Literacy Council of Montgomery County, MD Workshop Handout
Rev. 2-16-2015
Laubach Way to Reading: Books and Subject Matter
You have been given a packet of materials that has been assembled specifically for your student based on his/her intake evaluation. Thus, two students at the same level may have a different combination of books. After working with your student for a few weeks, you may find that additional resources are needed to address issues that were not readily apparent during the intake evaluation. This document lists additional resources that can be provided by LCMC.
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Literacy Council of Montgomery County, MD Workshop Handout
Rev. 2-16-2015
Level 4Level 4 (gold) is the highest level in the Laubach series. Students graduate from the LCMC program upon completion. These materials focus on:
♦ 882 new words ♦ Completes basic phonics for ♦ Interpreting moods and settings
♦ Other vowel sounds (e.g., oo, independent reading ♦ Understanding an author’s purpose
ou, au, oi) ♦ Inference ♦ Using the dictionary
♦ Different sounds for the same ♦ Cause and effect
consonant letter ♦ Drawing conclusions
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Literacy Council of Montgomery County, MD Workshop Handout
Rev. 2-16-2015
Tutor Manuals / Student Books / Additional Student ResourcesManuals are on loan from the LCMC library and must be returned.
§ Reading Teacher’s Manual 4 [for ESL and BL tutors] – This is the primary teaching tool. The manual contains 24 lessons. Each lesson begins with a list of specific objectives and suggested visual aids. The lessons are organized into two sections: reading, and writing. There is no conversation section because adult learners at this level have basic language skills. However, ESL tutors will address conversation issues with supplementary materials.
§ Focus on Phonics 4 Teacher’s Manual – This material is organized to correspond with the concepts presented in the word charts and stories. For example, Practice 1A and 1 B correspond to Lesson 1, 2A corresponds to Lesson 2, and so forth. / These are given to students at the first tutoring session and are theirs to write in and keep.
§ Laubach Way to Reading 4: Other Vowel Sounds and Consonant Spellings (previously titled Student Skill Book 4) – This is the primary resource for students. It addresses the same lessons depicted in the teacher’s manual. Each lesson contains: a chart with specific words; a story that uses the chart words; a practice section based on the story; and homework. The teacher’s manual refers to this as the student skillbook.
§ Focus on Phonics 4 – The exercises in this book correspond to the letters/sounds presented in the Student Skill Book. They provide additional practice in reading, pronouncing, and writing letters and sounds.
§ Laubach Way to Reading 4 – Workbook – This workbook focuses on grammar and sentence structure. There is no accompanying teacher’s manual. However, suggestions for using this workbook appear in the Teacher’s manual. / These are on loan from the LCMC library and must be returned unless otherwise specified.
§ More Stories 4 – This is a collection of stories that are organized by Lesson number. They provide additional reading practice, using the same letters/sounds, that appear in the Student Skill Book.
§ Correlated reader: People and Places – This contains stories that are used in conjunction with the last lesson in the Student Skill Book. The Teacher’s manual provides instructions for the appropriate use of this book.
§ Student Lines – These are short stories that correspond to specific lessons in the Student Skill Book. They are printed on yellow paper (to correspond to the color of the student’s books) and can be obtained from the LCMC library. Students may keep these.
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