Join us for this fascinating and applicable presentation! Literacy expert and educator Amie Burkholder (@literacyedventures) will share what the research says about phonics instruction and five approaches to teaching it that you can implement it in practical ways within your own classrooms.
Phonics (and phonemic awareness) is the road to fluency and comprehension. Creating explicit and systematic instruction in this area is critical for all students to succeed and become fluent readers and writers.
Participants will walk away with a solid foundation of how to execute an explicit lesson and a tool kit of resources to get them started. All registrants who attend the live webinar will receive a free resource.
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When it comes to phonics instruction, our students need to be doing the hard work of learning. Leveraging high-impact routines and opportunities for practice can create a classroom climate that facilitates this hard work. Literacy expert Hannah Irion-Frake will walk you through the why and how of phonics instruction and show you how you can help your students master phonics concepts forever.
Join us for this informative and practical webinar to learn research-based phonics routines that will create consistent practice opportunities for your students.
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Accommodations act as a bridge to the curriculum for students with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences. Within our classrooms and schools, mindful considerations must be made to ensure accommodations are meaningful supports, accessible to students, and designed with the student in mind to act as a vehicle for learning. During this session, we will dig into how we can introduce and address accommodations within classrooms to remove the stigma or shame that may accompany their use and instead focus on building and preserving self-esteem and developing agency.
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Released: Thursday, July 24, 2025
In this insightful episode, we sit down with Dr. Maria Murray, CEO of The Reading League, to explore the transformative impact of evidence-aligned literacy instruction. Passionate about ensuring all students have access to effective reading education, Dr. Murray shares her journey, discusses the science of reading, and highlights why early intervention is key—especially for students struggling with dyslexia or learning English.
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This is a must-listen for educators, school leaders, and literacy advocates dedicated to making reading instruction accessible, equitable, and impactful.
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As educators plan for summer learning sessions, addressing students who need support requires quality, research-based reading and math solutions. Voyager Sopris Learning® offers proven programs that accelerate students’ foundational skill growth in reading and math for those struggling to reach grade-level goals. Keep students curious and attending class with high-interest topics and engaging activities found in these solutions.
By implementing effective learning solutions, educators can help mitigate learning achievement gaps, maximize knowledge retention, and support vulnerable students. Consistent learning helps students build on their knowledge year after year, leading to better long-term academic and social outcomes.
Use research-based, explicit instruction. This type of instruction helps students build skills in a clear, structured way that supports long-term understanding. It gives teachers a dependable framework for addressing learning needs during the shorter summer window.
Select students through assessment data. Using data ensures the students who need the most support are identified quickly and accurately. It also helps teachers tailor instruction to specific skill gaps from the very start of the program.
Establish and maintain good communication with families. Keeping families informed builds trust and encourages consistent participation throughout the summer. When families understand student goals and progress, they can reinforce learning at home too.
Provide adequate time for instruction and practice. Students need repeated opportunities to apply new skills to grow. Allocating enough time for both teaching and meaningful practice helps them make real progress in just a few weeks.
Flexible learning solutions are essential for students during out-of-session periods. Summer school, extended learning programs, and tutoring offer tailored approaches to address individual academic needs, providing opportunities for remediation, enrichment, and personalized support beyond the traditional classroom setting.
It’s hard to believe it’s already time for educators and district leaders to begin planning for the summer months ahead. For some teachers, the summer time means a few well-deserved weeks off to relax and regroup. For others, it means tackling student learning outcomes head on as we help some of our most vulnerable students during summer sessions.
Knowledge loss during the summer between school years is well documented. A research study in 2020 revealed the average student loses 17 percent to 34 percent of their learning during a summer break. Reading gaps based on income also increased during the summer, as middle-class students showed improved reading skills while lower-income students experienced loss.
Sound Partners is a research-based, supplementary tutoring program that provides individual instruction in phonics-based early reading skills. Through explicit instruction, engaging 30-minute lesson activities, and storybook reading practice, students work to improve alphabetic, phonemic awareness, decoding, word identification, and spelling skills.
LINKS to Literacy™ is a reading intervention program for developing readers in grades K–5. Based on the science of reading, it delivers systematic, explicit instruction in the five essential components of reading. LINKS to Literacy is designed for small-group intervention, includes flexible implementation models, and follows a consistent routine with engaging themes about art, science, technology, travel, personal reflection, courage, and resilience. This solution gives students more opportunities for practice and immediate corrective feedback.
Vmath® Summer Adventure is a research-based intervention that provides targeted instruction and practice for essential concepts and skills students may have missed in math. The modular structure allows for either 30 or 60 hours of instruction, and is flexible to meet your program's needs. The explicit, systematic approach of Vmath Summer Adventure ensures students learn essential skills and strategies to build a strong foundation in mathematics.
The REWARDS® suite is a powerful, research-validated program for adolescent students who struggle reading long, multisyllabic words and comprehending content-area text. With explicit, teacher-led instruction, REWARDS gives students the tools to improve fluency and comprehension to become successful readers.
Tutoring plays an important, supplementary role in supporting students at all grade levels through their academic journey, and helps them overcome challenges, achieve academic milestones, and become lifelong learners.
Tutoring solutions provide students with individualized attention and tailored support. In a one-on-one or small-group setting, tutoring can address the specific needs of each student, clarify complex concepts, and adapt teaching strategies to match individual learning styles. With a personalized approach, students’ understanding can be enhanced, as well as their confidence and motivation to learn.
Tutoring can be a powerful tool to enhance learning, boost confidence, and achieve academic goals. Whether it’s reinforcing existing knowledge, addressing challenges, or exploring new horizons, tutoring provides valuable support for students. Tutoring can support students in several key ways:
LINKS to Literacy™ is a reading intervention program for developing readers in grades K–5. Based on the science of reading, it delivers systematic, explicit instruction in the five essential components of reading. LINKS to Literacy is designed for small-group intervention, includes flexible implementation models, and follows a consistent routine with engaging themes about art, science, technology, travel, personal reflection, courage, and resilience. This solution gives students more opportunities for practice and immediate corrective feedback.
Sound Partners is a research-based, supplementary tutoring program that provides individual instruction in phonics-based early reading skills. Through explicit instruction, engaging 30-minute lesson activities, and storybook reading practice, students work to improve alphabetic, phonemic awareness, decoding, word identification, and spelling skills.
Vmath® Summer Adventure is a research-based intervention that provides targeted instruction and practice for essential concepts and skills students may have missed in math. The modular structure allows for either 30 or 60 hours of instruction, and is flexible to meet your program's needs. The explicit, systematic approach of Vmath Summer Adventure ensures students learn essential skills and strategies to build a strong foundation in mathematics.
The Power Readers series is comprised of 28 decodable stories with pre- and post-reading skill-building activities. As stories progress, students work on the systematic building of phonological awareness, decoding and irregular word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, morphology, and comprehension.
Supercharged Readers is a series of 37 decodable and controlled text chapter books. Building on the alphabetic code learned in Power Readers, it follows an intentional sequence that builds on syllabic and morphemic principles to help students access increasingly challenging text. It includes pre- and post-reading activity pages that give teachers the strategies to supercharge their readers.
