1st Grade Reading Success

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Larry M., a 53 year old man who recently learned how to read through the Reading Horizons phonics software program, shares his story.

Educators nationwide have seen great success in using Reading Horizons with their ABE (Adult Basic Education) students. Reading Horizons can help any struggling reader, or non-reader, learn how to read because it teaches them how to decode and interpret any word.

Adult basic education teachers, staff, and administrators talk about how the STARS (student achievement in reading) program, through Hamline University, has helped them achieve reading success with their own students. Find out more here: www.hamline.edu … education reading “adult basic education” teachers hamline “student achievement”

Harvey Silver discusses his book Reading for Academic Success; Powerful Strategies for Struggling, Average, and Advanced Readers, Grades 7 – 12

In the Fall 2008 semester, OTC introduced a new course that helped students achieve greater success in their other classes. Students who previously struggled to remember what they had read, labored over comprehension of textbooks, or simply did not enjoy reading took RDG 040. Upon successful completion of the course, these same students found that their focus and comprehension drastically improved, and many of them learned that reading is fun and enjoyable. The ability to read effectively …

The Fast ForWord program is designed for K-12 education institutions and clinical specialists worldwide whose students are reading below grade level. The Fast ForWord program develops and strengthens memory, attention, processing rate, and sequencing—the cognitive skills essential for learning and reading success. The strengthening of these skills results in a wide range of improved critical language and reading skills such as phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary …