Product Review

Pat Doran's Phonics Steps to Reading Success (PSRS) is fast paced, easy to teach and easy to learn. No teaching experience is required. WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM PSRS? PSRS can be taught to children, youth, and adults of all ages who are struggling with reading. PSRS is excellent for many people with symptoms of dyslexia who simply may not have been taught to read correctly. PSRS is excellent for any readers who want to improve their word-reading accuracy. PSRS is excellent for English language learners. WHY IS PSRS IMPORTANT? Readers must have 3 skills: accurate reading of every word in the passage or text; vocabulary that is the understanding of the meanings of the words we use; sufficient background information about what is being read, including knowledge of the grammar. PSRS lays the foundation for accurate reading AND increased vocabulary. With those skills, readers can read to learn. WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF PSRS? PSRS is explicit, systematic, direct instruction of phonics concepts. The full-color, color-coded format is fun and effective. Teachers use a 1-2-3 format: (1) Teacher reads; (2) Student reads; (3) Student takes s a spelling quiz. It is THAT SIMPLE! WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF PSRS? No teaching experience required; teaching instruction included. Takes on average about 10-20 instructional hours to complete. (English language learners and young children will take longer, of course.) Improves reading scores from 1-6 years after about 20 instructional hours. Improves reading success, self-esteem. Negative behavior decreases. Learners have immediate success. Learners can immediately use what they are learning in other daily reading tasks. PSRS corrects or reverses error-causing strategies such as guessing, skipping of unfamiliar words, word substitution or reading the first couple of letters and completing with something other than the word to be read. PSRS improves spelling!!