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Fast ForWord to Reading:
Design and Content
Cognitive Skills:
The Foundation for Reading
Memory
Attention
Processing
Sequencing
LEARNING MAPS
The Fast ForWord to Reading Series
Applying neuroscience-based learning
principles to build critical cognitive skills
in the context of reading tasks.
MAPs
•Phonological Awareness
•Decoding & Spelling
•Fluency
•Vocabulary
•Sentence Comprehension
•Passage Comprehension
Phonological Awareness
Exercises
Goal: Build awareness of the soundstructure of words, and provide a
basis for phonics.
Tasks:
• Odd-one-out (Houndini)
• Sort by phoneme (Bear Bags, Bear Bags:
More Lunch, Scrap Cat, Wood Works)
• Matching (Canine Crew)
• Q&A (Hoof Beat)
Phonological Awareness
Exercises
Content:
• Structural features were the primary
basis for selecting PA words.
– e.g. Most of the stimuli for Bear Bags are
regularly spelled CVCs such as bug, red,
web, sip, hide, jeep.
• Graded word lists were consulted to
ensure the familiarity of most words.
Note: All Reading series PA exercises
present words in written form to
reinforce the alphabetic principle.
Phonological Awareness Exercises
Reading Prep: Houndini
Listen to the four words that go with these pictures and select
the word that with a different beginning (or ending, or vowel).
Phonological Awareness Exercises
Reading 5: Wood Works
Read a word and phonetically analyze it to sort it into the
correct sound bin (marked with dictionary phonetic symbol).
MAPs & Phonological Awareness
Reading Prep: Houndini
Processing and Sequencing
MAPs & Phonological Awareness
Reading 1: Bear Bags
Working Memory, Processing, Sequencing -Phonemic Awareness, Letter-Sound Associations
Decoding/Spelling
Exercises
Goal: Map speech sounds to letters and
spelling patterns, for fast & accurate
word recognition.
Tasks:
• Phoneme-letter match (Coaster)
• Decodable text (Ant Antics)
• Spelling cloze (Magic Bird, Magic Rabbit,
Chicken Dog)
• Modified dictation (Jitterbug Jukebox)
• Sort by spelling pattern (Wood Works)
• Q&A (Hoof Beat)
Decoding/Spelling
Exercises
Content:
• Structural features were the primary
basis for selecting words for the
Decoding/Spelling exercises (e.g.,
words with targeted spelling patterns).
• Graded word lists were used as one
way to control the difficulty
– e.g., Wood Works stimuli
• Easier levels: 4th-5th grade vocabulary
• Harder levels: 5th-6th grade + academic
Decoding/Spelling Exercises
Reading 4: Jitterbug Jukebox
Spell each word by selecting letters in the correct order from
a principled array including phonological and visual foils
Decoding/Spelling Exercises
Reading 2: Ant Antics (comprehension & decoding)
Independently read short sentences based on a small set of
common, decodable words, to select the correct caption.
MAPs & Decoding/Spelling
Reading Prep: Packing Pig Goes to Work
Working Memory & Long-term Memory Letter recognition and naming
MAPs & Decoding/Spelling
Reading 1: Magic Rabbit
Memory and Sequencing –
Phonics, Decoding, Vocabulary
Fluency Exercises
Goal: Build automaticity in working with
sounds, spelling patterns, and sight
words, so that readers have more
attention to focus on comprehension.
Tasks:
• Word ID (Flying Fish, Fish Frenzy)
• Speed rounds within exercises (Bear
Bags, Bear Bags: More Lunch, Magic Bird,
Magic Rabbit, Quail Mail, Wood Works)
• Read/spell high frequency words
(Chicken Dog, Jitterbug Jukebox, Flying
Fish, Fish Frenzy, Leaping Lizards)
Fluency Exercises
Content:
• High frequency word lists* were used
to select the highest utility sight words.
– e.g., Flying Fish stimuli
• Easiest set: the, of, and, you…
• Harder set: ask, need, why, because…
• In general, high frequency words are
acquired early, so additional controls
for vocabulary level were not needed.
*Kucera & Francis, Dolch lists, the Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists
Sight Word/Fluency Exercises
Reading 2: Fish Frenzy
Listen to a word and select the matching written
word from a stream of similar words.
Sight Word/Fluency Exercises
Reading 1: Bear Bags (PA & Fluency)
Working as quickly as possible without making mistakes,
sort words into the correct sound categories.
MAPs & Fluency
Reading 1: Flying Fish
Attention & Processing (speed & left-to-right scanning) -Phonics, Letter-Sound Associations, Vocabulary
Vocabulary Exercises
Goal: build vocabulary skills (e.g., using
context) while building broader and
deeper vocabulary knowledge.
Tasks:
• Sort by semantics (Quail Mail, Scrap Cat)
• Match by semantics (Canine Crew)
• Use context to define (Book Monkeys, Book
Monkeys: Book Two, Quack Splash)
• Cloze task (Stinky Bill’s Billboard, Leaping
Lizards, Toad Loader)
• Q&A (Hoof Beat)
Vocabulary Exercises
Content:
• The design of each exercise was the
primary consideration in selecting
vocabulary words.
