Explore Phonics for Reading
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Overview
Phonics for Reading, authored by Dr. Anita Archer, provides students in Grades 3–12 the critical foundational skills they need to achieve their potential and succeed as readers. An explicit and systematic intervention program rooted in reading science, Phonics for Reading accelerates learning in automatic word recognition, with support for comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency.
For schools with i-Ready, Phonics for Reading ties seamlessly into i-Ready Assessment data, enabling you to easily identify the students who will benefit from phonics intervention and the level of support each student requires.
Watch the Phonics for Reading Overview Video for an introduction to the program.
Experience Phonics for Reading
Explore sample program resources to see how Phonics for Reading provides teachers with everything they need for effective instruction, so students can become fluent, accurate readers.
Teacher's Guide
Teacher's Guides provide scripting and routines that can help any educator teach phonics to older students. The Teacher's Guide also includes a complete scope and sequence, word lists, and guidance for monitoring and adjusting instruction.
Student Book
Lessons provide instruction and practice in a target skill and then build toward reading an engaging, developmentally appropriate decodable text.
Digital Resources with Teacher Toolbox
Phonics for Reading offers a wealth of resources to support student needs. Subscribers to the Teacher Toolbox receive access to an even greater collection of tools for assessment, differentiating instruction, progress monitoring, extra practice, and more.
Research and Efficacy
Phonics for Reading leverages decades of research into the Science of Reading and the science of instruction.
Phonics for Reading Research Base
Phonics for Reading leverages the Science of Reading, with interventions for phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and comprehension that are grounded in research.
Phonics for Reading Meets ESSA Level 4 Evidence
See how Phonics for Reading, our systematic, research-based intervention program meets ESSA Level 4 evidence standards.*
*Compare the new edition to the previous edition, with Dr. Anita Archer continuing as the sole author. The new version maintains application of Science of Reading research and also includes newer research that supports original and updated instructional practices in the program.
*Compare the new edition to the previous edition, with Dr. Anita Archer continuing as the sole author. The new version maintains application of Science of Reading research and also includes newer research that supports original and updated instructional practices in the program.
Data to Inform Instruction
Phonics for Reading pairs seamlessly with the i-Ready Diagnostic to identify students in need of phonics intervention. The program also includes various tools to measure students’ skills and monitor their progress.
Phonics for Reading Placement Test
This Placement Test can be used for placement of students into Level A, Level B, or Level C of Phonics for Reading. It can also be used to measure students' progress.