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INSTRUCTIONS PETERSON READING: 1 Meaning phrases There are three components of the Peterson Reading System: Test 3-3-3 Peterson Reading 4-4-4 Accelerated Thinking 5-5-5. We teach reading, writing and English through: high speed lessons successful practices teacher modeling and multi-modality learning. Kinesthetic and tactile memories of the mouth, arms and hands reinforce visual and auditory memories. The system provides faster and easier steps to fluent reading, writing and speaking. Used with students and adults of all ages. You don’t have to speak English to teach English with Peterson Reading. We provide all materials including audio MP3 recordings and printable lessons. Download from our website www.literacyfree.com.

MEMORY TRIGGERS TEST Teaches_____________________________ ____________________________________ high speed___________________________ practices_____________________________ modeling____________________________ multi-modality________________________ memories____________________________ ____________________________________ reinforce_____________________________ ____________________________________ fluent_______________________________ ____________________________________ all ages______________________________ ____________________________________ speak English_________________________ ____________________________________ materials_____________________________ ____________________________________ download____________________________ ____________________________________ three components_____________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Copyright 2005 Carl Peterson

INSTRUCTIONS TEST 3-3-3: 2 Short one-topic tests with no wrong answers. Incorporate reading, listening, writing, speaking and memory skills. Students learn skills that can be used on other tests and gain testing confidence. Students learn to: think quickly match up key words re-scan text self-correct look for contextual clues synthesize information write short essays The more students write the more skills they develop. An observant teacher will see improvement from one 3-3-3 test to the next, and on other tests. INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Print out the test. 2. Listen to the audio 3 times and fill in memory triggers. 3. Tell-back between partners 1.5 minutes each. 5. Fast-write on the back for 3 minutes.

MEMORY TRIGGERS TEST tests_________________________________ _____________________________________ skills________________________________ ____________________________________ other tests____________________________ _____________________________________ confidence____________________________ _____________________________________ think_________________________________ match________________________________ clues_________________________________ synthesize_____________________________ essays________________________________ write_________________________________ _____________________________________ improvement__________________________ _____________________________________ print_________________________________ listen________________________________ _____________________________________ tell-back______________________________ _____________________________________ fast-write_____________________________ _____________________________________ Copyright 2005 Carl Peterson

INSTRUCTIONS PETERSON READING 4-4-4: 3 Meaning Phrases Students chorus along with a recording that pronounces each meaning phrase. Students copy and/or trace the printed phrases for the next eight repetitions. Students hear and speak each phrase twelve times: 4 times chorusing aloud 8 times with inner speech Students gradually learn the letter and word sounds in meaningful contexts. Successes encourage them to try new sounds. Students learn meaningful phrases that comprise 90 percent of our language. Students read with the recording at normal speaking speeds, rather than slow “sound it out” techniques. There are few baby words. This is real reading. Students immediately feel they are readers, and they are.

MEMORY TRIGGERS TEST chorus_______________________________ ____________________________________ meaning phrases_______________________ ____________________________________ copy/trace____________________________ ____________________________________ hear and speak________________________ ____________________________________ 4 times______________________________ 8 times______________________________ sounds______________________________ ____________________________________ contexts_____________________________ ____________________________________ new sounds__________________________ ____________________________________ 90 percent____________________________ ____________________________________ speaking speeds_______________________ ____________________________________ baby words___________________________ ____________________________________ alphabet_____________________________ ____________________________________ real reading__________________________ ____________________________________ Copyright 2005 Carl Peterson

INSTRUCTIONS ACCELERATED THINKING 5-5-5: 4 Improves upon students’ reading, writing and speaking skills. Teaches academic subjects through a series of listening, note-taking, tell-backs and fast-writes. Allows new information to be processed and stored before it is overwritten by later material. Can be used by teachers to deliver any lesson and by parents to help children study. Teachers can prepare recordings of textbook chapters or use any available audio lessons. INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Students listen to a live or recorded reading and take notes on a memory pattern or sheet of guide phrases for 5 minutes. 2. Students tell-back to a partner from their notes for 5 minutes. 3. Students fast-write in paragraph form from memory for 5 minutes.

MEMORY TRIGGERS TEST improves______________________________ _____________________________________ teaches_______________________________ _____________________________________ processed_____________________________ _____________________________________ overwritten____________________________ _____________________________________ teachers_______________________________ ______________________________________ parents________________________________ ______________________________________ prepare________________________________ ______________________________________ audio_________________________________ ______________________________________ listen_________________________________ _____________________________________ notes_________________________________ ______________________________________ tell-back_______________________________ ______________________________________ fast-write______________________________ ______________________________________ Copyright 2005 Carl Peterson

EDUCATIONAL SIMPLICITY 1 Meaning Clusters What degree of simplicity do we need in education? Students must focus on learning rather than listening to the teacher talk. Variety scatters student thoughts. It clutters their minds with meaningless information. Disorganized presentations disengage students. They are too busy learning new instructions instead of new material. Students need a consistent structure and clarity. Random stimuli already fill many children’s lives. Teach children more effectively by only changing the information. Let computers handle the complex task of delivering the information. Let teachers handle the simple task of deciding what the students need to learn.

MEMORY TRIGGERS TESTS ______________simplicity_____________ ____________________________________ ______________focus__________________ ____________________________________ Variety_____________________________ ____________________________________ _____clutters_________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________instructions_______ ____________________________________ _________consistent___________________ ____________________________________ Random_____________________________ ____________________________________ ______computers_____________________ ____________________________________ _______teachers______________________ ____________________________________ Speed Learning Format by Carl Peterson ©2005