics Kit
Go Phonics Kit
and Overview
Sylvia Davison, Author
Teacher Developed:
Background & Results
6 Decodable Storybook Volumes
50 Phonics Games
Program Overview
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Program Overview
NEW 2nd Edition

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IDA Conference - Seattle

10/30/08
Sylvia Davison
Poster Session

A PHD for Beginning
Readers: Focusing on how to teach handwriting, then combining skills-- (PHD) phonemes, handwriting, decoding-- to trigger the correct responses.

11 am to 1pm
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Updated 10/25/08