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BENEFITS
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ADMINISTRATOR
BENEFITS
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STUDENT
POPULATIONS:
"NO STUDENT WILL BE LEFT BEHIND"
President George W. Bush
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TARGET
AUDIENCE
Sunform is intended to be introduced in kindergarten, mastered
in first grade, and used for automaticity in second grade in
preparation for cursive writing in the third grade.
BROAD EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS
Although a K-3 program, students using Sunform range in chronological
age from four years old to college, from low intellectual functioning
to academically gifted and talented, from regular education
classrooms to Title I, ESL, Special Education settings, including
LD Resource, Inclusion, and Self-Contained LD and EMH.
DIVERSE
POPULATIONS
Sunform is being used successfully across cultural and socio-economic
levels, which range from suburbs to inner city schools.
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VERSATILITY
AND COMPATIBILITY
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is a supplementary phonics based beginning reading writing spelling
program that is compatible with and enhances all
reading programs. Teacher consensus is unanimous. |
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UNIFORMITY
AND QUALITY CONTROL
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instruction is expected because lessons are written verbatim,
guiding every teacher to pronounce sounds and teach motor movements
for writing, identically. |
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COST
EFFECTIVE
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PRODUCTIVITY
Sunform,
which targets and eradicates certain reading and writing problems,
such as letter reversals, gives school districts the opportunity
to redirect and reallocate financial resources enabling them
to focus on more serious problems.
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HIGH
QUALITY AND DURABILITY
Sunform
has never replaced a single kit or any portion, due to wear,
during the eight years of use in nearly 1,000 educational settings. |
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IN-SERVICE
TRAINING
Sunform
in Action is a demonstration teaching video showing actual
classroom instruction of all five phases of Sunform. This informative
resource is exciting to watch in its entirety as it unveils
student's learning to read and write before your very eyes.
Conviently digitized, this video (included with the kit)
allows teachers to concentrate on each phase or day-to-day instruction.
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THE
BOTTOM LINE
Sunform is cost effective. To date, with a minimum durability
of 8 years, Sunform costs less than $10 per student to teach
beginning reading, writing and spelling. This alone is significantly
less than the annual cost of disposable handwriting books,
(which for Sunform are unnecessary).
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TEACHER
BENEFITS
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EASY
TO TEACH
Sunform is easy to teach. Lessons are verbatim on the back of
each device.
EFFICIENT
Letter
sounds are mastered in as few as 10 twenty-minute sessions,
eliminating the need for the traditional approach of one sound
per week.
Sunform's pictures help students blend sounds into words with
ease.
Letter formations become fluid and students write with automaticity
because of Sunform's progressive motor plan.
19 Sunform Manuscript letters transition to Sunform's Cursive
with the One Basic Connective Stroke. Students confidently say
they "know" cursive before they are taught.
Consistent instructional language is used throughout the manuscript
and cursive programs.
EFFECTIVE
Sound-symbol
correspondence mastery for consonants and short vowels is typically
realized in as few as 10 twenty-minute sessions.
Blending sounds into words using pictures, clues, and abstract
symbols provides students with immediate success.
Letter formations are directionally correct (few reversals),
well integrated (closed), and legible.
Productivity (long stories) is a direct result of automaticity;
eliminating the need to concentrate on the mechanics of writing
gives students the freedom to develop ideas.
DIAGNOSTIC
A motor plan diagnostic chart appears on the back of each device,
allowing teachers to see and diagnose at a glance what is interfering
with a student's letter formation, i.e. reversals and how to
correct it. This is elaborated upon in the manual.
PROVIDES REMEDIATION
The manual provides exact Sunform language necessary to eradicate
problems and assist students in forming legible letters. |
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