The Glass Analysis

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The Glass Analysis

• Sandra Schwartz and
• Cara Stromberg

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When Do You Use Glass Analysis?

• When a student has difficulty decoding words
• Decoding breaking down a word into its speech
  sounds (sounding it out)
• Pre-requisite skill to comprehension
• When an individual can decode fluently, he/she
  has the ability to comprehend what he/she has read

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An Example
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Individual Letters to Clusters

• Instead of decoding individual letters, clusters
  should be taught
• Cluster patterns are found at the beginning,
  middle, and/or end of a word
• Ex. Spring
• S-P-R-I-N-G vs. SPR-ING

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Generalizing the Clusters

• Need to perceive distinctive features in words
  (e.g., spr or ing)
• Must compare and contrast cluster patterns (e.g.,
  sp vs. spr)
• Identification process is transferred to new
  words (e.g., spring vs. bring)

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The Glass Analysis

• active stimulus response process that is
  controlled by the teacher (Miccinati, 2001, p.
  140)
• Standardized teaching method for teaching
  distinctive clusters within words

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Steps to Learn Letter Clusters

• Teacher presents word in print, while saying it
• Student looks at word, while saying it
• Teacher gives sounds of letters and asks which
  letters represent the sounds
• The student responds

• Teachers says the letters and asks for the sounds
• Student responds
• Teacher asks the student what the word is and the
  student responds with the entire word
• if process breaks down, go back to step 1

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Tips for Success

• Teacher must engage student in the process at all
  time
• Student must attend to word card throughout the
  intervention
• Meaningful letter clusters should not be broken
  up, and the whole word should be presented
• Consistent PRAISE and REINFORCEMENT is key!!!

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Practitioner Feedback

• With Glass-Analysis the kids are now actually
  reading, where before we all got bogged down just
  learning rules. In particular the 4th and 5th
  graders are proud to show visitors their new
  found success in reading aloud. Reading is a
  whole new thing to them." Barbara Bass (Reading
  teacher in Florida)
• "It gives all childrenan opportunity to feel
  instant success. My students are no longer
  intimidated by unknown big words, and their
  spelling usually improves, too. Parents comment
  on the positive decoding progress their children
  make." Roslyn Brooks (Resource room teacher,
  Queens, NY)
• "One method stands above all others for its
  functional simplicity and compatibility with the
  research of the past on word recognition. It is
  Glass-Analysis." Dr. Anthony Manzo (Professor of
  Reading and SPED, Kansas City)

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Glass Analysis Materials
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Kits Include

• Kits organized by difficulty
• Starters
• Mediums
• Harders
• Completers
• Each kit includes
• Cluster cards
• Teacher guide
• Follow-through practice books
• Across word puzzles

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Cost of Glass Analysis

• Each Kit 78.75
• Complete Set 300.00
• Can purchase individual materials separately
• Can also make your own for free!

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Questions??