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 NAA00506; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:00:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:00:44 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <Pine.A32.3.96.1000223124654.51284B-100000@falcon.lhup.edu> 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: "Tara A. Ziegler" <tziegler@falcon.lhup.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:2617] Deleted from the list-serv X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Status: O Content-Length: 6560 Lines: 131 I would like to be deleted from this list-serv memebers. Thank you. ********************************** * Tara Ziegler * * Secondary Education (Math) * * Educ 205 and 311...Section 02 * ********************************** On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Anne Murr wrote: > 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 > >
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