Intervention Programs

I utilize the Read Naturally stories to enhance students' fluency and comprehension skills.

I use these nonfiction stories with my intervention groups. The stories are very high interest. My students love them! Their vocabulary, fluency and comprehension has been increasing!

I love the non-fiction text and the chance for students to read and digest the short text where deeper thinking skills are practiced before launching into a longer text. This material is great!!

Our "go-to" intervention for SRD and SLD reading students! Excellent program!

Our district recently purchased additional Read Naturally materials, and I have been working with their customer service team. They are quick to respond and so helpful. I could not ask for a better experience.

I'm writing this review years after I first used Read Naturally with my reading center students. This program is STILL by far the best and most cost effective program I've found for assisting students with fluency. The fact that it is mostly student self-directed, is what really makes it effective for learning stations. I used and still recommend the Encore II Masters paper version because there was just something about my students keeping track of their own progress and creating their own graphs. As a teacher, my part was at the beginning and end of each passage when they told me they were ready to "test off" of the story and move on to the next. The comprehension questions, in my experience, are much more extensive than most other fluency programs. And the fact that kids aren't just stuck on a computer program without ever having their oral reading being listened to by a teacher is the wonderful. The students were always interested in the stories and gained a lot of content knowledge from the readings. This program works when done correctly! My students ALWAYS grew several grade levels within a years time by using this program only 10 minutes a day.

I love this program! I have used it for about 10 years now, in several schools. Students are interested in the stories and are so motivated by their progress charts. I am able to use this for some basic reading skills, (I use some of the phonics stories), fluency, comprehension, and I teach writing around the stories. It is easy to implement and I can easily monitor student progress. Thank you!

The daily use of Read Naturally has made ALL of my students improve in reading fluency, comprehension, and writing. I love that the passages are expository and cover grade-level topics. I've used this program for years and it never disappoints!!!

Our district has been using Read Naturally for years and we love it! Our teachers use passages as intervention tools for fluency and comprehension (grade levels 1-8) and have seen amazing results. The best part about this company is that if I ever have questions regarding the level kits or need any supplemental materials, I always receive a rapid response (through emails and/or phone calls). As a teacher who has 10-15 minutes between classes, this is a game-changer.

This program has been game changing (dare I say life changing?!) for my son. He has struggled with reading all the way through fourth grade when I finally had him assessed. Dyslexia was the diagnosis and I was told that he likely would never be a strong reader. He tested at a first grade reading level despite years of intensive one-on-one teaching. That was the last month of fourth grade. We started Read Naturally at the beginning of his fifth grade year. We are three months into the school year and his reading has improved two grade levels! Just as important, his confidence level and resulting attitude toward reading is so much better. This program is EASY for parent and students alike and it WORKS! I am so grateful that we found Read Naturally. I do believe it is having a life changing impact on my son.

The Read Naturally Encore program has proven to be an excellent intervention for our below level students and ESL students BUT, has also provided a way to accelerate our already on level readers. The students are engaged as they read the nonfiction passages and excited to graph and "OWN" their growth and achievement. They have gained confidence, vocabulary and interesting facts. It has encouraged them to find out more when they read about a topic and become curious. I began using Read Naturally ME many years ago and continue to love the program and the impact it has on all readers.

I have been an educator for nearly 3 decades in various roles, and have used Read Naturally as a part of reading intervention for many years. I am currently working with tutoring centers in Beijing China and have introduced this program. Read Naturally is a good match for 2nd language learners as it provides them with correct pronunciation and gives them the opportunity to improve their own pronunciation. Students love it, in addition to helping with correct pronunciation, RN works very well for reading fluency practice, vocabulary development, and writing practice. The educators here also love it because it is easy to implement and because they see results in students very quickly. They have commented that they are pleased with how motivated the students are and how happy they are to see progress made right before their eyes.

The program has greatly improved our students fluency and comprehension. The leveled program allows the students to practice successful reading on their own. The independence experienced by the students has been wonderful for their self-esteem. The vocabulary, predictions, and comprehension are also a big part of what makes the program a success. It is very easy to use and the students are highly engaged in the stories because they can choose what they are interested in reading. Also, the progress tracking graph is a huge incentive for success.

I worked as volunteer instructional aide in the reading department at Key Largo School. We used the original version of Read Naturally, currently known as Encore, and I could see how children not only enjoyed and enhanced their reading experience, but their handwritten work, involving the information received by following the words with their fingertips, tracing their comprehension answers, drawing the bar graph to evaluate themselves, made an unequally valuable connection, back and forth from hand through brain, that can hardly be replaced by the use of type-on computers. Other than the obvious pragmatic and trendy convenience, what does the Cloud and online programs offer to replace all those benefits offered by Read Naturally Encore?

This is by far the best intervention program I have ever used in the classroom. The fact that much of it can be student driven and managed is a wonderful advantage of this program. Students get to practice their fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary, all with informational texts! The charting routine, in which the students chart their own success is a great way to hold them responsible and they love to see their own growth. My students read so much with this program, and at the end of each six weeks, I have a little Jeopardy game to show them how much they've actually learned with the multiple readings. They are always amazed at how much smarter they've gotten by using Read Naturally. One tip I'd give anyone using this version would be to buy timers that vibrate or flash a light so that you don't have to listen to the beeping all day long! I found some great ones for about 14$ each. This works so much better than iStation!

As a resource teacher, I have been using Encore for years with my struggling students. I love how it has helped my students improve in their reading comprehension, fluency, and writing! They enjoy competing with themselves to improve their fluency scores. I appreciate that the texts are engaging at all levels. Within one 45 minute period, we cover so much! I use the data I get weekly from this program to drive my instruction.

I use Read Naturally with my Middle School Resource kids. My students have gained confidence as they use this program. With confidence comes the desire to read more difficult passages. Not every student does well with a strictly phonics program. Read Naturally is the perfect fit for my students who need an additional method to build their reading skills.