Read Naturally Masters Edition (ME)
Read Naturally Masters Edition (ME) develops fluency, supports vocabulary development, and promotes comprehension using the powerful, research-based Read Naturally strategy. This flagship product line features blackline masters and audio support on audio CDs or cassettes.
How It Works
Students read along to a recording of the story (teacher modeling) and then practice reading the story on their own, timing themselves until they can read it at a predetermined goal rate (repeated reading). They graph their initial and final scores. The graphs show the students’ progress over successive stories, which provides positive reinforcement, boosting their confidence and motivating them to continue reading. Students work in Read Naturally ME three to five times a week for at least 30 minutes a day.
Placing Students
Read Naturally ME Steps
Setting Up Your Read Naturally ME Workspace
Read Naturally ME How-To Videos
What's Included
Blackline masters
Reproducible masters of the stories to photocopy for students as needed.
- Stories with line-by-line word counts make it easy to determine how many words the students read.
- Definitions of key words enhance students' vocabulary.
- Prediction step in which students write a brief prediction of what they think the story is about prepares students to read by having them think about the topic in advance.
- Quiz questions test the students' comprehension of the story; questions in the sequenced levels follow a specific format to help identify problem areas in comprehension (e.g., main idea, vocabulary, inference).
- Retell step in which students retell what they remember about the story helps assess comprehension.
- Masters are also included for letters to parents; a steps poster; fluency, comprehension, retell, and word list graphs; and a Super Reader award.
Audio support
High-quality, professional voice recordings of key words, definitions, and the story. For the Read Along step, there are three recordings of each story, each one slightly faster than the previous one.
- Professional recordings of a fluency reader model correct pronunciation, expression, and phrasing.
- Allows teachers to work with other students while readers work with their recordings.
- Allows students to read along at a consistent pace at an optimum speed for struggling readers.
- Enables students to work independently at their own pace.
- Gives students ownership of their own learning, keeping them engaged and motivated.
Teacher's manual
Comprehensive guide for teachers’ instructions and program elements.
- Rationale for and benefits of the Read Naturally strategy
- Teacher responsibilities and lesson plans
- Guidelines for planning and setting up
- Instructions for implementing the Read Naturally steps
- Guidelines for monitoring student performance