The Wright SKills
The Wright Skills programme is a comprehensive skills programme that explicitly and sequentially addresses phonemic awareness, phonics, and vocabulary development, with fluency and comprehension development occurring as a result of automaticity in decoding. The Wright Skills programme also addresses spelling and writing, oral language development, print awareness, and alphabet knowledge.
The Wright Skills delivers full, systematic, explicit instruction that will take your students from pre-readers to fluent efficient, effective readers. Flexible teacher-friendly lessons can be applied to whole group, small group, and individual activities that drive instruction, monitor growth, and identify problem areas.
The Wright Skills in your classroom:
- Ensures Instruction Effectiveness - Research-based scope and sequence
- Solidifies Phonic Skills – Engaging decodable books and motivating technology provide the opportunities for application and practice of skill
- Closes the Achievement Gap – Supplemental lesson for English Language Learners makes phonemic awareness, phonics, and word study instruction accessible for all students
- Promotes Adequate Yearly Progress - Explicit, systematic phonemic awareness, phonics, and word study increases reading achievement
- Supports Non-English Speaking Students – Lessons include specific targeting of strategies for English Language Learners to help them keep pace with peer achievement.
Essential Components
of Reading Instruction
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The Wright Skills
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Phonemic Awareness |
Teachers can be assured of this solid and well researched skills instruction. |
Phonics |
Teachers don't have to use multiple resources for phonological and phonemic awareness. The Wright Skills is an all-in-one programme. |
Fluency |
The 4-step lesson plan, (Introduce, Teach, Practice and Apply/Assess), helps the teacher provide explicit instruction. |
Vocabulary |
The decodable books practice specific skills taught and can be used sequentially or in any order. |
Comprehension |
Based on the needs of students, teachers can teach the programme sequentially or at point of need. Teachers also choose from a variety of strategies that support varied learning styles. |
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