The lessons in Right Track Reading Lessons and Back on the Right Track Reading Lessons include lots of lists of words for reading. Isn’t it better to have students read real stories than to just read words? Why do the programs use word lists?

This program is designed to develop the necessary skills to read proficiently.  The word lists are used extensively in all the lessons to help the student learn ‘how to read’ and practice correct reading skills.  These decodable word lists are an excellent tool to develop proper reading skills.  To accurately ‘read’ words in a list, the student must phonetically decode the words correctly. Word guessing, context clues, pictures and chanting repetitive text can not be used with word lists. Therefore, these word lists force the student to phonetically decode the word, a critical step to proficient reading! Word list are an excellent tool to teach necessary reading skills not an end objective. These word lists are particularly useful in remedial reading situations.  To read proficiently the child must learn to decode the print phonetically. Of course as the child’s skills develop you absolutely want to have your child read actual books. Start with simple decodable text and then move to more advanced books as the child’s skills improve. With remediation, the student moves into a program of daily guided reading as soon as the core phonologic processing skills are established. To better understand the importance of phonologic processing see the article How Reading Works: The Biologic Process of Proficient Reading and Exciting Scientific Proof - We Can Help Students Learn to Read Proficiently!

Reading is the key that unlocks the door to the vast wealth of information and stories. The purpose of Right Track Reading Lessons and Back on the Right Track Reading Lessons is to help you teach your child or student HOW to read so they become a proficient reader and are able to access the vast knowledge, limitless adventure and wonder of contained in our written language. Continue to share the joy of reading. Keep taking your child to the library.  Read those ‘real books’. Expose your child to true literature. But make sure you also teach your child to read proficiently.

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Additional information, articles and resources on teaching students to read proficiently is located on the Free Reading Information page of the Right Track Reading website.

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This information was written by Miscese Gagen a mother with a passion for teaching children to read proficiently by using effective methods. She is also a successful reading tutor and author of the reading instructional programs Right Track Reading Lessons and Back on the Right Track Reading Lessons. The purpose of this information is to empower parents and teachers with information on teaching children how to read. We CAN improve reading proficiency, one student at a time!  More information is located at www.righttrackreading.com ~ Copyright 2005-2007 Miscese R. Gagen