How do we determine the right prograM?

3x a year,  HTS screens all students in grades K-5.  All the assessment data is then analyzed to determine which students are in need of additional instruction and/or interventions. Students are placed in specific programs that will address their academic gaps. If your child is in need of a pull-out reading intervention, you will receive a written notice that will specify which program your child will be receiving. If you ever have any questions, you can reach out to your child's homeroom teacher or the reading specialist.

Leveled Literacy Intervention

Program: Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI)
Grades: K-2
​Instruction: Small Group
(Kindergarten LLI doesn't begin until January.)

In this program your child will strengthen their reading skills which include:
  • phonics
  • sight words 
  • vocabulary
  • comprehension
  • fluency
  • writing about reading

In this program your child will bring home books to reread for practice. It will be in a special reading bag. Please check their backpack for this bag. Sometimes they will bring the same book home more than once. Please listen to your child read and engage in a book talk afterwards. All books have been previously taught in RtI so that your children will be confident when rereading. 

FUNdations

Program: Fundations
Grades: K-3
Prevention: Whole Group 
Intervention: Small Group

In this multisensory phonics program, instruction will focus on:

Phonemic awareness
Phonics/ word study
High frequency word study
Reading fluency
Vocabulary
Comprehension strategies 
Handwriting
Spelling

Just Words

Program: Just Words
Grades: 4th and up
Intervention: Small Group

"Just Words® is a highly explicit, multisensory decoding and spelling program for students in grades 4–12 and adults who have mild to moderate gaps in their decoding and spelling proficiency but do not require intensive intervention."

wilson

The Wilson Reading System® (WRS) is the flagship program of Wilson Language Training® and the foundation of all other Wilson programs. WRS is an intensive Tier 3 program for students in grades 2-12 and adults with word-level deficits who are not making sufficient progress through their current intervention; have been unable to learn with other teaching strategies and require multisensory language instruction; or who require more intensive structured literacy instruction due to a language-based learning disability, such as dyslexia.

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Project Read

Program: Project Read Phonics
Grades: K-5
Instruction: Small Group 

In this program, instruction will focus on:
  • decoding and encoding (spelling) using multisensory activities and direct instruction in a systematic approach
  • sight words using kinesthetic and tactile methods
  • phonemic awareness
  • sound / symbol recognition
  • syllabication, word formation, and sentence composition

Read naturally ​

Program: Read Naturally Encore
Grades: 2-5
Instruction: Small Group

In this program your child will:

  • Build fluency by reading and rereading interesting nonfiction science and social studies passages.
  • Improve reading accuracy and expression with audio support.
  • Strengthen comprehension and vocabulary.
  • Experience success and an improved attitude toward reading.
  • Promotes independence and improves executive functioning skills through the step-by-step process. Click on the link to learn about the Read Naturally Steps.

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