Reading Intervention Program Review: The Sonday System
Description: The Sonday
System instructional materials and methods have been compiled to help
teachers effectively use proven literacy instructional strategies. The Sonday
System is based on Orton-Gillingham instructional principles that have been
well documented over time. The
Orton-Gillingham approach has been the subject of five major reading research
studies over the last 70 years, in 1940, 1956, 1969, 1979, and 1984. Citing these, the National Reading Panel
identified Orton-Gillingham as one of the effective methodologies that address
the needs of struggling readers (National Reading Panel, 2000).
Ages: PreK-Adult
The
Sonday System materials have been
carefully crafted to incorporate the essential components of reading (phonemic
awareness, phonological awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension) and also
integrates a systematic spelling component.
When reading and spelling are taught together, progress is faster,
learning is more secure and the learner becomes a writer as well as a
reader. Spelling offers an opportunity
for kinesthetic/tactile practice through tracing and writing, and provides
immediate diagnostic information regarding sounds, rules, and concepts that
have (or have not) been learned. This
intentional integration allows students to become more proficient at reading
and spelling as well as writing.
Teachers can expand the spelling activities to extended writing
assignments as include comprehension strategies to help children become
independent readers. Reading and writing
skills must be developed sequentially and cumulatively.
The
Sonday System is offered in kits for various settings:- Let’s Play Learn (Early Childhood – PreK and K)
- Sonday System 1 (Beginning Reading and Interventions)
- Sonday System 2 (Intermediate Reading and Interventions)
Evidence
of Effectiveness: Thirteen
years of data collected from school districts using the Sonday System demonstrate a high degree of effectiveness. Educational experts in industry-leading,
organizations such as the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), the
International Dyslexia Association (IDA), and Reading First offices in several
states have independently evaluated the Sonday
System and found that the program contained the required elements for
successful reading identified by the National Reading Panel (2000). Additional information, including the Sonday System effectiveness reports and
how to access the analysis reports from NCLD and IDA is available at www.winsorlearning.com.
Teacher
Training: Winsor
Learning provides extensive training, coaching, and consulting services to
support the use of the Sonday System. With ongoing, sustained professional development
that includes initial training and follow-up coaching, teachers learn through
explanation, demonstration and role playing.
The strategies are consistent with those recommended by the National
Reading Panel (2000).
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