Intervention for Struggling Readers

Little Susie and Little Johnnie are struggling to learn to read.  We know what works for many struggling students but we just can't seem to get it done.  "Not enough time, not enough money, programs are too complicated".  These are complaints I have heard over and over again in my career when it comes to finding or using a reading intervention that meets the proven, systematic, explicit criteria for successful reading interventions.

Again borrowing from the K.I.S.S. concept Phonic Reading Lessons is one intervention that meets all these criteria.  This program is designed to improve decoding skills for struggling readers. "Students using this program start in Phonic Reading Lessons: Skills with simple sounds, learn by multisensory methods, have frequent assessments, and in Phonic Reading Lessons: Practice learn sight words and read passages carefully calibrated to the phoneme-grapheme relationships they have learned in the program."  This part of the program is critical. Many reading "interventions" teach skills in isolation and never practice them in connected text.  A critical flaw.  30 minutes of work each day learning new decoding skill and sight words with reading practice can benefit many struggling readers.

One publisher that sells this program is Academic Therapy Publications  There is a sample lesson on this site as well.  This blogger has no financial interest or gain from this review.  I have found this program simple to use for teachers and parents alike with good results and I hope it can help others.

Program:  Phonic Reading Lessons:  Skills and Practice
Purpose:  Improve reading decoding and sight word recognition

Anyone else have experience with this program?