About the Program
Grade Levels: 1 - 3
SRA Early Interventions in Reading identifies at-risk children in stage 1, providing critical content and clear instruction required to help turn students struggling to read into skilled readers. Through daily, explicit, and systematic instruction, the program addresses the needs of children who are falling behind in their standard reading development. Each lesson is developed to build student mastery of key skills through activities designed around five central content strands: Phonemic Awareness, Letter-Sound Correspondences, Word Recognition and Spelling, Fluency, and Comprehension Strategies.
The program uses prescribed lesson plans to help teachers deliver explicit instruction, to assist students in the fluent use of alphabetic knowledge and reading comprehension strategies. Specific small-group instruction prevents reading failure by providing:
- Explicit instruction in phonics, emphasising fluency
- A carefully constructed scope and sequence for clear progression
- Systematic cueing of appropriate strategies to help children learn to apply new skills
- Suitable levels of scaffolding, promoting independence
- On-going assessment, to aid in evaluating progress and further identifying students needs for next steps
Academic research studies have confirmed over ninety-nine percent of students at risk of reading failure at the beginning of the academic year were no longer at risk of failing in reading after using SRA Early Interventions in Reading. Key fndings were that:
- The combination of quality classroom instruction and systematic intervention positively effected reading skills of at-risk students
- Significant growth on measures of word attack, word identification, passage comprehension, and oral reading fluency were achieved.
- SRA Early Interventions in Reading closed the gap between average performers and struggling readers
- There was an overall positive impact on participating students