Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id MAA00029; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:55:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:55:34 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <A14F5CA469FED211BF2900062B000C1602919A25@wdcfb6exc03.ed.gov> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Behroozi, Jaleh" <Jaleh_Behroozi@NIFL.gov> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:2616] URL for Registering with "MY LINCS" X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Status: O Content-Length: 12997 Lines: 372 Last week I posted a message regarding the new feature on LINCS and forgot to post the address. 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Jaleh Behroozi Soroui LINCS Director National Institute for Literacy 1775 I Street, Suite 730 Washington, DC. 20006 Phone 202/233-2039 FAX 202/233-2050 http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/lincs/mylincs/mylincs.cgi <http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/lincs/mylincs/mylincs.cgi> Jaleh Behroozi Soroui LINCS Director National Institute for Literacy 1775 I Street, Suite 730 Washington, DC. 20006 Phone 202/233-2039 FAX 202/233-2050 -----Original Message----- From: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov [SMTP:nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 12:34 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-LD:2615] NIFL-LD digest 875 NIFL-LD Digest 875 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) RE: Wilson Reading System by "Guyer, Barbara" <guyerb@marshall.edu> 2) RE: Wilson Reading System by Anne Murr <anne.murr@drake.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 15:43:54 -0500 From: "Guyer, Barbara" <guyerb@marshall.edu> To: "'nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov'" <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: RE: Wilson Reading System Message-ID: <C1647A6E4877D2119DEF00A0C9D5DD7CC5E5F1@munt02.MARSHALL.EDU> Dear Anne, Your comments on the Wilson Reading System were beautifully expressed. Your wording is so descriptive and informative that I plan to read it to the LD class that I will teach this evening (teacher training class, not a class of people who are LD). Thanks for brightening my day! Barbara Guyer -----Original Message----- From: Anne Murr [mailto:anne.murr@drake.edu] Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 5:17 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-LD:2610] RE: Wilson Reading System Reply to: RE: [NIFL-LD:2588] Wilson Reading System Amy Battisti-Ashe' wrote: Have those of you using Wilson been trained formally? Or have you merely bought the books and cards and done the rest on your own? I'd like to share my experience in starting to use the Wilson Reading System in our Adult Literacy Center. I first learned about the WRS last year on this listserv. Barbara Guyer commented that in working with the college students with learning disabilities, "when all else fails, we go to the Wilson." For adults who come to us for literacy assistance, all else HAS failed. We knew we were not providing instruction which helped them become independent readers, so we felt we must explore what the WRS offered. I began by purchasing the Instructor's Manual and other starter materials (with the help of a donation from a local corporation). Since we are located in Iowa and the Wilson training center is located in Massachusetts, I could not attend training before we began implementing the WRS. When I ordered the starter kit, I asked for some articles which give the rationale and the "big picture" of the purpose of the WRS, which they graciously sent. These were most helpful. The Instructor's Manual gives explicit instructions on what to do, how, and why. The videos are also very informative. I began sharing this information with our volunteer tutors, who have begun learning the systematic lesson plan procedures. I soon became aware that to be most effective, I needed the WRS training. In December I attended a 2-day WRS pilot training for adult literacy providers which Barbara Wilson led. We all stated the we were using the WRS "sort of." Barbara acknowledged that for those of us in the adult literacy field who have neither the time nor funds to attend a month-long training, we do as much as we can with what we know to get started using the WRS. She encouraged us to continue to go back to the Manual, the videos, and add to our knowledge of the step-by-step nature of the instructional method. They are exploring a more "do-able" training model for adult literacy providers. As I have researched why children (and consequently adults) fail to learn to read, I have found that most do not connect the sounds (phonemes) to the letters. They are not able to hear the individual letter sounds within words. In other words, they lack phonemic awareness. Using the Orton-Gillingham multisensory method, the Wilson Reading System provides the systematic, direct instruction persons with language-based learning disabilities need to gain reading skills. There is a logic and a beauty to how each introduced skill and concept (along with LOTS of practice) builds the foundation for further learning. Using sound cards and tapping the sounds gives adults the opportunity to interact with letter sounds and words and concepts in way that allows them to trust what they know. I encourage you to explore the Wilson Reading System. One man who began to learn the letter-sound connection said, "No one knew what I didn't know. They didn't take me back far enough." The "back far enough" is learning the letter-sound associations - which the WRS gives them the opportunity do. Anne Murr, Coordinator Adult Literacy Center School of Education Drake University 3206 University Ave. Des Moines, IA 50311 515-271-3982 anne.murr@drake.