SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM
For over 35 years, Reading Mastery has helped thousands of schools achieve and sustain measurable gains in literacy. Reading Mastery Signature Edition is an efficacy-proven core comprehensive program. It gives teachers the flexibility to use reading, language arts, and literature together or separately, each strand can be targeted for use as an intervention program. Reading Mastery Signature Edition uses the highly explicit, systematic approach of Direct Instruction to accelerate reading and help students achieve a high rate of success. Three strands address Reading, Language Arts, and Literature through a common instructional design that helps students learn more efficiently. With the addition of technology-based resources for both additional practice and professional development, Reading Mastery Signature Edition helps teachers optimize each minute spent in the classroom.
The Reading Strand:
• Addresses all five essential components of reading as identified by Reading First—phonemic awareness, phonics and word analysis, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
• Provides spelling instruction to help students make the connection between decoding and spelling patterns.
• Develops decoding, word recognition, and comprehension skills that transfer to other subject areas.
The Language Arts Strand:
• Teaches the oral language skills necessary to understand what is said, written, and read in the classroom.
• Helps students communicate ideas and information effectively.
• Develops the ability to use writing strategies and processes successfully.
The Literature Strand:
• Supports the reading strand by offering a wide variety of literary forms and text structures.
• Provides multiple opportunities for students to practice vocabulary and comprehension strategies and write for authentic purposes.
• Gives ample opportunity for students to read at their independent level.
Each strand can be used as a supplement to the core curriculum for targeted intervention, or combined for use as a comprehensive, stand-alone reading and language arts program that meets rigorous state standards.