Reading-Language
Arts Direct Instruction Curricula
Home School Friendly
Tier
II and Tier III Instructional
Programs for
Reading and
Writing Challenges
NOTE: The programs listed below with an
asterisk (*) require training prior to using the program. The need for these
programs is determined by the Personalized Learning Team (PLT). Before ordering these programs, the student’s
need for the program has to be validated by the PLT
and training in the program must be scheduled.
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Barton
Reading System, grades 1-12: This curriculum is an Orton-Gillingham influenced
multi-sensory program designed for one-on-one
tutoring of children and teenagers, by parents. Training is provided on
videotape or DVD, along with fully
scripted lesson plans. The program consists of 10 levels and it is expected
that a student complete the program in 2-3 years. You can order one level at a
time. [Susan Barton. wwwbartonreading.com]
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Corrective Reading, grades 3.5-12: This curriculum is for students who have not learned
to read proficiently in other programs and do not learn well on their
own. The curriculum allows students to work in a comprehension strand, a
decoding strand, or both. Each of these strands has four levels. The Decoding strand progresses from
teaching letter sounds and blending skills to reading expository passages characteristic
of textbook material. The Comprehension
strand helps develop reasoning strategies used by successful readers; e.g.,
applying prior knowledge, making inferences, and analyzing evidence. Both
strands include teacher presentation books, teacher guides, student books, and
workbooks. Ongoing assessment is built into the program to provide immediate
feedback. Corrective Reading
is also an excellent program for children with learning disabilities.
[Engelmann, S, Carnine, L., Johnson, G., Hanner, S., Osborn, S., & Haddox,
P. (1998). [Columbus, OH: Science Research Associates (SRA)/McGraw-Hill
www.sraonline.com]
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Early
Intervention in Reading,
grades 1-3: This curriculum provides
the critical content and clear instruction needed to transform a struggling
reader into a skilled reader. Through daily, explicit, and systematic
instruction, the program addresses the needs of children who are not making
adequate progress in their core reading program. Each integrated lesson works
to build student mastery of essential skills through activities aligned along
five central content strands: Phonemic Awareness, Letter-Sound Correspondences,
Word Recognition and Spelling, Fluency, Comprehension Strategies. The program
uses prescribed lesson plans to help you deliver explicit instruction which
will assist students in the integrated and fluent use of alphabetic knowledge
and comprehension strategies. The curriculum prevents reading failure by
providing: explicit instruction in phonics, with an emphasis on fluency, a
carefully constructed scope and sequence which prevents possible confusions,
systematic cueing of appropriate strategies to help children learn to apply new
skills, suitable levels of scaffolding to promote independence, on-going
assessment so you can evaluate progress and make decisions about instructional
needs. [Columbus, OH:
Science Research Associates (SRA)/McGraw-Hill www.sraonline.com]
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Early Reading Tutor, grades
K-2: This
curriculum is intended for one-to-one instruction in reading and is designed to
improve phonemic awareness, alphabetic understanding, phonemic decoding, word
reading, passage reading, fluency, and spelling. Students from mid-kindergarten
through grade 2 can benefit from this program.
Each of the 110 lessons takes approximately 10 minutes of one-to-one
instruction. Included placement tests. [Columbus,
OH: Science Research Associates (SRA)/McGraw-Hill www.sraonline.com]
Language for
Learning, grades K-3: This
curriculum teaches children the concepts, language rules, forms of
communication, and classroom skills needed for oral and written expression and
for participation in school activities. It can be used as part of a regular
pre-school or kindergarten curriculum; to give a head start to children
developmentally delayed or at-risk; and/or those children who have not yet
acquired essential language and social skills.
[Engelmann, S., & Osborn, J.
Columbus, OH: Science Research Associates (SRA)/McGraw-Hill www.sraonline.com]
Phonemic
Awareness, grades PreK-1: This curriculum contains 110 lessons from two to seven activities
intended to build phonological awareness in young children. The lessons take
approximately 15 minutes to complete. Each lesson focuses on a specific skill,
and each skill gradually increases in difficulty. [ Eisele, M. Columbus, OH: Science Research Associates (SRA)/McGraw-Hill www.sraonline.com]
Reading Success, grades 4-12: Help your students gain and master
essential comprehension skills and strategies. This supplemental reading
intervention program requires only 25 minutes, 3 days per week, to dramatically
improve students ability to understand what they read. Reading Success
is ideal for Tier 1 enhancement, and Tier 2 intervention. [Columbus, OH: Science Research Associates (SRA)/McGraw-Hill www.sraonline.com]
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Reasoning and
Writing, grades K-8: This
curriculum introduces higher-order thinking skills at the earliest levels and
uses them throughout a well-integrated program to teach effective
communication. The curriculum features lessons built around exciting stories
and real-life writing projects. [Engelmann, S., Arbogast, A.B., Davis, K.L.S.,
Grossen, B., & Silbert, J. Columbus,
OH: Science Research
Associates (SRA)/McGraw-Hill www.sraonline.com]
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REWARDS
(Reading Excellence, Word Attack, and Rate Development Strategies), grades
4-12: This program teaches
multi-syllabic decoding strategies and vocabulary to mastery in a short time
(20 lessons). It also contains correlated literature in history and
science to foster fluency and generalization. [Archer, A., Gleason, M,
& Vachon, V. (2000). REWARDS. Longmont, CO: Sopriswest
www.sopriswest.com]
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Spelling
Mastery, grades 1-6: This
curriculum incorporates instruction from the phonemic, morphemic, and
whole-word approaches. In 15-20 minutes daily, you can teach your child the
spelling strategies they will need for life. [Dixon, R., Engelmann, S., Bauer, M., Steely,
& Wells, T. Columbus, OH: Science Research Associates (SRA)/McGraw-Hill
www.sraonline.com]
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Spelling
Through Morphographs, grades 4-12:
This remedial program teaches a variety of morphographs (e.g., prefixes,
suffixes, and word bases) and rules for combining them into general strategies
for students to use with thousands of words--familiar and unfamiliar. [Dixon, R., & Engelmann, S. Columbus, OH:
Science Research Associates (SRA)/McGraw-Hill www.sraonline.com]
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons, grades
K-1 and students who haven’t been taught to read (Not for students who have been taught to read, but
whom “make frequent mistakes”: This curriculum is designed to take 30
minutes each day. Streamlined and modified for home use from the SRA program, Distar. [Engelmann, S., Haddox, P., Bruner, E. New York: Simon and
Schuster www.amazon.com]