Illinois Reading Council Conference“Literacy Outside the Box!”

March 17 - 192011

Demonstration and Integration of100% Free

Reading Based Tools and Websites

Presented ByDick Briggs

Discovery Learning Program

Dick BriggsPresident

Discovery Learning Program501c - Not for Profit Organization

U.S. Marines ‘66 - ‘68 One tour in Vietnam - why FREEB. S. Ed (’71) M.S. Ed (‘73) Illinois State UniversityCertificates:• Educable Mentally Handicapped• Physically Handicapped• Learning Disabilities• Elementary K - 9• Educational Administration

Taught High School EMH ’71 - ‘73 Eureka, IlTaught K-6 Learning Disabilities ’73 - ‘77 Bloomington, IlWrote and Directed a Title IV ESEA Grant ’77 - ‘79

Project RIGHT: Reading Improvement Gained through Hemispheric Training1979 - 2007: State Farm Insurance, Systems Department2000 - Current: Creator - My Breakfast Reading Program2007 - Current: President, Discovery Learning Program

My BreakfastReading Program

1Collaboration

Software

3Online

Dictionary

5Clip Art

Software

2TTS

Text to SpeechSoftware

4Audio

RecordingSoftware

6SpellingWebsite

Demonstrations

Join.me

1: Collaboration Software

•Conference Follow-up•Intra-district mini workshops•Inter-district mini workshops

•Share desktop•Allow control by others

http://www.sphenet.com/

http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/

2: TTS Text to Speech Software

•Adaptive technology - use in content areas•Reads any text copied to clipboard•Can highlight words while reading

http://www.wordsmyth.net/

3: Online Dictionary

•Provides syllabication•Provides enunciation•Definitions•Definitions in context•Morphology (inflections/derivations)•Related words

http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/4: Audio Recording Software

•Create your own audio files•Easy to edit•Incorporate in PowerPoint•Enables repeated reading and peer tutoring•Use for documenting ORF

http://www.animationfactory.com/en/

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/?CTT=97

PowerPoint

5: Clip Art Software

•Illustrate stories•Illustrate vocabulary•Incorporate audio recordings

http://www.spellingcity.com/

6: Spelling Website

•Practice spelling•Uses words in context for vocabulary•Uses many games•Printing/cursive worksheets

•Save your lists•Students can link to your class list

My BreakfastReading Program

www.MyBreakfastReadingProgram.com

Single Syllable Words

MultisyllabicWords

b e t

Letter - SoundAssociation

Vowel Rules

Reading and WritingVocabulary

root - plural - past present - future

prefix: un - re - ill - im -in - ir suffix: er - able - tion - cious

betbets

betting

beatbeats

beating

better beaterbeatable

unbeatable

Context

Listeningand

SpeakingVocabulary

SoundBlending

1 Diphthong aw/ew/ow/oy

2 Diphthong au/ou/ue/ou/oi

My Breakfast Reading Program’s Toolkit for Teaching: Alphabetic Principle - Automaticity - Morphology - Vocabulary - Spelling - Fluency

2 longa/e/i/o/u

2 R Controlled air/ear/are

eer/ire/ier/oar/ore/oor

1 short a/e/i/o/u

1 R Controlled

ar/er/ir/or/ur

ExistingInflectional

Morphology

ExistingDerivationalMorphology

Morphed wordsImages + SentencesText to Speech (TTS)

Online DictionaryText to Speech (TTS)

Video and Audio clips

Manipulative Dominoes

Text to Speech (TTS)

AutomaticityWorksheets

Explicit Instruction

Phrases - Sentences Paragraphs

Text to Speech (TTS)Fluency - Repeated Readings

Explicit Instruction

Explicit Instruction

SpellingWords in sentences

GamesAudio

Find theVowels

Text to Speech (TTS)

b e a t

LetterBoxes

Find the Vowels + Syllabication Rules

Reading and WritingVocabulary

inflections: root - plural - past - present - futureprefix: un - re - ill - im -in - ir … suffix: er - able - tion - cious …

Context

Listeningand

SpeakingVocabulary

SoundBlending

My Breakfast Reading Program’s Toolkit for Teaching: Advanced Alphabetic Principle - Automaticity - Morphology - Vocabulary - Spelling - Fluency

ExistingInflectional and

DerivationalMorphology

Online DictionaryText to Speech (TTS)

Text to Speech (TTS)

AutomaticityWorksheets

Explicit Instruction

Phrases - Sentences Paragraphs

Text to Speech (TTS)Fluency - Repeated Readings

Explicit Instruction

SpellingWords in sentences

GamesAudio

d o n u t

m u f f i n

g r a p e f r u i t

a p p l i c a t i o n

r e l o c a t i o n

donut rule: Open Vowel

muffin rule: two consonants

grapefruit rule: compound words

grapefruit rule: suffix

grapefruit rule: prefix

Text to Speech (TTS)

grapefruit rule: suffixor

donut rule: Open Vowel