Teaching a lesson in a Gudschinsky instructional program

The aim of a Gudschinsky lesson is for the learner to develop independence, comprehension and fluency. The parts of the Gudschinsky lesson that support this are

• listening stories
• keywords (or sentences for functor lessons) teaching new elements
• drills teaching the new element in different environments
• word building drills
• reading
• writing, and
• math (or other subject).

Here are some prerequisites to teaching a lesson in a Gudschinsky instructional program:

• You need to understand the philosophy of the Gudschinsky instructional method.

  See:	Beginning the teaching

• You need to prepare primers.

  See:	Planning primer lessons for the Gudschinsky instructional program

• You need to prepare appropriate teaching aids.

  See:	Workshop guide for primer construction (Barnwell, Appendix, Part 5)

Introducing the lesson

• Read a story to the learners>
• Do a language experience activity on the theme of the primer lesson (optional)>

Drills

• Introduce the key picture and the keyword.
• Do the new letter drills (for new letter lessons).
• Do the functor drills (for functor lessons).

Reading

• Read the story.
  1. Have the learners read the story silently.
  2. Ask the learners content questions about the story (avoid yes/no type questions) or find specific phrases.
  3. Have a few of the good readers read the story out loud while the rest of the class follows in their books.
  4. You read the story as the learners listen.
  5. Have the class read the story in unison.

  See:	Use of connected material (Lee, Ch. 9) Workshop guide for primer construction (Barnwell, Appendix, Part 4, #5)

Writing

• Have learners practice writing the new element.
• Have learners write a story of their own (optional).

  See:	Teaching writing(Gud., Ch. 6.3) Writing(Lee, Ch. 10) Workshop guide for primer construction (Barnwell, Step 16)

1. Teach a review lesson.

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

• Gudschinsky primer page sample

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