This is a strategic and direct mini-course to support parents and teachers who work with struggling readers. It is a progression of foundational skills including mindfulness, progress monitoring, and phonological awareness, phonics, high-frequency words, monitoring for sense, fluency, and comprehension. While one-on-one guidance with me is available, this is a powerful first step in implementing the highest standard of research-based reading curriculum.
This mini-course is intended to walk you through how to directly and explicitly move a struggling reader to a higher level…faster!
The curriculum begins with a reading assessment tutorial, to help you determine where to start with a struggling reader. Then, you will begin one week of recorded mindfulness lessons and 5 recorded multi-sensory reading lessons, each containing 5 sessions, and an assessment tool that can help determine what lesson a student should begin based on their phonics knowledge,
I provide you with an extra recording of the alphabetic sounds for your students to repeat.
Each lesson hones in on a specific phonics skill such as letter sounds, CVC words, blends and digraphs, silent e, vowel teams, inflectional endings, R-controlled vowels, and syllabication of two-syllable words, and multisyllabic words. The curriculum covers content typically taught in but is specifically upgraded to use with older students of any age in need of phonics instruction.
"One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world."
-Malala Yousafzai
Results
📗 Research shows that quality multisensory reading instruction literally reorganizes the brains of struggling readers..
📗 A recent study shows that 8 weeks of mindfulness has lowered anxiety
📗 A US School District found that students who participated in mindfulness improved by 62.85 points on the Star Reading Assessment, compared to 33.63 points for students who did not.
📗 In a US School district, between September and December, 30% of kids who were tutored using a multi-sensory and direct approach achieved a full year’s growth, and 59% achieved a half-year’s growth.
What’s Included
📗 Pre-assessment and ongoing progress-monitoring tutorial video
📗 5 Mindfulness lessons that are recorded and ready for either the teacher to teach students or for the struggling reader to implement on the spot.
📗 5 multi-sensory lessons with tools and recorded video showing you how to teach the struggling reader. You can also use these 20-minute lessons directly with the student.
📗 Printable materials needed for each session
📗 Printable alphabet cards with sound recording
📗 BONUS: A 45-minute consultation with me after you’ve tried the mini-course
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
I'm Irene, an educational specialist (and parent) focused on teaching reading holistically. It's more than words, sentences, and pages.
I am an educational specialist with over 10 years of global experience in leading reading groups towards success. As a passionate advocate for holistic education, I specialize in co-creating immersive learning experiences that inspire and engage individuals at all levels of the reading spectrum. The bottom line? Enjoyment and meaning behind your reading! I'm also a parent to a neurodiverse learner and understand how hard it can be to get them to try.
