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Home : 2002 : Oct : 5
Thank you so much for your response and honesty. In the hope that your friend's opinion was not post-use but based upon first sight, I would like to tell you a little more about them. They were originally written to correlate with six words per day, following the Ayers list, as the original JCS program was written. When the program backed down to 3 words, the stories didn't jive exactly with the daily plans. If you start at about the 12th day of word introductions in the present 1-1 lesson planner, they should work out to about two per week. It really isn't important when they are used, as long as they follow the introduction of the words that are new in the story (an index is in the back). The vocabulary is extremely controlled, with every effort made to use ONLY the words from the Ayers list that have previously been presented. For that reason, they aren't intended to be all that interesting or cute, but to provide practice of the words you're introducing--to develop the automaticity, or pull the words from the sounding/spelling stage into the sight vocabulary. One of the complaints we kept hearing about JCS in those days was that children could sound out words but were not developing a sight vocabulary. In the early years of JCS, it seemed that the kids were doing a great job of learning to decode words but not encountering them often enough to move them into their sight vocabulary. The stories were written with the objective of building fluency while working on comprehension as well. If you're looking for good children's literature, they certainly won't fill the bill, but if you're lookinig for reading practice in a controlled vocabulary text they should be helpful. I appreciate your honesty, but do hope that you will give them a try in spite of your friend's bad review!
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