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How-To Overview
There are several key tasks that teachers need to perform in order to ensure that their Read Naturally instructional programs are successful:
- Planning and setting up the program
- Assessing students and placing them in the program
- Implementing the steps of the program
- Monitoring student progress
- Communicating with students and parents
For complete how-to information for a specific program, be sure to consult the teacher's manual for that program. The information included here is often an abbreviated version of the in-depth information in the teacher's manual.
The following how-to topics are covered here:
Determining Who Needs Fluency Instruction
Students scoring ten or more words below the 50th percentile level, based on the average score of two unpracticed readings from grade-level materials, need a fluency-building program such as Read Naturally.
Determining Who Needs Fluency Instruction
Placing Students in Read Naturally Fluency-Focused Programs
When you place students in Read Naturally's fluency programs (Read Naturally Live, Read Naturally SE, and Read Naturally ME), you establish an appropriate instructional level
and a reading-rate goal for each individual student. You also select a type of curriculum.
Placing Students in Read Naturally Fluency-Focused Programs
Read Naturally Live How-To Information
Describes teachers' responsibilities for Read Naturally Live, a new and improved web-based implementation of our fluency intervention with a curriculum that supports fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and phonics.
Read Naturally Live How-To Information
Read Naturally SE How-To Information
Describes teachers' responsibilities for Read Naturally Software Edition (SE), which develops fluency, supports vocabulary development, and promotes comprehension, taking advantage of the benefits and functionality of computers.
Read Naturally SE How-To Information
Read Naturally ME How-To Information
Describes teachers' responsibilities for Read Naturally Masters Edition (ME), which develops fluency, supports vocabulary development, and promotes comprehension using printed stories and audio support on audio CDs or cassettes.
Read Naturally ME How-To Information
GATE for Phonics How-To Information
Describes teachers' responsibilities for Group and Tutoring Edition (GATE) for Phonics, a direct-instruction program that develops phonemic awareness and phonics skills as well as reading fluency in small groups of beginning readers.
GATE for Phonics How-To Information
Word Warm-ups How-To Information
Describes teachers' responsibilities for Word Warm-ups, which develops mastery and automaticity in decoding words. This individualized, mostly independent phonics program teaches words with common phonics and syllable patterns.
Word Warm-ups How-To Information
Signs for Sounds How-To Information
Describes teachers' responsibilities for Signs for Sounds, a research-based spelling program that provides systematic, explicit instruction in regular spelling patterns based on the principle that letters are signs that stand for sounds.
Signs for Sounds How-To Information
Take Aim! at Vocabulary How-To Information
Describes teachers' responsibilities for Take Aim! at Vocabulary, a powerful research-based program that boosts students' vocabulary knowledge in the critical middle grades. This individualized, mostly independent program teaches high-quality words in the context of nonfiction stories.
Take Aim How-To Information
How-To Videos
These videos present overviews and how-to information for the following topics: Read Naturally basics, Read Live, Read Naturally SE, Read Naturally ME, GATE for Phonics, and Word Warm-ups.
How-To Videos
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers are provided to common questions about the following topics: the Read Naturally strategy, Read Naturally ME, GATE for Phonics, and fluency assessment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Tips and Ideas
This is a compilation of tips and ideas from Read Naturally staff and educators who have implemented Read Naturally instructional programs.
Tips and Ideas