The Letter People
The Letter People
- Research on Effects and classroom processes
- US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences:
- Two studies of Let’s Begin with the Letter People met WWC evidence standards. The curriculum was found to have no discernible effects on oral language and potentially positive effects on print knowledge and phonological processing.
- Two studies of Let’s Begin with the Letter People met WWC evidence standards. The curriculum was found to have no discernible effects on oral language and potentially positive effects on print knowledge and phonological processing.
- Third-Party Sponsored Research on The Letter People
- This is a link to information on four multiple year studies
- This is a link to information on four multiple year studies
- Building Language for Literacy Pre-Kindergarten Study by LAUSD
- The study compares the Letter People and Building Langauage for Literacy (Scholasitc) and finds Scholastic’s Building Language for Literacy Program significantly increases vocabulary acquisition and letter and word identification skills. However, children who received the Letter People outperformed the other groups on one Language subtest.
- US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences:
- Commentary and analysis
- The Letter People by MtLaStella
- The author takes readers through the history of The Letter People starting with the original letters from 1970.
- Field contributions to curricula
- Lesson plans
- Themed instruction
- Specific ideas and activities
- Teachers Chat about The Letter People:
- Resources for Reading: Curriculum
- Land of the Letter People gets four stars at this resource page.
- The Letter People by MtLaStella