Preparing a primer for the Gudschinsky instructional program

Preparing a primer for the Gudschinsky instructional program

by	Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)

Introduction

The primer is only one part of the Gudschinsky instructional program, and is supplemented by other parts such as language experience stories (LEA) and numeracy exercises.

There are three types of lessons in the Gudschinsky primer:

New letter lessons
New functor lessons
Review lessons

Tip:

This module is based on three books:

A manual of literacy for preliterate peoples by Sarah Gudschinsky
Literacy primers The Gudschinsky method by Ernest Lee
A Workshop guide for primer construction by Katharine Barnwell

Because the last book is an external document, each link to it opens a PDF file using the Acrobat Reader program and displays the first page of the book. You can jump to a specific location in the book by using the appropriate bookmark in the outline window.

See:

Navigating in external PDF documents with Acrobat Reader

Prerequisites

Here are some prerequisites for preparing a primer for the Gudschinsky instructional program:

You need to develop language data.
You need to have a thorough understanding of the philosophy on which the Gudschinsky instructional program is based.

See:
Beginning the teaching (Gudschinsky)
You need to review Steps in the construction of literacy primers (Gudschinsky)

Things to do

Here are the things to do when you prepare a primer for the Gudschinsky instructional program:

Determine elements in the language that need to be taught.
See:
Inventory of elements to be taught (Lee)

Controlled introduction of elements (Gudschinsky)

Step 1 (Barnwell)
Determine frequency and productivity of symbols and functors in the language.
See:
The criterion of difficulty (Gudschinsky)

The criterion of productivity (Gudschinsky)

Step 2 (Barnwell)
Tip:
You may want to use the Primer program to help you with this step.
Determine the order in which the elements will be introduced in the primer.
See:
Basic criteria for determining progression of intr... (Lee)

Planning primer content (Gudschinsky)

Step 4 and 5.3 (Barnwell)
Plan primer lessons.
Make a chart showing the progression of the lessons.

See:
Charting the primer progression (Lee)
Prepare teachers instructions.

See:
Appendix, Part 4 (Barnwell)
Determine the number of lessons to include in each primer if you are planning series of primers.

See:
General advice for the planning stage (Gudschinsky)
Test the primer.

Sample: Primer pages
	Here are some sample primer pages from the Gudschinsky instructional program:
	Gudschinsky primer page sample

Sources
	A manual of literacy for preliterate peoples Literacy primers The Gudschinsky method A workshop guide for primer construction

Context for this page:

Task module: Preparing a primer for the Gudschinsky instruction..., by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
In task module: Developing primers, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
In task module: Developing materials to teach reading and writing
In task module: Developing instructional materials, by Trudy K. Stewart, Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Trudi C. Hunt (contributor)
In task module: Developing an instructional program, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Patricia M. Davis (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
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.]

Page content last modified: 22 October 1999