A+ Reading Intervention, Language Usage, Building Vocabulary
Lessons aligned to the Common Core Standards and State Standards addressing concepts in Building Vocabulary, Language Usage, Reading Comprehension, Writing & Grammar will help your students excel through the curriculum, erasing their deficiencies and will perform at grade level. A+nyWhere Learning System for Reading Intervention contains the flexibility, assessment engine and breadth of curriculum content to give your students the skills they need.
A+ Building Vocabulary provides phonetic and visual introduction to new words and word sounds. Students are exposed to numerous examples of the correct use of words and sentences. The curriculum helps to develop the student’s ability to recognize sound/letter associations and build vocabulary skills.
The Language Usage titles provide tools that assist students in mastering the written word and identifying grammar pitfalls such as subject/verb disagreement, tense shifts, double negatives, and fragments. Each of these titles also addresses sentence mechanics, including capitalization, punctuation, and diagramming. Phonetic and visual introduction of new words and word sounds and multiple exposures to correct word usage give students a solid grammar foundation that will extend into their writing and speaking skills.
The A+LS Reading series begins at the emergent reader level with Learning Letter Sounds, which is designed to guide students through a series of logical decisions, culminating in an understanding of how spoken language is interpreted in print. Next, the reading series progresses to vocabulary, grammar, language, and comprehension skills as well as literature in many different forms. Students are encouraged to recognize relationships in printed text and to develop skills for using words in practical, everyday situations. One special feature of the A+LS Reading series is the use of “pop up” reading selections that can be opened and closed by the student when needed.
Grammar – Language Arts Keyboarding
The Language Arts Keyboard Companion titles contain a comprehensive set of exercises that provide keyboard practice in the proper use of sentence structure, sentence combination, and grammar in writing. The six titles contain 300 progressively challenging activities. Each activity is comprised of five exercises that present a paragraph the student needs to rewrite (retype) according to the instructions.
Storybook Phonics I offers a story-based approach to reading fluency through the use of stories that contain regular phonemic patterns. Rhyming patterns and colorfully illustrated pages engage students. Words in the stories are highlighted as they are read aloud. Lessons focus on initial consonants and initial consonant clusters. Questions develop memory skills and are centered around letter groups presented in the lesson. Games reinforce concepts presented in the lesson. Storybook Phonics I is ideal for independent and team study with computers and is compatible with interactive whiteboards for whole-class instruction.
Storybook Phonics II expands on Storybook Phonics I. Stories have more pages and contain longer sentences than those in Storybook Phonics I. Using regular phonemic patterns and rich, colorful illustrations, words are highlighted as they are read aloud. Students can also opt to read the words unassisted and then hear them read aloud. Storybook Phonics II focuses on final consonant clusters, vowels, and long vowel phonemes. Storybook Phonics II is ideal for independent and team study with computers and is compatible with interactive whiteboards for whole-class instruction.
The Learning Letter Sounds™ instructional program is designed to guide students through a series of logical decisions, culminating in an understanding of how spoken language is interpreted in print. Once children learn how to solve the sound-symbol mystery, a big step toward reading mastery has been taken.