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Reading Mastery Signature Edition.Please note, we do not market materials. Click on the 'Where to Purchase' button below to view purchasing options. Reading Mastery is a complete basal reading program that uses the Direct Instruction method to help students master essential decoding and comprehension skills.

• The Mastery
• Teacher Workbooks For Students

The program places particular emphasis on teaching thinking skills and helping students acquire background knowledge. Program materials include fully scripted lessons to guide teachers through carefully constructed instructional steps - modeling new content, providing guided practice, offering individualized practice and applying skills. It also utilizes a special designed to assist students identify letter sounds. The special font is later phased out and replaced with traditional orthography. Signals and group responses are used to keep students involved, help them stay on task and help with lesson pacing. Teachers assess student performance throughout the program, and struggling students receive practice through remedial exercises.

Review and practice of Common Core State Standards prepares students for state, PARCC, and Smarter Balanced assessments Diagnostic Tryout Test—standards-based questions determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and guide individual instruction. Comprehensive coverage—all standards are covered in depth. Authentic texts—lessons are built on well-regarded fiction and informational excerpts and complete works, many featuring Exemplar texts and Exemplar authors. Close reading—students return to the selections to offer textual evidence to substantiate their answers. Writing in response to reading—students demonstrate a deep understanding of selections by using textual evidence to write about what they have read.

The Mastery

Progress monitoring—unit practice tests assess skills practiced and reviewed. Mastery Test—standards-based questions mirror those on CCSS assessments to measure progress and skill mastery. Teacher’s Guides Includes an answer key for the Tryout Test, all unit problems, and the Mastery Test; skills charts; Common Core State Standards per grade level; and useful tips for the teacher.

Follow the four steps to success STEP 1 Diagnostic Pretest. questions match those found on state, PARCC, and Smarter Balanced assessments.

students document scores on the Tryout Text Skills Chart to determine specific skills for review and practice. identifies skill gaps STEP 2 Review Units feature lessons based on state standards and CCSS. questions based on authentic fiction and informational texts provide guided review of each standard. lessons focus on the deep understanding of the texts to meet the rigor of the standards and. tests STEP 3 Practice Lessons are built on authentic selections, many featuring Exemplar texts and Exemplar authors. Students return to the selection to. answer standards-based questions.

offer textual evidence to substantiate their answers. write in response to their reading as evidence of understanding An extensive Writing Test Workshop features. individual sections on Argumentative, Informative, Narrative, and Research Report writing. how to read a writing test prompt.

Teacher Workbooks For Students

model student essays. rubrics STEP 4 Mastery Both comprehensive and lesson-level tests assess each standard and measure progress and skill mastery. THIS PROGRAM IS SOLD ONLY TO EDUCATORS AND SENT TO SCHOOL OR DISTRICT ADDRESSES ONLY.