What is so unique about the SOW Phonics program?
We believe the SOW Curriculum has designed an excellent reading program that utilizes good resources enabling the teacher and student to find instant success. • The SOW Phonics is a wholistic approach to learning how to read. Unlike most programs in which the student ‘s spelling words are different from the reading words and the writing words are different from the reading and spelling words, the SOW Curriculum uses the same family words to read, write, spell, and to do English and reading skills. • Most phonics programs require the student to read library books to learn reading. The SOW Curriculum utilizes Merrill Linguistic Readers which only reinforce words that have already been learned or introduced giving the student consistent success in oral and silent reading. There are 7 readers. • Reading skill workbooks teach the student to recognize and identify words in context, comprehension skills, sequencing, matching, inferring, critical thinking, etc.. All of these reading skills are
We believe the SOW Curriculum has designed an excellent reading program that utilizes good resources enabling the teacher and student to find instant success. • The SOW Phonics is a holistic approach to learning how to read. Unlike most programs in which the student ‘s spelling words are different from the reading words and the writing words are different from the reading and spelling words, the SOW Curriculum uses the same family words to read, write, spell, and to do English and reading skills. • Most phonics programs require the student to read library books to learn reading. The SOW Curriculum utilizes Merrill Linguistic Readers which only reinforce words that have already been learned or introduced giving the student consistent success in oral and silent reading. There are 7 readers. • Reading skill workbooks teach the student to recognize and identify words in context, comprehension skills, sequencing, matching, inferring, critical thinking, etc.. All of these reading skills are