$distar reading program worksheets$

The teacher side of me kicked in and whispered, 'You know, some supplemental activities that added more sound/letter recognition would be really nice. Sample worksheet from the 'After Ten' packet I also included black and white options for those who prefer to print these out at home without using up their color cartridges:

With nice colorful imagery, in case someone wants to print it out, laminate it and reuse it over and over (which would really be helpful). It uses a one-to-one logic system little children intuitively understand. One letter corresponds to only one sound. Its advantages are Learning goes fast at first. Sample worksheet from the 'After Five' packet Ever hear of DISTAR The Direct Instructional System for Teaching and RemediationDISTAR for shortis a phonics-based reading program developed in the 1960s. It does work, but it shouldn't be the only tool in the arsenal. It is very boring for the teacher- but not necessarily for the student. And what I really wanted, was something more like this: It has been show to be quite effective with a variety of students- from those with learning impairments to some forms of LD. But even the way the sound for 'A' is introduced is a challenge, as in the '100 Easy Lessons' book, it looks different than most lowercase A's do in Kindergarten workbooks. If you are familiar with 'How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons', you'll remember that sound introduction happens in a different order than the ABC's are usually introduced. When I used this program before, I wanted practice sheets for the writing part of the program.

Distar reading program worksheets