Developing Reading Fluency
A research and standardsbased program for students ages 10 and up to practice reading and spelling multisyllabic words
Product Features:
- Provides a systematic and targeted method of instruction
- Ideal for remedial reading, RTI, and resource programs
- Combines fluency instruction and comprehension monitoring
- Passages written from nonfiction passages and increase in difficulty
- Software is the primary instructional component
Developing Reading Fluency is a researchedbased program for students ages 10 to adult, who struggle to read text written at the fourth grade level and above. The program provides systematic and targeted instruction, and includes three components: Software, Teacher’s Manual, and the Passages to Reading book. Ideal for remedial reading, RTI and resource programs.
Features:
- Focuses on accuracy, rate, and prosody
- Combines fluency instruction with comprehension monitoring
- Passages increase in difficulty (4.0 to 6.9) as students advance
- Uses nonfiction passages based on social studies standards
- Allows students to progress independently
- Collects data automatically
- Aligns to state and national standards, including the Common Core
- Perfect for summer remedial programs!
The Software is the primary instructional component. It has three levels, organized by grade readability (4th, 5th, and 6th), with a total of 90 lessons. Each lesson features a reading passage of 250 to 325 words. The passages have ageneutral and nonfiction themes, and are crafted to fit precise Lexile and FleschKincaid measures. Students spend 2540 minutes per lesson; each lesson follows a set sequence: pretest, noticing word parts, mastering challenging words, focusing on phrases, reading by phrases, posttest. Software provides speech and visual supports for word parts, whole words, and phrases. Pre and posttests include comprehension questions. Software features professional narration, unlimited student logins, and comprehensive data collection.
The Teacher’s Manual guides you through the lesson sequence, provides stepbystep software instructions, and detailed alignments state and national standards including the Common Core, plus describes the research foundations. The Teacher's Manual also describes the research foundations of the program and the outcomes of fieldtesting. It includes a PDF of the Passages to Reading book with a Classroom License for printouts.
Passages to Reading Student Book is a collection of the 90 passages and comprehension questions included in the Developing Reading Fluency Software. It complements the Software lessons and extends them to cover additional English Language Arts standards like listening and reading comprehension. The book includes an analysis of readability for each passage plus a selfreporting data system so students can keep track of their progress.
Written by Barbara Hoskins, PhD, Carol Seibert, BS, and Anna Osipova, MA.
Developing Reading Fluency includes: Software, Teacher’s Manual with PDF on Win/Mac CD and a Classroom License for printouts, and the Passages to Reading book.
The Developing Reading Fluency Classroom Set includes: all the components of Developing Reading Fluency above, plus four additional copies of Passages to Reading.
Passages to Reading is the Student Book and is also sold separately.
The Passages to Reading Teacher’s Manaul includes the book and a PDF of the book on Win/Mac CD with a Classroom License for printouts.