Research & Validation | Ready4Reading: A Literature Review

Ready4Reading Evidence Portfolio

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▪ “ Sort It ” activities where students sort words into boxes with the same spelling pattern. ▪ “ Spell It ” activities where students look at an image on a digital Ferris wheel, say what the picture is, and then take turns selecting the letters that spell the picture’s name. ▪ “ Blend Words ” activities where students use a visual tool to string together letter sounds to read a word. ▪ “ Build Words ” activities where students add letters to make words using different spelling patterns. ▪ “ Concentration ” activities where students take turns flipping over two cards to try to match a picture with its word.

o Customizable Board Games are available for students to engage in sound-spelling activities aimed at consolidating phonics skills.

o Elkonin Sound Boxes and Counter Sound Boxes. These materials are intended to support phonemic identification in words as well as phoneme manipulation (e.g., adding, subtracting, and substituting sounds). o Magnetic Letter Tiles and Trays are provided and allow students to build words. These are color-coded to help reinforce letters ‘roles within a word (vowels are red, and consonants are black) and are broken into two sets. Simple words can be built with Set 1: Consonants and Vowels, while more complex words can be built with Set 2: Blends, Digraphs, and Vowel Teams.

o Connecting Sound Cubes are provided to support phonological awareness and can be used by students to build words sound-by-sound.

o Letter-sounds flash cards are provided and used during Alphabet and Phonics Lessons to support helping students build connections between a sound and its printed letters (i.e., letter-sound correspondence).

o Uppercase and Lowercase Alphabet Cards are provided that contain a print letter and a representative image corresponding to the letter’s sound.

o Mirrors are provided for students who need additional support during articulation practice.

o Articulation Cards and Videos are provided which can be used to support students in pronouncing each of the 44 sounds of English. Each card shows the mouth position for a particular sound and is accompanied by a QR code that links to an articulation video. Teachers are also provided with directions on how to model and describe to students the movements required to produce a sound.

o Skill-based Activity Books are provided where students play games and complete activities to practice the skills being taught.

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