The National Reading Panel (2000) stated that systematic phonics instruction is a valuable and essential part of a successful classroom reading program. Simon S.I.O. is the multi-level phonics instruction program that engages every student in your classroom. Students are motivated to learn with a tutor that presents skill-building activities that maintain the interest of your diverse classroom. Students learn sounds, build words, practice, discriminate and recall words. Students master decoding skills and increase word recognition fluency so they can continue on to successful reading experiences.
Emergent readers develop core word attack skills
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Lessons introduce new word families and sounds with voice, text and graphic support
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Students drag onsets and rimes to the correct position to complete words
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Students are challenged to transfer what they have learned to new words through spelling and sorting activities
Students achieve word mastery through voice and corrective feedback
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Students are supported with multiple levels of redirection and feedback to make the correct choice
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Students read and record passages with learned words
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On-screen rewards motivate students to self-assess
Teachers track classroom success with built-in data collection
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Detailed reports allow teachers to track class progress and prepare for student and parent evenings
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Reports show your students' progress and areas that need improvement
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Data tracking shows each student's current level and activity, sessions completed, total words, study sounds and words, recorded sentences, accuracy scores and recent activities
Introduces new word families and sounds with voice, text and
picture.
Students drag
onsets and rimes to the correct position to complete the word.
Subtle, grayed-out letters model correct spelling.
Students record the word and listen for self-evaluation.
Simon speaks a word and students select it.
Students are timed as they read a word and select the correct visual.
Students read and record passages with learned words.
Onscreen rewards motivate students to self-assess.
More word-study support:
Contains sessions to small, manageable time periods
Uses letter sounds or phonemic sounds in Spell activity
Prints customized worksheets with identified problem words
Simon S.I.O. Stage 1 - 33 levels, 300 words
Single consonants and common blends
Simon S.I.O. Stage 2 - 33 more levels
More complex blends and diagraphs
Expanded teacher materials: assessment tools, activity extensions,
complete lesson plans and more
Simon S.I.O. was designed by Dr. Ted Hasselbring and Laura Goin out
of the Peabody Learning Lab and is based on the best instructional research and grounded in extensive field-testing. Ted stated, "Because it is
computer-based and incorporates a personal tutor, students move at their own pace, enjoy individualised lessons and feedback and receive extensive practice on the skills necessary for mastering phonological awareness."
How To Implement Into Your Classroom
Simon S.I.O. offers classroom strategies beyond teaching to the middle.
Allow students to work at multiple levels and move at their own pace
Emergent readers develop core word-attack skills, developing readers learn familiar sounds and word families
Classrooms receive repetitive practice making words with onsets and rimes at their own pace.
Teacher support:
Demo mode previews words and sounds in levels and activities — Included!
Words and sounds in the program — at donjohnston.co.uk
