top of page

AFFIRM (SAY) DAILY!


I HAVE THE POWER

I CAN READ

I HAVE THE POWER

JUST A SEED

BUT I WILL GROW

AND I WILL KNOW

EVERY WORD

THERE IS TO NEED

I HAVE THE POWER

I CAN READ!

PLEASE CONTINUE

Welcome to:


'FORTUNE

COOKIE

COLLEGE'


HOME OF


300 + 1


THREE HUNDRED PLUS ONE


A KEY READING PROGRAM


SURPASSED BY NONE

'4' PARENTS

'4' MENTORS

'4' STUDENTS:


THIS IS

A POETICALLY PRESENTED PROGRAM


HANDS-ON


DESIGNED TO HELP

STRENGTHEN

READING SKILLS.


A PREREQUISITE IS:


MASTERY OF THE PRINTED

ALPHABET LETTERS


BOTH


UPPER CASE:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ


and


lower case:

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.


WE ARE LEARNING TO

RECOGNIZE ON SIGHT

THE


300 + 1


MOST USED WORDS

IN THE

AMERICAN-ENGLISH LANGUAGE.


WE ARE LEARNING THEM

IN ORDER OF THEIR

FREQUENCY OF USE.


WE ARE MAKING VERY SPECIFIC

FLASH/PRACTICE CARDS

ON 3x5 LINED INDEX CARDS

(AT THE RATE OF 1 OR 2

CARDS PER DAY, preferably.

A RELIABLE


MENTOR


is


HIGHLY RECOMMENDED,

EVEN A PHONE MENTOR WOULD DO.


A SCHOOL SETTING IS ALSO

QUITE FEASIBLE. IN SCHOOLS

THE STRONGER READERS

COULD MENTOR THOSE IN NEED.


WE RECOMMEND CREDIT/INCENTIVES

FOR BOTH LEARNER AND MENTOR;

FOR EXAMPLE, COMMUNITY SERVICE

CREDITS, POSSIBLY LEADING TO

WORK-SCHOLARSHIPS.


A STUDIOUS STUDY

ATMOSPHERE

IS NEEDED DAILY.


TIME: ABOUT 25 MINUTES

PER CARD-CREATING SESSION,

NO MORE.


A BENEFICIAL SIDE-EFFECT

IS

SELF-DISCIPLINE.


THE

FLASH-PRACTICE CARDS

NEED TO BE RUBBER BANDED

AND

FLASHED

OFTEN.


DEVELOP A ROUTINE FOR THIS;

FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY BATHROOM TRIP

ETC.

OTHER IDEAS WELCOME (FAX TO

813-782-3094 BY SUNDOWN, Eastern U.S.A.)


THIS PROGRAM HAS THE

POTENTIAL TO HELP AT

ANY AGE


ANY STAGE.


THE FIRST 100 WORDS

ALREADY GIVE YOU HALF

1 / 2

or

50%

OF THE READING 'PUZZLE', ACCORDING TO

DR. E.B. FRY-PhD

READING RESEARCHER.


AND ALWAYS REMEMBER


"I HAVE THE POWER

I CAN READ."


(from page 4 of All Children 'R' Gifted,

available online

@

rosedogbookstore.com

LET'S START WITH


'COOKIE' #1


I HAVE THE POWER!


(AFFIRM DAILY)


I HAVE THE POWER

I CAN READ

I HAVE THE POWER!

JUST A SEED . . .

BUT I WILL GROW

AND I WILL KNOW

EVERY WORD

THERE IS TO NEED

I HAVE THE POWER!

I CAN READ.


(from page 4 of All Children 'R' Gifted)

COOKIE' #2


300 + 1


READING 'RAP'


BACKBONE WORDS

BACKBONE WORDS


OF OUR LANGUAGE

YOURS AND MINE


WE WILL LEARN THEM

IN DUE TIME


FREEDOM FREEDOM

IN DUE TIME!


Dedicated to all those students who

have heard the discouraging words,

"He can't read" or "She can't read"

(yet!).

NOW . . .


BUY YOURSELF SOME INDEX CARDS

LINED 3 x 5's


AND LET US START!

THEN . . .

WE WILL SHOW YOU

WHAT TO DO

TO

MAKE STRONGER

THE READER

ALREADY

IN

YOU!

'COOKIE' #3


NOW

WORD 'One'

IS

YOURS TO START

LET US

MAKE IT

A WORK OF

ART.

NUMBER EACH CARD

JUST LIKE THIS:


1 TO 10 11 TO 20 21 TO 30


IN THREE COLUMNS

UP AND DOWN

(IF 30 WON'T FIT

27 WILL DO)


USE THE BLUE BLUE LINES

YES, BLUE BLUE BLUE.


NOW. . .


ADD YOUR NAME

YOUR FIRST NAME DO

ON THE RED RED LINE

JUST DO DO DO.


ADD APOSTROPHE 'S'


'S


NOW THE FIST CARD YOU'LL MAKE

WILL BELONG


e-x-c-l-u-s-i-v-e-l-y


TO YOU!


NOW ...


FLIP YOUR CARD OVER AND PRINT

THE

REAL

LARGE

THAT VERY SAME WORD

YOUR VERY VERY FIRST


FLASH CARD


FLASH YOUR CARDS REAL OFTEN

AS . . .


. . . AS YOUR CARD PILE GROWS

RUBBER BANDING RECOMMENDED

TO STORE YOUR COLLECTION


AND FLASH OFTEN


FOR R-E-C-O-LL-E-C-T-I-O-N!


NOW!


PRINT PRINT PRINT

ON THOSE BLUE BLUE

LINES

' 'Cookie' #4

THE

IS THE WORD

THE

THE

THE

SOUNDS A LOT LIKE

HUH

HUH

HUH

NOW

PRINT YOUR 'THE'

THOSE 30 (thirty) TIMES

ON YOUR VERY

FIRST CARD

ON THOSE

BLUE BLUE LINES.

'Cookie' #5

ONE CARD

PER WORD

IS

ALL YOU NEED

SOON YOU WILL SEE

YOUR BETTER

SPEED!


THESE WORDS BELOW

ARE YOURS

TO DO

JUST LIKE THE

THE

YOUR CARD

BY YOU


TRY ONE

A DAY

NO MORE

THAN 2

WE HAVE

ALL KINDS OF

FAITH

IN YOU.


YOU DO YOUR PART

WE KNOW YOU'RE

SMART

THEN WE WILL MAKE

GREAT PROGRESS

TRUE

WE ONLY WANT

THE BEST FOR YOU


SO GET IT TOGETHER


AND

DO

DO

DO!

'Cookie' #6

THE FIRST 100 WORDS


WHEN LEARNED ON SIGHT


WILL MAKE CLEARER


TO YOU


50%


OF THE WORDS

(according to Dr. E.B. Fry, PhD, Reading Researcher)


PEOPLE USUALLY


WRITE:

ONE CARD PER WORD

FOR YOU TO DO

DO BOTH SIDES

FOLLOW THROUGH!

THE(is #1)

OF

AND

TO

A

IN