Just Read! is a reading education system that supports and teaches students wherever they are in their reading journey. It offers fluency practice from letter recognition and phonological awareness all the way to reading comprehension, allowing educators to briefly assess a student and begin work exactly where they are. Based on a Multi-sensory Structured Language Education (MSLE) approach to literacy acquisition, the system provides structured and sequential instruction in reading, and each aspect is based on current research and practice. After introductory material and a screening assessment tool, the Teacher's Manual is in three parts. 'Decoding Plus!' contains a range of drills and passages at five levels so teaching can be tailored to students, while 'Fluency Plus!' and 'Comprehension Plus!' each offer fifteen stories designed to build concepts and skills in a cumulative way. The accompanying Student Workbook contains parent-friendly blank versions of the exercises for a student to complete.
JENN CLARK is a Certified Orton Gillingham Practitioner, an MSLE Instructor and a qualified primary school teacher. She holds a BA in Education, a TESOL Diploma, a Family Literacy Certificate and a Trainers Certificate in Adult Education. She has extensive experience teaching students with language-based learning difficulties and has spent several years training teachers in an MSLE approach. MICHELLE MCINTOSH is a Certified Orton Gillingham Practitioner and Supervising Mentor. She earned her Associate Teaching Certificate via Trinity College London. Michelle has an interest in the social and emotional aspects of living with language-based learning difficulties. She has received a Co-Active Life Coaching certificate and has completed a Mindfulness Educator course.
Introduction Notes on reading fluency System central How to use Just Read! Reading fluency screener Decoding Plus! Where to begin - Rapid letter naming - Rapid sound identification - Phoneme to phoneme blending - Pseudo-word (CVC) reading - Real word (CVC) reading - Blending exercises - Fluency passages Fluency Plus! Where to begin - The Quiz - The Lost Quilt - Seth's Trip on a Ship - At the Pond - Stash the Cash - The Back Lane - Mad Ants - Class Tricks - Jay's Fishing Trip - Herb the Hermit Crab - Anne Bonny - The RMS Titanic - The Origin of Castles - Haichi - The Lost City of Atlantis Comprehension Plus! Where to begin - Video Games - Viola Desmond - Gum! - Brain Signals, Body Screens and Brain Implants! - The Amazing Wayne Gretzky - Terry's Marathon Journey - The Story of Bill Reid - Your Amazing Brain - How Dogs Communicate - Learning Disability or Super Power? - Edinburgh Castle - The Truth About Pirates - The Guinness Book of World Records - Black Holes Photocopiable Black Line Masters
