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Five 20–30 minute sessions weekly
Products Sound Reading students jumped in the rankings How it Works dramatically improves comprehension,
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fluency, decoding, and spelling.
with an average increase of
percentile
points compared to their grade-level peers.

Sound Reading offers 5 level appropriate solutions designed to systematically teach the fundamentals of Sound Reading is designed for the full spectrum of What makes Sound Reading unique?
reading. The easy-to-follow activities are delivered online, allowing students to work during class, in after- struggling readers — from individuals with dyslexia
school programs, or at home. Our user-friendly interface ensures students will be successfully using the to students with other special learning needs. • Enhances the natural sense of speech,
program in no time. You will begin to be able to see measurable results in 4-6 weeks. Sound Reading is uniquely based on advanced scientific research, rather than overloading isolated
not pre-existing phonics, whole language, or basal programs. Our memory with endless drills
Administration Activity – Usage Report program builds on the foundational process of listening and then
Teachers and administrators have quick and easy access to class lists The Usage Report provides crucial information for both teachers continues to construct the higher level memory and reasoning • Increases the awareness of a
and student progress reports at any time during the program. The and administrators. skills that lead to reading fluency and comprehension. student’s inner voice
student information is delivered in a concise and meaningful way, 60 • Develops a flexible sense of
12%
giving an accurate picture of the student’s progress. The Sound Reading model is grounded in print-to-speech processing. INCREASE
16%
This approach to literacy development focuses on the underlying 50 speech instead of teaching rules
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speech, listening and language skills that support the complex pro- and exceptions INCREASE
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process. It is not a series of instructional pieces that often focuses on • Naturally teaches pattern
printed content, but rather the instruction focuses on developing the PERCENTILE 30 recognition, from phonemes
spoken language processes that proficient students possess. Already
well established in speech and language therapy, the components 20 to complete sentences
of phoneme and word awareness, sound discrimination, flexibility • Our friendly staff pledge to work with
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The student’s progress is measured using 3 tracking methods. The Comprehension Awareness Fluency
first is our automatically administered Sound Reading Responsiveness SUCCESS REPORT
Embedded Assessments that occurs at the beginning of the program
and every 4 levels thereafter. The second progress monitoring tool is FLUENCY, SELF-CONTAINED, AND MAINSTREAM
the Progress Special Education Students
Report Increased 1.5 Reading Grade Levels 60 16%
that tracks INCREASE
students Five classrooms at Carter G. Woodson Middle 50
during
their online School used the Sound Reading program with dra- 40 15%
experience. “I really like the variety of tasks in Sound matic improvement. Teachers used the program as PERCENTILE INCREASE
The third a supplement to their existing programs. The stu- 30
monitoring Reading. It is easy to follow the hands-on 20
device is activities and they really pick up the skills dents adapted to Sound Reading quickly, master-
the teacher they need for reading ing basic reading skills as early as five weeks after 10
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Minute manner.” Self-Contained Classes (Average 20 students)
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Reading On average, the students increase their phonemic
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comprehension by 20% resulting in a 1.5 reading 60 12%
grade level increase. Sound Reading proved to INCREASE
work effectively in both small and large classrooms 50 20% 16%
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gram was to teach. PERCENTILE 30
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