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Why Rocket
Phonics gets such amazing results
After
millions of dollars of research done over three decades, the
steps in learning to read are summarized in the book Put
Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching
Children to Read. This book was developed by The Center
for Improvement of Early Reading Achievement for the US
Department of Education.) The steps are: phonemic
awareness, phonics, fluency and comprehension.
These
are steps on a spiral staircase where each turn brings the
reader to a higher level. Until
recently, one step has eluded researchers.
The step between phonics and fluency where a reader can decode
fast enough to read as fast as he or she speaks (the
definition of fluency.)
Fluency
allows the speed of reading to approach the speed of thinking
so that the child doesn't forget the beginning of the sentence
by the time he reaches the end promoting comprehension.
At
the same time that Put Reading First was released a
UCLA analysis of Rocket Phonics suggested a solution was found.
Our students gained nearly four months of skill for
every month gained by other methods. In Rocket Phonics
children learn to read by using its unique phonics system until they become
sight words. Sight words increase reading speed, developing
fluency!
Let's
review the steps great readers master.
1.
Phonemic
Awareness
(The
single most important predictor of reading success is phonemic
awareness.) Christensen,
C. A. (1997). “Onset, Rhymes and Phonemes in Learning to Read.” Scientific Studies of Reading , 1
(4). p. 341 - 358.
Our
First Level Educational Games
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Play & Read Cards
Our
Play & Read Cards introduce 36 sound -
letter combinations which allow your child to pronounce and
read every word in the English Language! Your child can
play - Go Fish, Concentration or Play & Read Baseball.
These cards are great for preschool kids to develop this skill
and for early readers to reinforce it.
Two sets of 36
cards representing all the sounds needed to pronounce all the
words in the English language. Printed in full-color on
high-quality card stock, each 2.5” X 3.5”card shows one
sound and a picture containing that sound. Included are
instructions for over six games and variations to learn all
the sounds. Variations to best meet the needs of students’
different learning styles are included also.
2.
Real Phonics
One Letter, One Sound -- No Exceptions
We then provide these sounds as helpers so the
child can read. [Notice in the example below the i in
wise is gray and underneath is ie (the long i
sound).] These helpers end the guessing and the frustration
for beginning readers.
This is what separates Rocket Phonics from other phonics systems. It's what makes Rocket Phonics the most effective phonics system for teaching children to read. Preschool
kids and early readers who have mastered phonemic awareness
can play at this level.
Our
Second level Educational Games - Treasure Hunt or Simon Says
in the workbook.
If you have the Play & Read Cards and you want to see if
this step is fun for your child or you just want more fun
games then get the Treasure Hunt.
Your child will love reading and following the rhyming
clues — and finding the Rocket Phonics treasure in these two
fun hunts!
The clues are written both with and without Rocket
Phonics’ unique “helpers”, so very early readers can
read beyond their grade levels to figure out clues and find
the treasure! Prompted and unprompted clues, “treasure”
(such as sticky hands, kazoos, etc.) all included and ready
for fun.
1
or more children - readers ages 5+
Treasure
for 4 included!
Using our book of games and stories, your child will start
right off playing games to learn symbols and begin blending
them into words he reads out loud -- in the first lesson! 3.
Sight
Words Because
our helpers allow the child to use phonics without guessing
our modified games, riddles, jokes and stories allow your
child to read the most
common words in print. As your child progresses, the
helpers are dropped away. By the end most
children will recognize over 700 sight words. (A sight
word is a word read in less than a second.) Our
700+ sight words cover about 75% of
all the words your child will ever read! (Most
other systems contain 300 or less "commonly used
words")
4.
Fluency
Fluency is reading aloud
at the rate in which you talk. The reading rate picks
up speed as the child recognizes more sight words and
practices reading aloud which happens naturally as he reads
the jokes and game clues to you! (Click here for a simple way
to assess your child's fluency.)
5.
Comprehension
Comprehension is understanding what was read.
This includes: facts, sequence, topic/main point, evaluation,
inference, and vocabulary. Games and jokes by there nature
show whether the child understands. And when the child starts
reading Aesop's fables - classic stories with "meat" in them -
the discussion of the moral brings out these other aspects of
comprehension.
Results
Integrating the reading research with fun
games generates
incredible success! Normal reading progress is considered to be one reading
grade level per year, but Rocket Phonics gets over three times that rate. Rocket Phonics gives your child
a competitive edge in the classroom and out.
In a
study by the University of
California, forty-three home-schooled students ranging in
age from 5 to 9 and reading at an early first grade level were
randomly divided into a Rocket Phonics reading group and a
control group. The control group was given a standard reading
program. After only three months, the control group gained an
average of 2.3 months in grade level, while the Rocket Phonics
group gained an impressive 8.9 months in reading grade level.
The more Rocket Phonics workbook pages read by the children,
the greater the grade level gains regardless of age.
Professor James Catterall, UCLA Graduate School of
Education, who evaluated the results of the study, noted: "No
one who did more than one (Rocket Phonics) lesson failed to
improve his or her skills."
A Superior Teaching Tool
Rocket Phonics gives parents a teaching tool superior in
quality and results for their dollar. We double the "commonly used words"
vocabulary to over 600 words and contains six years of reading in
one kit! There is nothing more to buy.
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What’s
in the Rocket
Phonics kit:
- Two
big books of games, jokes, stories (1st
– 6th grade) and complete phonics
instruction
- Blue
folder containing:
- Seven
Common Word Lists, so you and your child
can see progress
- Additional
bingo sheets – so more kids can play,
or parent and child can play
- Rocket
peeker:
Young kids can be overwhelmed by words on a
page, so we include the peeker to help him
focus. He has fun showing one word in the
window. For a kinesthetic learner or
dyslexic reader, touching the peeker (or his
finger to the page) helps the connection between
the words on the page and your child’s brain.
As he progresses, he can use it to focus on one
line at a time, like kids use a ruler or paper.
- Play
& Read Cards –
2 sets of 36 colorful cards showing the sounds of
English
- Bingo
Chips
– 50 chips to play the games
- Two
Treasure Hunts –
with prizes! Each clue of two or three rhyming
sentences leads to the next, and finally the
prize. Easy for beginning readers – each clue
has helpers on one side, no helpers on the other.
Kids of all ages want to play these again and
again. So easy for you to use, too. Each clue
tells you where to hide it.
And
Free Bonus Gifts – Remember:
Even if you decide to return Rocket Phonics with our
100% satisfaction 90-day guarantee, you get to keep
all your bonus gifts! |
Satisfaction Guaranteed
We're so confident that you and your children will
learn to read that we give you a full 90 days to try it for
yourself. If you're not completely satisfied with your child's
reading improvement, we'll refund your
purchase price (shipping and handling not included).
A
reading program for K – third grade (ages 4 – 9).
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