Skill Level:Grades 1‒8 Intervention Range:Beginning Reader to Adult Learner
Deliver results for striving readers of all ages with evidence-based intervention solutions on a web-based platform. Read Live provides complete access to Read Naturally Live, Word Warm-ups Live, One Minute Reader Live, and Read Naturally Live—Español in a simple and effective format. Build fluency, develop phonics skills, and improve vocabulary and comprehension with a structured process featuring nonfiction passages and an engaging scoring system.
Work mostly independently with extensive audio support.
Experience gains quickly and develop confidence as learners.
Take ownership of their success and are accountable for their work.
Build fluency, strengthen comprehension, expand vocabulary with Read Naturally Live.
Develop mastery and automaticity in phonics and decoding with Word Warm-ups Live.
Supplement their development of literacy skills independently with One Minute Reader Live.
Develop the Spanish literacy skills of native Spanish speakers with Read Naturally Live—Español.
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Enables easy differentiation for students of all ages and instructional levels.
Delivers extensive reports with actionable data for making instructional decisions.
Includes a motivating scoring system.
Provides built-in progress monitoring without additional testing.
Features interesting informational text for nonfiction reading opportunities.
Students begin with a placement process and are assigned an appropriate level and goal in Read Naturally Live. Students needing additional phonics support can also be assigned specific exercises in Word Warm-ups Live to build mastery and automaticity in phonics and decoding. One Minute Reader Live supplements the development of literacy skills through guided, independent reading. In Read Naturally Live—Español, native Spanish speakers work with Spanish texts to develop Spanish literacy skills.
Read Live subscriptions include complete access to Read Naturally Live, Word Warm-ups Live, One Minute Reader Live, and Read Naturally Live—Español.
READ NATURALLY LIVE
Read Naturally Live offers 23 levels of three series. All series have the same basic design with strategic differences.
Sequenced series is the basic series and has 13 levels (1.0 – 8.0) with 24 stories per level.
Phonics series adds phonics lessons and activities to the basic design and has 6 levels (0.8 – 2.7) with 24 stories per level.
Idioms series teaches common American idioms as students work on reading skills. Idioms has 4 levels (3.0 – 4.5) with 12 stories per level.
WORD WARM-UPS LIVE
Word Warm-ups Live provides three levels. Level 1 provides practice in beginning letter sounds and detailed lessons on decoding one-syllable words across 69 exercises in nine sections. Level 2 teaches decoding skills using two-syllable words across 68 exercises in eight sections. Level 3 teaches multi-syllabic words across 48 exercises in seven sections.
ONE MINUTE READER LIVE
One Minute Reader Live provides six levels—early first-grade through middle fifth-grade. Each level includes six books with five nonfiction stories organized around a specific theme.
Read Live is a wonderful program that helps with teaching struggling readers. This resource has been a great addition to our school and I can only believe that it's going to get more students on grade level!
Read Live is a fantastic program for increasing vocabulary, summarizing, and especially reading fluency. The stories are interesting and the variety of tasks keep the students engaged. My school has used Read Live for many years going back to the paper days. I often use One Minute Reader for students that need to read in the study hall. Reply
Karen D.Mar 11, 2025
5
I have used this program for years, starting with the paper stories and the CDs. So many plusses for my kiddos, and so easy to use. This year I have Covid shut down's first graders as 6th graders, and there are so many holes. I really see them filling in and fluency improving. Reply
Amanda SchulteMar 11, 2025
5
I use Read Live in a middle school special education classroom. I love this program for building comprehension and fluency skills. This program is perfect for getting students materials at their instructional level. It helps build their reading independence while keeping them engaged. We use this program everyday! Reply
Christy MaloneMar 11, 2025
5
If you love Read Naturally, Read Naturally Live is that and so much more! This year is my 8th year using this online fluency, phonics and comprehension program as a part of my learning support program. I've used it when I worked at a private school and now in public school. I like to use it with 2nd graders up through high school. The best part is when the students get excited to see their own progress. Also, when I meet with parents they often report their kids reading more and more fluently when at home! That is the best news to me! Reply
LisaMar 11, 2025
5
We have used Read Live for a few years now. The students love it, stories are engaging and the growth we all see is phenomenal. Reply
Sarah PrestonMar 11, 2025
5
Read Naturally Live is a fast and effective way to increase fluency and comprehension. The leveled activities is a great way in engage and challenge each student. The teacher reports are very helpful. Reply
D Alexander-TapperMar 11, 2025
5
Read Naturally Live has been created a way for me to support students in an intervention setting who are multiple levels. I have some students working at the Phonics level and others at the fifth grade level. Students are learning that practice is essential and that they can measure their own growth. Some students enjoy being competitive with each other to see who is able to beat their own goal, while others are happy to simply challenge themselves. The stories are always informative and there are enticing topics that most students enjoy. Students are learning to distinguish between main idea and details, and to use text evidence on every story. I love it! Reply
Tsvetana D MawickeMar 11, 2025
5
I work as a special educator with 5th and 6th-grade students. ReadLive is the reading and writing comprehension I use with them. I have been using ReadLive for the last 3 years, and I am pleased with my students' progress. ReadLive is super beneficial and helps my students increase their fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing skills, and background knowledge. This intervention is evidence-based, and I use it weekly for at least two sessions. The free resources are endless, and I use many of them as well. Thank you for creating this powerful tool for us educators! Reply
Katie EvleandMar 11, 2025
5
