The Science of Reading Intervention Program (Complete Full-Year Program)

1. The Science of Reading Intervention Program: Word Recognition, Language Conventions, and Assessment-Based Instruction has been specifically designed for ages 8-adult students in reading intervention, ELL, MLL, SPED, and adult literacy who have significant decoding (phonics) and encoding (spelling) challenges. The flexible program resources can be adapted to your schedule and available instructional minutes. Teachers find that the program works equally well in a class of 25 or a small group of 5 students. 
   

   This research-based, intensive, accelerated program is perfectly suited to both veteran and new reading teachers. No need to take 160 hours of LETRS training or earn OG certification. Teachers get the training they need as they teach with easy-to-follow, scripted directions. The instructional components require no prep and only minimal correction. This program has been developed by teachers for teachers to significantly improve their students' reading skills as quickly as possible.

   WORD RECOGNITION 
   
   Teachers display and teach 54 lessons, using PowerPoint slides to access audio and video links. Students practice with corresponding worksheets.

   1. Segmenting, Spelling, and Blending Phonics Lessons: Each sounds to print spelling and phonics lesson features continuous blending of 4-8 phonetically regular words and 2 Heart Words (words with a part to learn by heart). Includes guided handwriting spelling practice. 
   2. Phonics and Heart Words Practice: Independent practice with drag and drop activities and text box typing (or writing) for the focus sound-spellings and Heart Words.  
   3. Say It! Spell It! Read It! Word Chains: Students drag and drop, write, or use the letter cards to build new words with the sound-spellings introduced in each lesson. Students love to "switch 'em" from word to word in this review game.
   4. Multi-Syllabic Word Work Vowel flexing and morphology
   5. Sam and Friends Phonics Books: Decodable stories with teenage characters and plots for each of the 54 daily lessons with comprehension questions, margin annotations, and word fluency practice. Beautifully illustrated by noted comic artist, David Rickert. Google slide, tablet, Chromebook, phone, and print formats.
   6. Elkonin Sound Box Dictations Quick formative assessment for each lesson; sound wall resources with catchy speech articulation songs and student desk copies; and practice reading, spelling, and accessing the meaning of multi-syllable words.

LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION

The LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION program component features print resources, designed for students who have completed the word recognition program or have demonstrated basic mastery of the alphabetic code and can read with some degree of fluency. The 7 Weekly Language Comprehension Activities include integrated reading and writing instruction and practice.

1. Background Knowledge: Mentor text bell ringers
2. Vocabulary Worksheets: Academic language, Greek and Latin morphology, figures of speech, connotations, multiple meaning words with the Diagnostic Academic Language Placement Assessment. Also includes interactive digital and print Morphology Walls.
3. Syntax in Reading
4. Reading Comprehension: Strategies and expository animal articles, composed in tiered grades 1-7 levels with inferential questions
5. Literacy Knowledge: Narrative and expository genre and text structure
6. Greek and Latin Morphology
7. Executive Function and Study Skills

CLICK TO VIEW THE LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION PROGRAM COMPONENT No samples here. See the entire print version of the program component.

ASSESSMENT-BASED INSTRUCTION

The ASSESSMENT-BASED INSTRUCTION program component features diagnostically-based instructional resources to differentiate and individualize instruction.

Even though students have completed the word recognition program, some students and new transfer students will need second-chance instruction with more intense tutoring and practice in easily-managed small groups and independent practice.

The program includes comprehensive assessments and matching instructional resources to fill in yet-to-be-mastered gaps with small group differentiated and individualized instruction in these literacy skills:

1. Phonemic Awareness
2. Alphabetic Awareness
3. Phonics
4. Expository Reading Fluency (with timing sheets and YouTube modeled readings--the same as the reading comprehension animal articles--recorded at three different speeds)
5. Heart Words and Phonics Games
6. Spelling Patterns 
7. Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics

CLICK TO VIEW THE ASSESSMENT-BASED PROGRAM COMPONENT No samples here. See the entire print version of the program component. 

Testimonials and Recommendations: Here's what teachers are saying about The Science of Reading Intervention Program:

"An extensive product suitable for students of all ages. Love that it is suitable testing and resources for older students with reading difficulties- there are too few suitable resources for this age group. Reading passages are appealing with attached ideas on how to best target each one." Felicia B.

"The Sam and Friends Phonics Books are amazing. I have been using them for two years now, my middle school kids love them, they can relate to the stories, and I have seen improved reading in all of them. They would often want to read additional books and be upset that we had to wait till the next day. My kids often said these are great to read and not about baby stuff. Several were like, 'He should make it a novel because it kind of is!'" Rose Marie Tulius Pagel

"I am an Instructional Coach and am responsible for running Response to Intervention groups, this is the perfect resource that I have been looking for! Thank you so much for creating it!" Jamie Kidwell

"I'm really am impressed by the way the lessons are explicit and simple but still accelerate the learning. Our students are making good progress using them. They are perfect for the students who struggle with spelling." Cathy Breeden 

"The Sam and Friends Books (decodables) are just what my struggling middle school and high school readers need!" Joy Hutchings

"Your reading assessments made me "the hit" at our SHARE faculty meeting! Thank you." Jane Farris

"Excellent! Just what I needed for my ELLs!" Deneise McGowan

"I love the assessment parts. The students were much more willing to try when they understood that they would work on skills they as individuals were missing. The worksheets are detailed enough to really cover the material without overwhelming the students. I teach 9th and 10th graders that are in the juvenile correctional system so they have many educational gaps, but this is structured so that I can easily work with a small group or individual as needed to fill those gaps." Jules Stras 

"I just wanted to thank you for creating these explicit and extensive resources for students in need. Thank you! I am working with one class of ESL students and two classes of Read 180 students with behavior issues and have been struggling to find methods to address their specific areas of weakness. I am also teaching three senior level English classes and have found them to have serious deficits in many critical areas that may impact their success if they are attending college level courses in a year's time. I have been trying to find a way to help all of them in specific and measurable ways - and I found you!" Cathy Ford

"Very useful. I love the flexibility to target the individual needs of all my students. Thank you!" Rebecca

"This has been a great resource for my small group instruction!" Carrie Thornton

"The Science of Reading Intervention Program is a great resource to use with my struggling 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders." Cougar Creations

"This is a fantastic resource." Melissa Gartly

"Our middle school students love your fluency articles and practice. So far we are delighted with the program and are happy with the results!" Heather Lewis

"I used this with a student I was tutoring, made a great improvement in her fluency skills!" Kira Brower

"Used during our after school tutoring to boost DIBELS scores! Great product! Thanks!" Stephanie Pope

"The Diagnostic Academic Language Assessment (thank you for the Google forms!) placed my students right where they need to learn. The vocabulary worksheets cover every one of the comprehensive Anchor Standards for Language 4, 5, and 6. So well done!" Michael Moustafa