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Congratulations to Star Student Logan W. from Livonia, NY! Logan is a second-grade student at Livonia Elementary School. Logan’s teacher, Judi Cuffney, had this to say about him: Read more

Read Naturally is proud to announce that we've given Read Naturally Masters Edition a makeover! Masters Edition has a new look, a number of new features and upgrades, and a new name for the Sequenced series and the Phonics series: Read Naturally Encore!

Encore offers the same research-based curriculum as the Masters Edition, but with upgraded and expanded features, including the following: Read more

Congratulations to Star Student Jordyn C. from San Marino, CA! Jordyn is a fourth-grade student at Carver Elementary School. Jordyn’s teacher, Ann Matthiessen, had this to say about her: Read more

Congratulations to Star Student Jesse B. from Grand Rapids, MI! Jesse is a second-grade student at Townline Elementary School. Jesse’s teacher, Candis Malcolm, had this to say about him: Read more

​As a student works in the Word Warm-ups program, you should observe his or her progress to make sure that he/she is using exercises that fit his or her current level of development. Each hot timing gives you an opportunity to periodically monitor the student’s progress on reading words with the featured patterns to decide whether you should make any adjustments to your use of the program with the student. Read more

​Congratulations to Star Student Roy P. from Stone Mountain, GA! Roy is a third-grade student in Gwinnett County. Tabatha, who is both Roy’s mother and his teacher, had this to say about him: Read more

Read Live Tip #8: Are You Communicating About Student Progress With Parents, Guardians, and Colleagues?

Read Naturally Live has many resources to support communication including reports, a progress letter, and certificates that can be sent home with packets of stories completed. Use Read Naturally Live reports to communicate about student performance with colleagues. Read more

If your students have been using Read Naturally since the beginning of the year, they should now have a pretty good handle on using the program. You should be able to spend your time monitoring their progress and differentiating instruction instead of reminding them what they need to be doing. In addition to checking their hot and cold timings to look at their progress (and making any necessary adjustments), you should be checking how each student is doing on the comprehension questions. Is the student getting at least 80% of the questions correct? Do you have some students who are consistently getting certain questions wrong? Read more

Read Live Tip # 7: Monitoring Student Performance to Keep Each Student Challenged

Accelerate learning by keeping students challenged as they improve. To make sure students are continually challenged, regularly monitor each student’s performance to determine when to make changes in a student’s level or goal (typically after completing 12 or 24 stories). Use the guidelines in the Read Live User Guide to decide when to make a change, when to raise the level or goal, and how to involve the student. Read more

Read Live Tip #6: Use the Story Options Feature to Help Differentiate Instruction

You can adjust the program for individual students or groups using story options. Possible changes include turning off steps, adjusting time limits for steps, adjusting the number of read alongs and practices required, and adding a Spanish read along for native speakers of Spanish. Read more