Intensive Reading

Help your struggling reader become a confident reader!

Designed for readers on a Kindergarten through 8th grade reading level, the fully online Intensive Reading program provides system reading support through vocabulary instruction, reading fluency practice, and comprehension skills.  This program works!

The Intensive Reading subscription includes access to all 23 levels of  three series. All series have the same basic design with strategic differences.

• Sequenced series is the basic series and has 13 levels (1.0 – 8.0) with 24 stories per level.
• Phonics series adds phonics lessons and activities to the basic design and has 6 levels (0.8 – 2.7) with 24 stories per level.
• Idioms series teaches common American idioms as students work on reading skills.  Idioms has 4 levels (3.0 – 4.5) with 12 stories per level.

High-interest, leveled, nonfiction stories include:

• Key words, clickable vocabulary words, and comprehension activities.
• Spanish translation of each story in Sequenced levels 1.0 – 4.5.

Extensive audio support includes:

• Audio directions for each step of the process.
• Three appropriately paced recordings that model correct pronunciation and expression.
• Pronunciation of words in stories when clicked.
• Audio definitions of key words, or, in the Phonics series, an audio phonics lesson.
• Clickable vocabulary words with audio-supported, student-friendly definitions.
• Spanish translation of each story in Sequenced levels 1.0 – 4.5.
• Auditory signals that indicate if a student’s responses to multiple choice items are correct or incorrect.

Structured instructional process includes:

• Automated steps built around teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring.
• A wait-time vocabulary-building activity.

Computerized scoring and extensive reports include:

• Automated correction of multiple-choice questions.
• Calculation of fluency, phonics, and comprehension scores.
• Graphs and reports showing student performance.