INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS 3 Phonemic Awareness 3 Phonics 3 Alphabet Knowledge 3 Letter/Sound Recognition 3 Oral Language 3 Fluency 3 Vocabulary 3 Comprehension 3 Special Education 3 ELL CURRICULUM DIGITAL LEARNING GRADE RANGE PreK to 2
Scholastic F.I.R.S.T. ™ F oundations I n R eading, S ounds & T ext
Scholastic F.I.R.S.T., Foundations In Reading, Sounds & Text , is a highly adaptive, foundational reading program for Grades PreK–2. Through explicit phonemic awareness training and systematic phonics instruction, F.I.R.S.T. ’s research-based pedagogy trains the brain to master “speed of listening.” Students become automatic in their decoding skills, preparing them to read fluently and increase their reading comprehension.
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• Scholastic F.I.R.S.T. develops strong early reading skills through 24 levels of phonemic and phonetic activities and 85 eBooks. • With motion events, young learners steer, tilt, and shake their way toward reading success. • Students learn in their zone of proximal development through continuous formative assessment and a patent-pending adaptive algorithm, READirect™.
• Strong learning outcomes are the result of Scholastic F.I.R.S.T. ’s robust scope and sequence, grounded in research and trusted by educators. • Highly adaptive, personalized learning paths ensure each student is progressing at their level. • Intuitive, game-based instruction makes Scholastic F.I.R.S.T the perfect solution for independent-learning centers. • Robust reports provide administrators and educators with actionable data to inform decision making at the student, class, school, and district levels.
Dr. Kay MacPhee was a lifelong educator, researcher, and author. Her journey began by helping her son, who was born hearing impaired, with speech and language and linking her research to discoveries in reading for all children.
“Phonological skills must be automatic, almost without thought, for reading to be fluent, smooth, and accurate.” —Dr. Kay MacPhee , author of Scholastic F.I.R.S.T.
By 2007, Dr. MacPhee’s concepts were ranked #1 in teaching reading comprehension by the What Works Clearinghouse after undergoing the largest reading trial in the U.S.
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