Read Quick Using the Gestalt Method

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Read Quick-Learn Quick
the name says it all !
Read Quick - Using the Gestalt Method Read
Quick 3-Step decoding method is introduced,
taught, and practiced using the Gestalt method of
instruction and learning. Gestalt means
explaining the whole concept of a topic or skill
before providing the necessary individual pieces
of information for learning and mastery of that
concept or topic. Specific lesson(s) provide
practice for applying individual parts of the
total program by direct lessons or when unknown
words are met during oral or silent reading.
This allows students to have all skill
information available for processing at their own
speed and method of learning.
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Students do not need to memorize the initial
instructions for each of the 3-Steps before
seeing and practicing the other steps. To
begin lessons, use the yellow graphics on the
task bar at the top of Read Quick Homeroom for a
more direct link to learning centers. The Play
Tutor instructions will be played automatically
on the first visit to the lesson. Users should
click Play Tutor on each subsequent visit until
they achieve mastery of that center. See Help
on task bar for teacher parent guidelines for
using software.
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Step 1 Combinations Sounds in Words
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• Learning Center for Introducing and Teaching
  Combinations
• Begin with Combinations in words. Subsequent
  visits based on student needs.
• Users will see, hear and say each voiced part in
  this and all other lessons. Sounds of
  Combinations and words may be repeated as needed.
  

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47 Combination Chart edited for web public
view.
Combination Chart contains 47 voiced Combinations
and should be used as a study and reference
guide. Each sound is repeated instantly by
clicking onto the Combination. There are 6
Combination Learning Centers to help students
achieve mastery. Combination Chart is always
available in all Learning Centers on a drop down
menu in lower taskbar, which has been removed
from this presentation and public viewing.
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Students should use this lesson to become
familiar with how to mark Combinations in words.
Repeat this lesson as needed for mastery.
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Word Completion Complete the word by filling in
the blank spaces with the correct Combination,
highlighted in yellow.
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Visual Exercises - Nonsense letters hide
embedded Combinations highlighted above.
Starting at arrow, see how quickly student can
identify and underline embedded Combinations,
moving eyes from left to right, without moving
the head.
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This is Step 2, Lesson 1 of the Borrowers (C,
G, Y) This Lesson will introduce the
Borrower C with its rules. Rules for G and Y
are in Lessons 2 and 3. All rules are Voiced and
Visual
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Long vowels are usually easier to learn and say
as they are the exact sounds of the vowel made
during speech. Users hear and repeat sounds.
Click on any vowel to hear vowel sound,
instantly, as needed for mastery.
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Short vowel sounds are more difficult to
pronounce in isolation than long vowels because
their speech sounds cannot be identified by
saying their name. Repeat any sound instantly as
needed.
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Study the long vowel rules above - Practice
marking long vowels using one of the 2 long vowel
rules. Vowel must be marked short if it cannot
be proved long by either vowel rule.
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• Screen shows the 3-Step system for marking words.
  Instructor questions students Any Combinations?
  Borrowers? Any vowels not part of a Combination?
  After student marks word, program will
  automatically check markings for errors and
  correct any errors after students 2nd attempt.
  Word will then be voiced for user.
• 3 steps are consistently asked by instructor
  during decoding of a word during initial lessons,
  especially group practice or until user has
  reached mastery.

Buttons on lower task bar (removed from public
view) allow users to mark words in all lessons.
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Level 1 / 3-6 letter words Level 2 / 6-10 level
words Level 3 / 7 or more random to 17 letters
Level 2 word
Practice Learning Center contains 7,500 voiced
words. This Learning Center acts like a
self-tutor for practice marking the 3-Step
system. Program corrects the markings, when
needed, and sounds and words are voiced.
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In all the stories, every word is pronounced when
highlighted and marked, including unknown and
difficult words. Stories are sequenced from
easy to difficult to provide practice in decoding
in context while reading.
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• DICTIONARY PRACTICE
• 75,000 Practice words are presented in 3 levels
  of difficulty.
• Combinations, Borrowers and vowels are voiced
  when marked and Blend chart may be
• used from drop down menu to identify and
  hear Blends.
• All individual sounds are voiced and will be
  heard by the user to help in pronouncing
• the word. The actual word may not voiced.

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Personal word list may be used by student or
teacher to program words to be marked from any
source, such as spelling words, vocabulary words
from text books, words for writing, essays, etc.
Words may be saved or deleted, as needed.
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Blends are pronounced alone and in words. They
are not part of the 3-Step system. User may
access Blends at any time from drop down menu.
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Sight words are automatically pronounced in the
order as shown or may be selected and pronounced
at any time.
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• Bridging the Learning Gap
• Read Quick is an ideal decoding system for oral
  reading using direct teaching methods to rapidly
  advance student reading and thinking abilities.
• Use novels and short stories 2-4 years above
  students actual reading levels to accelerate
  their reading thinking abilities by quality
  lessons, using Socratic dialoging methods.
  Procedures and dialoging strategies for reading
  and critical thinking skills are in Read Quick
  Teachers Guide.
• Lessons should emphasize quality of teacher and
  student focus over amount of text read daily by
  dialoging to clarify words, ideas, reading and
  critical thinking skills.
• One half of daily reading schedule should be
  used for oral reading and the other half for
  traditional silent reading lessons and responding
  to test type questions.

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More Ideas for Accelerating Reading
Growth Every academic subject may be taught
using this direct teaching method and subject
teachers may be a reading teacher for decoding
unknown words by asking the following 3
questions Any Combinations? Any
Borrowers? Any Vowels not part of a
Combination? Implementing Read Quick as a
word attack method for every subject and teacher
will greatly increase students Learning Curve
for reading and subject matter mastery.
Review all sounds and rules orally on a daily or
as needed basis by pronouncing all
Combinations, saying rules for Borrowers, and
pronouncing all long and short vowel sounds.
Total time needed to complete this entire
process is approximately 5-12 minutes.