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:17:09 -0500 From: Anne Murr <anne.murr@drake.edu> To: nifl-ld <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: RE: Wilson Reading System Message-ID: <01JM8RPJ44PQ008IF7@ACAD2.DRAKE.EDU> Reply to: RE: [NIFL-LD:2614] RE: Wilson Reading System Barbara, you are the one who guided me on this path of learning. I am grateful to you for sharing your knowledge and experiences. You do encourage me! Thank you. And I'm grateful that, in some small way, I can be of help to you. May you have a great class tonight! This is what makes the NIFL listservs so valuable. In the less than 2 years that I have been in the adult literacy field, I have been informed in so many ways in knowing how best to serve our adult learners. Anne Murr Guyer, Barbara wrote: >Dear Anne, Your comments on the Wilson Reading System were beautifully >expressed. Your wording is so descriptive and informative that I plan to >read it to the LD class that I will teach this evening (teacher training >class, not a class of people who are LD). Thanks for brightening my day! >Barbara Guyer > >-----Original Message----- >From: Anne Murr [mailto:anne.murr@drake.edu] >Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 5:17 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: [NIFL-LD:2610] RE: Wilson Reading System > > > Reply to: RE: [NIFL-LD:2588] Wilson Reading System >Amy Battisti-Ashe' wrote: Have those of you using Wilson been trained >formally? Or have you merely bought the books and cards and done the rest on >your own? I'd like to share my experience in starting to use the Wilson >Reading System in our Adult Literacy Center. I first learned about the WRS >last year on this listserv. Barbara Guyer commented that in working with >the college students with learning disabilities, "when all else fails, we go >to the Wilson." For adults who come to us for literacy assistance, all else >HAS failed. We knew we were not providing instruction which helped them >become independent readers, so we felt we must explore what the WRS offered. > >I began by purchasing the Instructor's Manual and other starter materials >(with the help of a donation from a local corporation). Since we are >located in Iowa and the Wilson training center is located in Massachusetts, >I could not attend training before we began implementing the WRS. When I >ordered the starter kit, I asked for some articles which give the rationale >and the "big picture" of the purpose of the WRS, which they graciously sent. >These were most helpful. The Instructor's Manual gives explicit >instructions on what to do, how, and why. The videos are also very >informative. > >I began sharing this information with our volunteer tutors, who have begun >learning the systematic lesson plan procedures. I soon became aware that >to be most effective, I needed the WRS training. In December I attended a >2-day WRS pilot training for adult literacy providers which Barbara Wilson >led. We all stated the we were using the WRS "sort of." Barbara >acknowledged that for those of us in the adult literacy field who have >neither the time nor funds to attend a month-long training, we do as much as >we can with what we know to get started using the WRS. She encouraged us to >continue to go back to the Manual, the videos, and add to our knowledge of >the step-by-step nature of the instructional method. They are exploring a >more "do-able" training model for adult literacy providers. >As I have researched why children (and consequently adults) fail to learn to >read, I have found that most do not connect the sounds (phonemes) to the >letters. They are not able to hear the individual letter sounds within >words. In other words, they lack phonemic awareness. Using the >Orton-Gillingham multisensory method, the Wilson Reading System provides the >systematic, direct instruction persons with language-based learning >disabilities need to gain reading skills. There is a logic and a beauty to >how each introduced skill and concept (along with LOTS of practice) builds >the foundation for further learning. Using sound cards and tapping the >sounds gives adults the opportunity to interact with letter sounds and words >and concepts in way that allows them to trust what they know. > >I encourage you to explore the Wilson Reading System. One man who began to >learn the letter-sound connection said, "No one knew what I didn't know. >They didn't take me back far enough." The "back far enough" is learning the >letter-sound associations - which the WRS gives them the opportunity do. > >Anne Murr, Coordinator >Adult Literacy Center >School of Education >Drake University >3206 University Ave. >Des Moines, IA 50311 >515-271-3982 >anne.murr@drake.edu > > > >RFC822 header >----------------------------------- > > Return-path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> > Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON by ACAD2.DRAKE.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #38167) > id <01JM7WJPDVLS008Q47@ACAD2.DRAKE.EDU> for anne.murr@drake.edu; Tue, > 22 Feb 2000 19:19:36 CDT > Received: from literacy.nifl.gov ([192.188.111.2]) > by ACAD2.DRAKE.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #38167) > with ESMTP id <01JM7WJNLQO6008068@ACAD2.DRAKE.EDU> for anne.murr@drake.edu; > Tue, 22 Feb 2000 19:19:35 -0500 (CDT) > Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) > by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id UAA18832; Tue, > 22 Feb 2000 20:18:10 -0500 (EST) > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:18:10 -0500 (EST) > From: "Guyer, Barbara" <guyerb@marshall.edu> > Subject: [NIFL-LD:2614] RE: Wilson Reading System > Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov > To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> > Errors-to: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov > Reply-to: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov > Message-id: <C1647A6E4877D2119DEF00A0C9D5DD7CC5E5F1@munt02.MARSHALL.EDU> > MIME-version: 1.0 > X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) > Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > Precedence: bulk > Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov > X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas > Anne Murr Adult Literacy Center School of Education Drake University 3206 University Ave. Des Moines, IA 50311 515-271-3982 anne.murr@drake.edu ------------------------------ End of NIFL-LD Digest 875 *************************
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