The Laubach lesson

A typical lesson in a Laubach Literacy International instructional program includes the introduction of new phonic sounds, practice drilling the phonic sound, practice reading the story and writing the new sounds.

Here are the typical parts of a Laubach lesson:

• Language experience activity (optional)
• Introduction and review of new letter from a keyword and key picture
• Review of keyword and new words in a story
• Story read by learners with help from a tutor as needed
• Questions about the story
• Other activities for teaching reading and writing as appropriate
• Review of letters from previous lessons.
• New letters and words written to reinforce reading, letter formation, and spelling
• Creative writing

Here is an example of a Laubach primer page and lesson:

• Laubach primer page sample

• The Laubach Literacy International instructional program

• Laubach, Kirk and Laubach 1981

• Structure module: Laubach lesson, by Martha A. Lane (contributor) and Leah B. Walter (contributor)
• In overview module: Current instructional programs, by Leah B. Walter, Glenys Waters, and Trudy K. Stewart (editor)
• In overview module: Instructional programs, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Glenys Waters (contributor)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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