write to read

In an elementary school that I observed in, the kindergarten and first grade students attended a program called Write to Read. Write to Read is a developmental program where students learned to read by writing what they say, and then reading what they wrote. Each computer was had a set of headphones. The computers phonetically talk to the children. The children choose letters based on what the word sounds like. Write to Read encourages key literacy skills such as reading, listening, speaking and writing. The students not only learned about phonics, they also learned about important computer skills such as typing.