ACADEMY OF READING®
Fluency in the Foundation Skills
AUTOSKILL SNAPSHOT
• Research based Individualized reading
intervention
• Address core critical reading
acquisition skills
• Developmental, Sequential, Mastery
Driven Approach
• Targets both an early intervention and
later
• Complements existing program and
curriculum
• AutoSkill helps “at-risk” students
build fluency in the foundation skills
of reading and math
UNIQUE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Core Competency
Neuroscience
Positive and
corrective feedback
Breaks down complex task
into component skills
EXAMINING WHOLE BRAIN
LEARNING
Number
Sense
Sound
Recognition
(d/ /g/)
Word
Meaning
a
Letter
Identification
(D-O-G)
Aural
Association
Number
Recognition
STUDENT TRAINING PROCESS
TUTORIAL
SKILL IS
INTRODUCED
TESTING
RESULTS
SNAPSHOT
OF
ABILITIES
TRAINING
SELF-PACED AND
INDIVIDUALIZED
RESPONSIVE
INTERVENTION
ENGINE
REPORT ON
GAINS
PRACTICE
STUDENT SHOWS
UNDERSTANDING
BEGIN WITH PLACEMENT TEST
• Pre- and Post-test
benchmark
• Cloze Assessment
• Test adapts higher
or lower depending
on score until
instructional level
determined
• Measures
performance level
(i.e. Below Basic),
level score and
gains
STEPS TO READING
PROFICIENCY
PHONEMIC AWARENESS & SOUND SYMBOL ASSOCIATION
Sound Match Training
Letter-Sound Match Training
PHONICS AND DECODING: VISUAL
MATCH
• Students identify and match high
frequency spelling patterns of
consonants and vowels in order to
facilitate accurate and fluent
decoding
PHONICS AND DECODING: AUDITORY-VISUAL
MATCH
• Students identify and associate the
sounds of written high frequency patterns
of consonants and vowels
• Student will be training to a high degree
of accuracy and consistency of response
times, improving fluency and decoding of
text
AUTOMATICITY
• Core competency
• Only Academy of READING measures both
accuracy and pace
• Part of the skill mastery criteria
• Once skills are automatized, students
move on to master higher-order tasks
COMPREHENSION STORY
GALLERY
READING PROFICIENCY
META-COGNITION
SUMMARIZATION
DISCOURSE
KNOWLEDGE
COMPREHENSION
PHONEMIC
AWARENESS
SILENT COMPREHENSION
VOCABULARY
PHONICS AND DECODING
APPLICATION
ORAL COMPREHENSION
FLUENCY
VOCABULARY
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BEHAVIORAL MOTIVATION
• Mastery Learning – train each skill to
a high level of accuracy and move
students up the developmental
continuum
• Begin instruction at a level that
ensures success
• Offer immediate positive and
corrective feedback
• Provide tangible evidence of progress
PARENT REPORT
COGNITIVE PROCESSING
CONTACT INFORMATION
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