The Cracking the ABC Code small group programs are designed specifically for school use and aimed at students who are not performing at an optimum level in reading and/or spelling.
The programs are phonic based, systematic, multisensory and incorporate key strategies from memory research.
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The programs are intended to be conducted in a one hour session once a week. However, you could run 2 x 1 hour sessions a week, if you had the time, or alternatively split the one hour into two half hour time slots if that worked better.
There is follow up homework, as this is an important part of retention for students who have literacy difficulties. However, the homework component is less intense than in the one-on-one programs and would be easily completed with the help of an Educational Assistant or parent volunteer for those children who didn’t have the necessary home support. Some schools have also chosen to work with students every day.
The programs comes in 3 Modules in pdf format, licensed to the school.:
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- Module 1: Levels 1, 2A and 2B
- Module 2: Levels 3A, 3B and 3C
- Module 3: Levels 4A and 4B
They are only available for purchase by schools and a condition of purchase is that school staff attend a compulsory three hour implementation workshop.
- Level 1– students who don’t know the majority of the letters of the alphabet
- Level 2 – students who know the sounds of the alphabet, but do not score on a reading assessment up until have a reading age equivalent score of 6½ years
- Level 3 – students with reading ages of between 6 ½ years and 10 years.
- Level 4 – students with reading ages of between 10-13/14 years.
For further information and samples of the material, please email Lillian: lfawcett@crackingtheabccode.com
The following links provides support resources for schools who have purchased the programs.
To access these links you must first register an account and then apply the provided password on the Small Group Programs course page.