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  3. Thank you Teri for this transcript. I starting using Diamond Jubilee, but I am seeing the value of learning Simplified, so I just bought the book and this transcript is very helpful.

  4. Thank you for this.  I look forward to being able to work with this document to finally figure out some of the items that I have not been able to resolve.

  6. Send us the sentence and your best guess at the letters you struggle with. Also, try reading them a day later. They often become clear when we stop struggling, or when we carefully look at each sound.

    1. Yeah, usually when I read it later it makes sense. It's often a phrase that throws me, but if it's a word I can usually look it up in the dictionary and figure it out. Thanks for the offer! If I ever get particularly stuck, I will definitely post something.

      1. If I'm really stuck on a word I write out each letter at the top of a column, sometimes two letters if I'm not sure the length. Under each one I write all the things it might be. For Sh, I write sh, tion, trial, ship, shall… That works most of the.  If it doesn't, I try each combination. AAA, AAB,…CAB,…ZZZ. Or I give up and check the key or ask the group. Gregg simplified functional petition to says to check the key in mediately rather than struggle with each a word. My kids' kindergarten teachers said making them sound out words turns reading into a struggle instead of a good story. We found it varied with story, word, and how tired they were.

        I started a list, sorted by Gregg spelling, of what each letter or group of letters can mean, including brief forms, but not words that were mostly spelled out. I stopped updating it several chapters ago. I might go back and update it, but I don't need it as much now.

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