I have worked in a District that has used Read Naturally for over a decade. We made the transition years ago from the paper Read Naturally kits to ReadLive on iPads and Chromebooks. This intervention program continues to improve and grow to meet the needs of all readers and reading levels. As a Title 1 Reading Teacher, we require the use of evidence-based programs to support our diverse population. I highly recommend this program for phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension! Reply
Debra GardinerMar 11, 2025
5
I have been using ReadLIve with my students for as long as I can remember (I have been teaching for 20+ years). I teach special education and I've taught all grades from kindergarten through 8th grade. ReadLive has been a valuable resource for my classroom. We use it almost daily and I've seen my students progress in their reading because of ReadLIve. Reply
Nicole R.Mar 11, 2025
5
I'm grateful to have Read Live as a part of my classroom resources. The stories are engaging, and the features encourage independence and build skills such as vocabulary and comprehension along with fluency. I love that students always have something to work on, even while they are waiting for me to review their work --- it makes for an efficient activity and class structure. The student reports show excellent data that help inform progress reports! Reply
Julie MMar 11, 2025
5
I love Read Naturally Live. As a special education resource teacher I used the original paper version. Now I'm using it as a reading interventionist. I love that my students have choice within the program and freedom to work at their own pace. For those students who are naturally quiet, Read Live gives me ample opportunity to meet with them one-on-one. The program provides my student practice in all areas of reading: vocabulary development, fluency modeling/practice and comprehension. Additionally, the Read Live team is so responsive. During the pandemic when other publishers were moving slowly, the Read Live team was proactively making the program easy for us to use. You are always thinking ahead-- constantly improving, adding new features, enhancing the student experience. The more I use the program, the happier I am. Thank you! Reply
Sheila FelletterMar 11, 2025
5
I use the Read Live program with both 5th graders and 1st graders during my day. It is easy to use, both by myself and the students. I like the challenges it brings each student on their own level. They get excited when they pass, and I reward them with "Falcon Bucks" , a reward system in our school Reply
Karla WiedemanMar 11, 2025
5
I love the Read Live program! I have used it as a reading intervention program for several years with very good results. I love that there are so many levels that allow for differentiated learning and also consistency from year to year. I also love that the program includes phonics, fluency and reading comprehension skills. This program is great for collecting data and documenting progress. Reply
Ali DanielsMar 11, 2025
5
I have used Read Live for a couple of years and I am always amazing with my kids progress building fluency. My student, as well as myself, enjoys the stories. I love that my students ask to use this program when they are given a choice of work. Reply
Heather WarnerMar 11, 2025
5
I love Read Live! In the past, I have utilized Read Live before school to support students during our COVID Learning Loss morning tutoring. I have also utilized Read Live during Mustang U (our school's RTI Time). Currently, I utilize Read Live in my roles as Instructional Coach, Intervention Teacher, and SST Coordinator. The components of Read Live seamlessly work together to support the Science of Reading, as well as strategies to improve reading, comprehension, and writing for all students. Our Special Education/SAI Department incorporates Read Live into their SAI Sessions with students to assist students in strengthening their current reading abilities and work towards their IEP Goals. In my Intervention Classes, I have seen many students gain great ground (grade levels) in Reading and no long have the need to attend Intervention. The Read Live Data that I gather is helpful in writing SSTs and tracking student progress. I find Read Live to be an invaluable component of many areas of instruction at our school. Thank you!
I LOVE READ LIVE! MY STUDENTS LOVE READ LIVE! I wish I could utilize this in my high school resource setting. In the grades TK-6 Resource, my students showed so much growth! In most cases, my caseload of 45 students gained 2 YEARS levels of Reading Comprehension and Fluency! My students could not have accomplished this without READ LIVE! The kids LOVE to be able to CHOOSE the story of their interest. VOICE and CHOICE is so important for student's buy-in. READ LIVE offers this students! It creates even more of a buy-in. At the end of the year, I have students who LOVE to read, unlike when they first came to me and were previously unexposed. Thank you SO MUCH for Read Live! Please don't ever stop with your updates, professional development, webinars and online support, too. READ LIVE works for ALL of us!! Teachers also gain knowledge of the Science of Reading and engaging interactive communication with students throughout their journey of Reading!! (I've been teaching for 25 years, and utilizing Read LIVE successfully for 6 years!!) Reply
ShanaMar 11, 2025
5
This year, the ESOL team at my school decided to use this program as a way to teach students new vocabulary, reading skills and comprehension to ELLs and it worked so amazing. Each story is non-fiction so they can be used interchangeably with kids in both younger and older grades. This helped us to work together as a team to help students to grow in their understanding of vocabulary across all grade levels. I also love that the stories are printable so that in small groups we can really highlight through stories and simultaneously work with students on searching for text-based evidence. Our students vocabulary, reading fluency and skills, as well as comprehension skills have grown so much this year with the help of this program! I look forward to using it in the years to come with students. Reply
MelissaMar 11, 2025
5
Read Naturally is such a wonderful reading program. I have been using Read Naturally in my classroom for several years now. The growth that we see in our students is incredible! Our students enjoy and look forward to completing new stories with Read Naturally. This program is a win for teachers and students. In our classroom, we have used the hard copies and compact discs for years and this year, we began utilizing your online Read Naturally and it has been a game changer for everyone. We are extremely happy with your program and would like to thank you. Reply