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Phonics for Reading
Accelerate striving readers in Grades 3–12 toward grade-level proficiency with explicit intervention and age-appropriate content that builds the decoding skills and confidence they need.
Get to Know Phonics for Reading
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.
See the ResearchResearch and Efficacy
Phonics for Reading leverages decades of research into the Science of Reading and the science of instruction.
Data to Inform Instruction
Phonics for Reading pairs seamlessly with the i-Ready Assessment to identify students in need of phonics intervention. The program also includes various tools to measure students’ skills and monitor their progress.
Download Your SamplerPhonics for Reading Sampler eBook
The Phonics for Reading sampler includes an overview of the program, components, sample lessons from each level, and interviews with Dr. Archer.
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Educator Guide: Phonics for Reading
The Educator Guide: Phonics for Reading is designed to support i-Ready Partners in getting started with Phonics for Reading. This guide provides recommendations for how to determine students' phonics instruction needs, how to staff the program, implementation models, and more.
Digital Resources with Teacher Toolbox
Every teacher has a digital library of instructional resources to enhance and deepen instruction. This guide provides a tour of digital access to Phonics for Reading on the Teacher Toolbox and i-Ready Assessment reports that will be useful to a Phonics for Reading user.
Letters of Progress
The Letters of Progress provide overview information about the skills learned at that point in the lessons for the level in which the student is working. Letters are sent home three times per level to provide student progress updates after a set of skills have been taught and practiced. Families are encouraged to listen to their students practice the skills with the provided examples.