MTC begins with activities focused on blending, segmenting, and analyzing sounds. Students practice breaking words into individual phonemes and combining isolated sounds into complete words. Through exercises in encoding, decoding, and writing, the reversible nature of the code becomes clear.
A great reading program must:
• Teach underlying skills
• Use a sound-to-code basis
• Handle the alternative spelling of sounds and the code overlap
Your student is a candidate if:
below grade level in reading
struggle with identifying sounds, words, and spelling
slow working memory
short attention span
difficult with reading fluidity (reading smoothly)
How it works
MTC uses a set of techniques that result in rapid mastery and automation of reading and spelling, as seen below.
Immediate Feedback
Using one-on-one training allows for immediate correction of errors and encouragement of correct responses.
Concentration/Focus
Drills are used that require a student’s full attention which brings quicker results since more time is spent on a singular task.
Sequencing
The presentation of information from simple to complex in small steps results in quick and easy mastery.
Stretching
Activities are used that challenge or stretch the student to improve.
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Acquiring automation and the mastery of skills to a subconscious level by adding task upon task, concurrently.
