CompuRead Level 1 Story 3 Sid and the Fig
Modules 1-3, Beginning Reading and Writing for the Pre-K and Kindergarten Student for Early Reading Intervention
What you will learn
Students will learn sounds of letters; i, ai, l, h
Learn Reading Comprehension Skills of; Literal, Inference, Critical
Learn Picture Comprehension Skills of; Observation, Obvious Clues, Description or Translation, Unobvious Clues
Learn critical skills about reading and spelling such as; body writing, phrases, poems and rhymes.
Early reading intervention for all students beginning their learning to read experience
Why take this course?
NOTE: THE DESCRIPTION BELOW APPLIES TO ALL 3 MODULES
Level 1 Story 3, Sid and the Fig is part of the 68 story lecture series of the CompuRead Multisensory Reading Program.
Level 1 – Story 3, Sid and the Fig is a story about a young boy who’s trying to train his dog, Tag. Sid tries to get his dog, Tag, to sit in a lid, but Tag refuses to do so, until he sees the fig that Sid has.
Our story opens with Tag sitting under a fig tree while Sid is trying to get his dog to sit. This story introduces the letters; i, h, and l in a fun and memorable way.
MODULE 1
The Main Idea or Value Theme, I Will be Kind When I Train My Pet, shows kindness by how well we treat animals and especially others.
The Prestory Background tells of the background is a wonderful and informative background story of our fig seed, Fritz, and how he grows into a fig tree. It begins how Fritz is sorted and selected, along with his “brothers and sisters” to become fig trees and how a fig tree is planted, tended and finally transplanted to become a tree that yields the delicious-tasting fig.
Listening To The Story Without Interruption adds greatly to the learning process. It helps the student to learn in three ways:
Listening with the audio narration
Seeing the words on the computer’s screen
Seeing the words on the screen and how they are spelled and pronounced by the narrator, all in a real human voice, not a computerized voice common in today’s digital learning world.
As with all CompuRead stories, it includes relevant questions with answers to further help the student to fully understand the concepts being taught.
MODULE 2
The Phonics, Writing And Spelling section emphasizes listening. This helps the student to understand how the target sounds, i, h, and l, are formed and sounded along with recognizing the spoken sound.
This section also includes:
Writing Directions
Body Writing
Sound Sentences
Letter Blends, and
Questions about the letters just learned
Fiction And Non-Fiction Writing works with the student in writing about the main idea or value theme as it relates to the student’s own personal experiences. As always, this section provides the student with story starters and synonyms to assist the student in their creative writing efforts.
Vocabulary And Expressive Speaking shows the student how words are expressed in a higher meaning. This greatly enhances the student’s ability to associate lower vocabulary words with higher vocabulary words. Throughout the CompuRead lessons, the Vocabulary and Expressive Speaking section is invaluable in building a powerful and diverse vocabulary for future creative writing and speaking.
MODULE 3
Science Background tells about the science of fig trees and how they are used and where they are grown and is easily understandable for children to fully understand the life cycle of a fig tree.
Story Mapping provides the student with a head start in understanding the story’s structure and layout. It explains many aspect of story construction and flow, demonstrating to the student advanced story telling aspects, concepts and techniques.
Home Fun continues with providing fun and engaging activities the student can do at home to enhance the overall story structure and concepts learned.
The Reading Skills Review provides a way for the student and teacher to review the concepts learned and tracks the student’s progress through the CompuRead program.