DISTAR also used different orthographic representations (different symbols,
kind of like linguists use to represent sounds) when letters or combinations
of letters made different sounds. So there'd be two different
representations of /th/, /c/, /g/, and of course all the vowel combinations.
It made
Modern Curriculum Press (producers of the "plaid" phonics books that are
still around today) started publishing in 1963. They focused on primary
learners and provided a phonics-based learn-to-read program. Thankfully, I
could already read when I started school, so I was spared such indignities!
La
I don't often post, but I can totally relate to your dilemma. I have a small
group of students who can all decode (some close to their grade levels, at
8/9) in the purest sense, but not to make meaningful words, and who all have
serious gaps in comprehension. They have had a lot of specific
interve
