Letter Sounds Save Their Soul: Book 2: Direct Instruction - Secret to Reading Success for African American Children

Of all the teaching to read methods, Children of Color, especially Black children's reading scores often excel national averages when first taught to read using Direct Instruction. A child introduced to this program at age 4, by the end of kindergarten, will have a 1,979 word reading vocabulary, which consist exclusively of words that he or she can decode, sound-out and comprehend; at a solid 2nd grade skill level! And struggling readers will have gained equally measurable literacy skills. ...