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INTRODUCING OUR ALL-NEW PHONICS SUPPLEMENT
95 Phonics Skill Series™: Short Vowels
95 Phonics Skill Series™: Short Vowels is a supplemental resource developed to meet the needs of all
students (Grades 1 - 8) who require instructional reinforcement and explicit instruction of all 5 short vowels in CVC words to reach closed syllable pattern mastery. This product is the latest addition to our suite of multitiered phonics supplementary programs, grounded in the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy, to strengthen your current ELA curriculum.
Having experienced what explicit, systematic, and sequential phonics instruction looks like with our intervention suite of products, our clients asked us to consider developing additional phonics resources that allow teachers to improve their depth of phonics concepts and their ability to provide effective instruction, in a variety of educational settings.
The 95 Phonics Skill Series™: Short Vowels is the first in a series of phonics lessons designed to fill gaps, review, or enrich specific phonics skills. The program includes all-inclusive Teacher and Student Packages requiring little teacher prep for immediate implementation.
Click here for additional information about this engaging, versatile resource.
Our 95 Phonics Summer School 2nd Edition is back for Summer 2022
We’re excited to announce that our 95 Phonics Booster Bundle™: Summer School 2nd Edition will be available once again to use as a core component of your summer program with new content to address gaps in foundational skills. The Summer School 2nd Edition is a comprehensive phonics and word study program designed to ‘catch students up’ when school is not in session to boost skills and improve reading success.
Learn more by downloading the Program Overview
This program provides targeted research-based structured literacy instruction, for rising 1st through 3rd graders, that is explicit, systematic, sequential, and cumulative. For overextended teachers who need to focus on current instructional needs, the program takes care of all the planning because the Teacher’s Package and Student Workbook Package provide everything needed including engaging individual student phonics manipulatives and decodable texts. No lesson planning is needed, and teachers don’t have to pull materials to create instruction for the summer weeks.
Download the comprehensive program overview to learn more including: a complete description, rationale for development, research, materials and grade level Scope and Sequence.
95 Percent Group Announces Partnership with Leeds Equity to Support Evidence-Based Literacy
95 Percent Group is excited to announce that Leeds Equity has made a significant investment in our company that will enable us to further develop our literacy curriculum as well as invest in our digital solutions. This development further strengthens our ability to empower educators with instructional resources and strategies proven to significantly raise reading achievement.
We are looking forward to beginning this next chapter with Leeds Equity, a private equity firm that’s dedicated to partnering with management teams across the Knowledge Industries. Leeds shares our mission and vision to support early literacy by providing products and services that are grounded in the Science of Reading and aligned with the principles of Structured Literacy.
Our company will continue to be led by Brad Lindaas, President. Brad joined 95 Percent Group as President in February 2018, working closely with co-founders Susan and David Hall. For over 3 years, Brad has increasingly been responsible for overseeing the company’s day-to-day operations and will continue to provide strong leadership and unparalleled client focus. Susan Hall will continue to support the company’s growth and mission as a member of the Board of Directors, and both Susan and David will support Brad with transition activities for a period of time before retiring from the company.
As a company, we are enthusiastic about the opportunities to serve you better that this investment enables, and we look forward to sharing information about new products and services in the coming months. In the meantime: we will continue to support you in the same way we always have. Your representatives in sales, consulting, and customer service remain the same. Please continue to contact us in the same way you have in the past: we are here to support you.
To learn more about this investment, please read the complete press release. If you have any questions about 95 Percent Group, please reach out to info@95percentgroup.com.
Address Phonics Gaps at anytime During the School Year
95 Phonics Booster Bundle™: Tune-Up Grades 1 - 3
Our recently released 95 Phonics Booster Bundle™: Tune-Up was developed to provide teachers with an explicit phonics program to quickly address unfinished learning as school resumes for the 2021-22 school year.
Tune-Up provides teachers with scripted phonics and word study lessons to immediately catch up students who have experienced gaps during the prior school year. We encourage educators to use this 25-day structured literacy based program at the beginning of the school year to cover critical skills right away - even before all BOY assessments are completed.
Study shows Summer School Edition 2021 and Tune-Up Contents Significantly Improved Student Outcomes
A recently published independent study conducted to evaluate the impact of the 95 Phonics Booster Bundle™: Summer School Edition (SSE) on phonics growth using the SSE assessment measures showed that all grade levels demonstrated significant gains. In fact, the main takeaway from this study was that:
"95 Phonics Booster Bundle: Summer School Edition effectively increases students' phonics skills in a four-week summer program, helping close phonics gaps before the start of school."
Targeting Grades 1 - 3, the Tune-Up program was created by reintroducing 100% of the content in our 95 Phonics Booster Bundle: Summer School Edition 2021. Tune-Up is designed to quickly address phonics deficits and improve student outcomes.
Tune-Up Includes Full-Color Presentation Files
The teacher's package includes a Presentation Files component to improve instructional pacing and student engagement. Watch the Presentation File Demo to see how this animated digital feature can be used in class or with remote leaning.
Download Tune-Up Overview and Sample Lessons
Learn more about our
Phonic Booster Bundle™: Tune-Up, download sample lessons and discover how our proven research-based approach can be used to close early literacy deficits and prepare students for future reading success.
Advancing Evidence-Based Instructional Practices to Improve Reading Achievement
In general, educators agree as to what skilled word reading is, and what it looks like. The disagreement lies in HOW to help their students become proficient readers. This well-publicized reading debate centers around the best way to teach students to read.
In this video presentation, Dr. Susan Hall examines the current views about word reading, takes a closer look at how skilled readers read, and explores evidence-based science of reading practices that are connected to brain research. What is the science behind reading? And, how can we fix the 'profound disconnection between the science of reading and educational practice'*?
Watch to learn more about the Science of Reading and how this knowledge can positively impact your instructional practices in the new school year. Download the session handouts and share this presentation with your colleagues to continue this important discussion and learning experience.
Be sure to check out our Foundational Literacy Course: Understanding the Science of Reading, a perfect starting point for all educators to have a shared understanding of this critical topic.
*Seidenberg, M. (2017). Language at the Speed of Sight. How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It. Basic Books, p 9.
10 Success Factors for Literacy Intervention
In some schools, MTSS/RTI is losing steam because other initiatives are consuming educators’ attention. A systemic approach to differentiating instruction to meet the needs of all students should be non-negotiable.
Download this complimentary 8-page booklet to preview the 10 Success Factors and watch our on-demand webinar series. This publication can also be used as a comprehensive Book Study for a district, school, or grade-level team. The Book Study Bundle includes a Facilitator's Guide to promote meaningful conversations among participating staff and Reader's Guides to further engage participants.