Taster Video Content
- Start – Background of TRT
- 2:50 – Basic concepts – differences between struggling and accomplished readers.
- 6:30 – a different perspective on the same thing: 7 things an accomplished reader brings to the task.
- 14:45 – conclusion and overview of materials
TRT~GO Course Contents
Lesson One – The Underpinnings of TRT – 46 minutes + exercise time
(Tricia talks quite a lot and you do a bit of figuring out.)
1:1 Free Taster – The Background & Basics of TRT – 18 minutes
1:2 6 Key Ingredients – “The Deal” and more – 10 minutes
1:3 Your Job – Talking them off ledges – 10 minutes
1:4 Sounds & Their Symbols – and why we don’t teach blends – 8 minutes + exercise time
Lesson 2 – Foundation Levels – Assessment & Short Words – 49 minutes
(From here on in, Tricia keeps talking, but there are also video clips so you can see what the lessons look like in action.)
2:1 Assessment – 16 minutes
2:2 Building with Charts – 17 minutes
2:3 Reading and Spelling Short Words – 16 minutes
Lesson 3 – Foundation Levels – Long Words – 52 minutes
3:1 Building with Puzzle Pieces – 26 minutes
3:2 Reading and Spelling Long Words – 10 minutes
3:3 Decodability & Reading Sentences – 16 minutes
Lesson 4 – Finishing Up Foundations – 70 minutes
4:1 sh/ch/th – 33 minutes
4:2 Split Vowels – 18 minutes
4:3 Rest of Foundations & Extra Support Lessons – 19 minutes
Lesson 5 – Advanced Levels – 54 minutes + exercise time
5:1 Look the Same ~ Sound Different – 17 minutes
5:2 Sound the Same ~ Look Different – 19 minutes
5:3 Advanced Puzzles & Rest of the Advanced Levels – 18 minutes + exercise time
Lesson 6 – Real Reading & Final Word – 27 (or 57) minutes
6:1 Getting the most out of real text – 21 minutes
6:2 Final Word – getting started with your first TRT student – 6 minutes
6:3 Optional – Jack’s First Lesson – unedited – 30 minutes