Master Literacy Skills
Blastoff student success with foundational reading skills for primary grades, building confidence and proficiency in decoding and comprehension. Our programs start with vocabulary, advance to phonological awareness and phonemic activities, and teach the alphabetic principle for decoding. Strategic vocabulary integration ensures students gain essential reading and comprehension tools.
Blast for 1st Grade
Tier 1, whole-class instruction, supplemental Instruction
Exciting and engaging scientifically-aligned foundational reading skill instruction for 1st-grade students.
Blast efficiently exposes key literacy concepts ensuring that students establish a firm foundation in the subskills that lead to strong decoding and fluent reading.
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HD Word for 2nd-3rd
Tier 1, whole-class instruction, supplemental Instruction
Powerful and mature scientifically-aligned reading skill instruction for the 2nd & 3rd-grade classroom.
HD Word is a word study program (phonics and phonemic awareness) with a high rate of transfer to students’ skills in other areas of reading, such as fluency and comprehension, resulting in faster, more accurate, and more confident readers.
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"We actually in our district use Really Great Reading. And for the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program, when we received the results this fall for last school year, the assessment that students took, we had the largest number of gains in the state, the largest number of schools that had gains in the state."
– Dr. Monica Goldson, Board Member of the Maryland State Board of Education
Transforming Classrooms with Science of Reading Aligned Solutions
Set the record straight
Reading is an essential building block for student success and is linked to student outcomes. A child’s reading ability directly impacts how well they perform in academic settings.Understand the common misconceptions about the science of reading.
Schwa
Secrets
You may have been hearing a lot about the “schwa” recently. That is because educators who are learning about and implementing science of reading teaching strategies are realizing what linguists and researchers have known for a while.
Learn about why the schwa is extremely important when teaching the English code.
Oral Language Teacher Tips
What are the five practical tips for teachers to support student understanding and use of oral language in the classroom?
These tips focus on enhancing communication between teachers and students to create a more inclusive and effective learning environment.
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Unlock the code to strong foundations of literacy success
Join us for the newest addition to our Science of Reading series, Unlock The Code: The Secret Sauce to Helping Kids Orthographically Map Big Words. We are offering both live virtual options and in-person options for your convenience.
Save the date for “Erasing the Misery of Reading and Spelling Big Words,” where you'll gain insights on helping students read and spell multisyllabic words and learn the secret sauce needed for orthographic mapping of big words.
All attendees to our in-person workshop will receive access to Letter Tile Free Play, a set of SyllaBoards, impactful lessons, and correlated word lists.
Really Great Reading does a really good job with explicit and systematic instruction. It allows the child to build upon their foundational skills in order to be a successful reader.
— Carroll Community School District, Amber G., Second Grade Teacher
See the impact we've had on these districts and their students!
Really Great Reading does a really good job with explicit and systematic instruction.
It allows the child to build upon their foundational skills in order to be a successful reader.
— Carroll Community School District, Amber G., Second Grade Teacher
Developed by Educators for Educators
Our curriculum is designed by experienced teachers and administrators who understand the real challenges in classrooms and are dedicated to practical, effective solutions.Comprehensive Literacy Solutions
We offer a complete range of products that address foundational literacy, reading fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and handwriting, making it a one-stop solution for educators.Research-Backed and Proven
Our curriculum is aligned with the Science of Reading and is ESSA Level II, III, and IV certified, ensuring it’s grounded in solid research and proven to raise reading scores.Real students. Real teachers. Real classrooms.
Implementing real solutions and experiencing really great results with Really Great Reading.