First Words Fast: An Innovative, Compact, and Powerful Early Reading Curriculum
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| Title: | First Words Fast: An Innovative, Compact, and Powerful Early Reading Curriculum |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Spidell, Tammie F., Latty, Jayne |
| Source: | Texas Association for Literacy Education Yearbook. 2018 5:103-109. |
| Availability: | Texas Association for Literacy Education. PO Box 451761, Houston, TX 77245. e-mail: taleyearbook@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.texasreaders.org/yearbooks.html |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Elementary Education Kindergarten Primary Education Grade 1 |
| Descriptors: | Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Beginning Reading, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Phonics, Sight Method, Word Recognition, Associative Learning, Sight Vocabulary, Word Lists, Interaction, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | Jamaica |
| ISSN: | 2374-0590 |
| Abstract: | In a test-driven educational environment, teachers see a great need for more engaging resources that produce the literacy results needed for students to thrive academically. In 2015, The National Assessment of Educational Progress reported that only 36% of fourth graders scored at or above the Proficient level of reading. This statistic was concerning because reading is an essential skill and has been shown to correlate with overall academic success. First Words Fast (FWF), an innovative reading program for beginning readers, provides a research-based curriculum that teaches sounds and sight words systematically and joyfully. The purpose of this paper was to provide an overview of FWF, which aims to provide a solid foundation of early reading skills among students in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1290830 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | In a test-driven educational environment, teachers see a great need for more engaging resources that produce the literacy results needed for students to thrive academically. In 2015, The National Assessment of Educational Progress reported that only 36% of fourth graders scored at or above the Proficient level of reading. This statistic was concerning because reading is an essential skill and has been shown to correlate with overall academic success. First Words Fast (FWF), an innovative reading program for beginning readers, provides a research-based curriculum that teaches sounds and sight words systematically and joyfully. The purpose of this paper was to provide an overview of FWF, which aims to provide a solid foundation of early reading skills among students in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade. |
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| ISSN: | 2374-0590 |