– e.g. Words used in Quail Mail and Scrap
Cat fit the semantic categories covered.
Words in Gator Jam cover 27 Greek &
Latin morphemes widely used in English.
• Graded word lists were consulted to
identify vocabulary words with an
appropriate level of difficulty.
Vocabulary Exercises
Reading Prep: Packing Pig Goes to Work
Select the correct letter when you hear its name.
Vocabulary Exercises
Reading 1: Quail Mail
Listen to a word (presented with print and sometimes
with a picture) and sort it into the correct category.
Vocabulary Exercises
Reading 3: Book Monkeys (Passage comp & Vocabulary)
Use context to identify the correct definition for a
challenging word from the passage you just read.
Vocabulary Exercises
Reading 5: Gator Jam
Read a partially completed analogy, and select the word that
correctly completes it (can refer to the built-in glossary).
MAPs & Vocabulary
Reading 3: Canine Crew
Memory, Processing –
Vocabulary, Semantic Relationships
MAPs & Vocabulary
Reading 4: Hoof Beat
Processing & Memory –
Vocabulary, Word Forms, Comprehension
Sentence Comprehension/
Grammar Exercises
Goal: Improve the accuracy and speed of
comprehension for sentences with
diverse grammatical structures.
Tasks:
• Cloze task (Bedtime Beasties, Leaping
Lizards, Hog Hat Zone, Stinky Bill’s Billboard)
• Match the sentence to the picture (Ant
Antics, Twisted Pictures)
• Paraphrasing (Goat Quotes)
• Sentence building (Toad Loader)
Sentence Comprehension/
Grammar Exercises
Content:
• Sentences were written or selected to
provide good examples of the targeted
grammatical structures.
– e.g. Ant Antics’ sentences were written to
specifications with decodable words and
selected syntactic structures. Hog Hat
Zone’s sentences were excerpted from
classic children’s literature.
• To control difficulty level, limitations
were often put on sentence length and
vocabulary.
Sentence Comprehension/
Grammar Exercises
Reading 3: Twisted Pictures
Read the sentences carefully to select the correct caption.
Sentence Comprehension/
Grammar Exercises
Reading 3: Hog Hat Zone
Read the incomplete sentence, and select the correct,
grammatically important word to fill in the blank.
Sentence Comprehension/
Grammar Exercises
Reading 5: Toad Loader
Select the correct sentence segments to construct a
grammatically correct and semantically relevant caption.
MAPs & Sentence Comprehension
Reading 1: Bedtime Beasties
Memory, Processing, and Sequencing –
Sentence comprehension
MAPs & Sentence Comprehension
Reading 3: Hog Hat Zone
Sequencing and Memory –
Morphology, Comprehension
MAPs & Sentence Comprehension
Reading 4: Goat Quotes
Memory and Sequencing –
Comprehension
Passage Comprehension
Exercises
Goal: Build comprehension skills for fiction
& non-fiction passages and text features.
Tasks:
• Listen, read-along, & answer questions
(Buzz Fly, Dog Bone)
• Re-read independently (Dog Bone)
• Read & answer questions (Book Monkeys,
Book Monkeys: Book Two, Lana’s Lanes,
Quack Splash)
• Comprehension strategies (Lana’s Lanes)
• Passage building (Quack Splash)
Passage Comprehension
Exercises
Content:
• Passages were written or selected on
the basis of complex specifications
related to exercise design.
– e.g. The passages for Buzz Fly were
written to meet strict limits on vocabulary,
total length, and words between
questions. Lana’s Lanes includes some
passages from classic kids’ literature.
• To control difficulty level, limitations
were often put on sentence length,
topic, and vocabulary.
Passage Comprehension Exercises
Reading 1: Buzz Fly
Listen and read along to a fiction or non-fiction passage,
then answer questions based on that passage.
Passage Comprehension Exercises
Reading 5: Quack Splash
Read the paragraphs on this page carefully, put them in the
correct order, then answer questions about what you read.
Passage Comprehension Exercises
Reading 4: Book Monkeys: Book Two
Study the table and answer questions about
its content or structure.
MAPs & Passage Comprehension
Reading 4: Lulu’s Laundry Line
Memory, Sequencing, Attention –
Sentence Structure, Punctuation Rules
MAPs & Reading to Learn
Reading 5: Quack Splash
Memory, Attention, Processing & Sequencing –
Comprehension for longer passages
A Big Jump from Reading 4
Fast ForWord to
Reading 5
Skills
No longer learning to read….
– prepares students to “read to learn”
Focus on advanced comprehension
and vocabulary
– including Greek and Latin roots
Advanced practice in spelling,
decoding, and phonemic analysis
MAPs & Reading to Learn
Reading 5: Gator Jam
Memory, Attention, Processing – Metacognitive
understanding, Critical thinking, Figurative language
MAPs & Reading to Learn
Reading 5: Quack Splash
Memory & Sequencing –
Organization, Signal words, Writing skills
Outcomes for Students
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