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A core reading program is the main instructional tool that educators follow to make sure students reach or surpass grade level standards in reading The core reading program in any school must align with and support state standards It should target the needs of most students in a school Supplemental and intervention programs need to be built into a core reading program to support students that require more intensive instruction Various curriculums should be researched in order to develop an appropriate core curriculum for a specific school There are five essential components to effective reading instruction They are phonemic awareness phonics fluency vocabulary and text comprehension To teach these elements properly it is essential that the instruction is explicit and systematic to be effective in moving children through the learning to read stage to the reading to learn
A Consumer's Guide To Analyze a Core Reading Program is a guide to analyze and rate any core reading program It is a way to document evidence of program efficacy The guide is formatted with the five essential elements It details the specific criterion in a explicit order for each element Next to each criterion is a rating scale to check whether the elements you are teaching meets partially meets or does not satisfy the criterion In my classroom I would follow A Consumer's Guide To Analyze a Core Reading Program to help recognize the strengths and weaknesses of the core reading program being implemented in our school I would also use the consumers guide as an outline to help me plan my lessons and to ensure I am covering all five elements in an explicit and systematic way I would also use as a way to collect data and to show if my instruction needs to be modified
