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Language Patterns

Science of Reading Structured Literacy Resources

All you will need to teach them to read.

Language Patterns

Science of Reading Structured Literacy Resources

All you will need

To teach them to read.

Welcome to
Language Patterns

Featured in Edwin Word Work!

Our Anthologies are available in our store.
Decodable Anthology 1

7" x 7"

(177.8 mm x 177.8 mm)
Decodable Anthology 4

7" x 7"

(177.8 mm x 177.8 mm)

Decodable Anthology 2

7" x 7"

(177.8 mm x 177.8 mm)
Decodable Anthology 5

7" x 7"

(177.8 mm x 177.8 mm)

Decodable Anthology 3

7" x 7"

(177.8 mm x 177.8 mm)

Decodable Anthology 6

7" x 7"

(177.8 mm x 177.8 mm)

Language Patterns offers complete sets of workbooks that present the whole curriculum in a systematic, sequential and fun way! You can buy them in our store, or download them for free right here.
WLS 1 accompanies the Red Series of Decodables

8.5" x 11"portrait

83 pages

94 MB
WLS 3 accompanies the Orange Series of Decodables

8.5" x 11"portrait

54 pages

59 MB
WLS 5 accompanies the Purple Series of Decodables

8.5" x 11"portrait

97 pages

13 MB
Teacher Guide for WLS 1

11" x 8.5" landscape

93 pages

79 MB
Teacher Guide for WLS 3

8.5" x 11"portrait

59 pages

51 MB
Teacher Guide for WLS 5

8.5" x 11"portrait

109 pages

30 MB
WLS 2 accompanies the Blue Series of Decodables

8.5" x 11"portrait

39 pages

54 MB
WLS 4 accompanies the Turquoise Series of Decodables

8.5" x 11"portrait

50 pages

26 MB
WLS 6 accompanies the Green Series of Decodables - 8.5" x 11"portrait

68 pages

29 MB
Teacher Guide for WLS 2

8.5" x 11"portrait

45 pages

77 MB
Teacher Guide for WLS 1

11" x 8.5" landscape

93 pages

79 MB
Teacher Guide for WLS 6

8.5" x 11"portrait

78 pages

11 MB

Click on any image to download the card. The first image links to the complete set. Print these on nice card stock, if you have it. Otherwise, regular paper is fine. Put them up on the wall as you work on each sound.
Print these double-sided on perforated business card forms, or just print, cut and fold.

Click on any of the images to go to the app. (These are still somewhat experimental, do monitor what the app does for you! Send me a note if you see any problems!)

We do tutoring for reading, writing, spelling and math. We can work remotely wherever you are. Make inquiries here, or call 1 (438) 889-9908.

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We want to make sure that financial hardship is never a barrier to any child learning to read, so we are offering these resources on a pay-what-you can basis.
Take what you need, but any amount you can afford will support our mission to make sure every child has access to first class, science backed reading materials.
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Brenda Linn
Ron Stringer
Stephanie Stringer
Andrew Stringer
Brenda Linn, Ph.D.

(brendalinn@languagepatterns.ca) is an experienced teacher, with a doctorate in the psychology and pedagogy of reading. Brenda was a graduate student of Keith Stanovich and is a member in good standing of the Ontario College of Teachers. She has worked extensively in Inuit and Cree communities in the North, and also with Inuit students who live in urban settings. She is one of the original authors of Language Patterns, a structured literacy programme which she has been constantly updating and revising, and has implemented in a number of settings. She has used the program as the basis of graduate courses and professional development courses, as the basis of a kindergarten program for community centres in Toronto and Montreal, and also as a Tier 2 program for older elementary students. In addition to writing and designing educational resources, Brenda has written many of the poems that appear in Language Patterns, and her adult poetry has appeared in several literary publications.

Brenda Linn, PhD
Author, General Editor
Ron Stringer, Ph.D.

(ron@languagepatterns.ca) is a recently retired professor from the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University. He is a specialist in reading and reading disability, and a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario. He spent his childhood on Manitoulin Island, where he learned about his Métis roots in practical hands-on ways. Ron studied and worked with Keith Stanovich, whose seminal reading research is frequently cited in the recent Ontario Human Rights Commission report. Ron has done psycho-educational assessments for the East James Bay Cree School Board, as well as teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses on reading and reading disability at McGill.

Ron Stringer, PhD
CIO, COO
Stephanie Stringer, MA
Author, Editor
Stephanie Stringer, MA

(stephanie@languagepatterns.ca) is a doctoral candidate at Concordia University. Stephanie is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario, and has worked with Indigenous organisations including the Cree Health Board, and the Cree and Kativik school boards. For over ten years, she taught early readers and dyslexic readers in both English and French at the Learning Associates of Montreal, and at Dorval Elementary School, where she worked with first-language Inuktitut students. Between 2010 and 2015, she also conducted educational assessments in Cree and Inuit communities. Stephanie is well positioned to lead and advise on the linguistic aspects of this project, having an extensive background in languages and linguistics from the University of Toronto, the University of Oxford, and the Université de Montréal, as well as having completed introductory level courses in Inuktitut and Cree. She is also acutely aware of the cultural and justice issues that underlie a project such as this, having been an active volunteer for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, and having been involved with several Indigenous rights initiatives. Stephanie is also a novelist. Her first novels, Under Dark Boughs and its sequel, Through Black Spruce, are available on Kindle, and her work has appeared in the Métis Voyageur.

Andrew Stringer, BFA

(andrew@languagepatterns.ca) has a university background in both English Literature and Fine Arts. He is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario. Andrew has exhibited at art shows in Montreal and in New York State. He has also taught beginning reading to students in Canada, China, and Costa Rica, using the Language Patterns program, to which he has also contributed recent illustrations. During his extensive travels, Andrew was invited to create wall murals in Cambodia, Thailand, and Costa Rica. In addition to teaching and painting, Andrew worked for several years as a wilderness camp counsellor and wilderness guide. He was part of one of the last expeditions to canoe the 496 kilometre course of the Romaine River, before the hydroelectric generating station made the river impassable. More recently, Andrew has spent his summers as a tree planter in Ontario, Alberta, and Northern British Columbia. As well as having planted well over a million trees, Andrew has considerable experience in management, having overseen reforestation and rewilding projects throughout Ontario since 2012.
Andrew Stringer, BFA

Illustrator

Language Patterns
199 Walnut Point Road,

Elgin, ON K0G 1E0
info@languagepatterns.ca
403-4557 Sherbrooke Street,

Westmount, QC. H3Z 1E8
Language Patterns
199 Walnut Point Road,

Elgin, ON K0G 1E0
info@languagepatterns.ca
403-4557 Sherbrooke Street,

Westmount, QC. H3Z 1E8

Language Patterns

Science of Reading Structured Literacy Resources

Language Patterns

Science of Reading Structured Literacy Resources

Welcome to Language Patterns

Featured in Edwin Word Work!

Help us to create new resources

Please pay what you can!

Brenda Linn, PhD Author, General Editor

Welcome to
Language Patterns

Brenda Linn, PhD
Author, General Editor