Method of teaching reading

Claim 2

In a method of teaching reading, the steps of 1. presenting the student with material to be read in an orthography consisting of: a. the words to be read in standard type; b. symbols representing the sounds of vowel phonemes and consonant digraphs appearing in the material proximately located to the phonemes and digraphs to assist in pronouncing the sounds, c. markings to designate combined letters forming a single sound, and d. numerical designations in directional sequence of each sound in each word, and 2.

Claim 3

sequencing the sounds of each syllable in the direction of increasing

Claim 4

sequencing the sounds of each syllable in the direction of increasing

Claim 5

numbers. 2. A method as in claim 1 wherein the symbols associated with the standard type consist of representations signifying (a) the short vowel sounds, (b) the long vowel sounds, and (c) the vowel sound associated in English with "moon", "house", "car", "nurse", "book", "saw", "or", "all", and "boy".

Claim 6

A method as in claim 2 wherein the representations signifying the short vowel sounds are an apple, an elephant, an Indian, an octopus and an umbrella.

Claim 7

A method as in claim 1 wherein the symbols associated with digraphs consist of representations signifying "th", "sh", "ch" and "wh".

Claim 8

A method as in claim 1 wherein each of the words in the material presented is selected from a word list in which the word is printed in a first location in standard type and in a second location, visually separable from the first, in the orthography defined in claim 1.

Claim 9

A method as in claim 5 wherein the word list is numerically indexed and color-coded for reading selection of the desired word.

Claim 10

A method as in claim 5 wherein the designated words are given to the student on a sheet having the designated words in standard type on one side and in the orthography of claim 1 on the reverse.

Claim 11

A method as in claim 1 wherein any word improperly read by the student is designated for repetition to enhance learning.

Claim 12

A method as in claim 1 wherein the orthography also includes symbols associated with consonant sounds.

Claim 13

An article of manufacture to aid beginning readers comprising a printing medium bearing 1. one or more words to be read in ordinary characters of the alphabet, 2. a symbol proximately located to each vowel phoneme in each word to suggest the sound of the phoneme, 3. a mark associating each series of letters pronounced as a single sound, and 4. numbers adjacent each letter or letters forming a single sound, the numbers beginning anew with each syllable and increasing in the direction of sound sequencing for proper pronounciation.

Claim 14

An article of manufacture to aid beginning readers comprising a printing medium bearing 1. one or more words to be read in ordinary characters of the alphabet, 2. a symbol proximately located to each vowel phoneme in each word to suggest the sound of the phoneme, 3. a mark associating each series of letters pronounced as a single sound, and 4. numbers adjacent each letter or letters forming a single sound, the numbers beginning anew with each syllable and increasing in the direction of sound sequencing for proper pronounciation.

Claim 15

An article as in claim 10 in which each consonant digraph of each word is symbollically illustrated to suggest its sound.

Claim 16

An article as in claim 10 in which the symbol suggesting the sound appears beneath the word, the numerical designation of sounds is in sequential arabic numerals above each letter or series of letters forming a sound commencing with 1 at the first sound of each symbol, and the mark associating each series of commonly pronounced letters is underscoring.

Claim 17

An article as in claim 10 in which the orthography described appears at one location on the printing medium and the same word or words appears in a standard type font in a visually separable location on the medium, whereby the reader may first look at the words in standard type without looking at the separated orthography and, if not properly read, then observe the orthography.