READ 180 Universal

Product Integration - Weekly Usage Recommendations:

Student Usage: 225 minutes per week

Student Progression: Struggling readers need intensive, individualized instruction to address their unique reading needs. READ 180 Software is intelligent and adaptive. It collects data based on individual responses and adjusts instruction to meet each student's needs. Students work through six learning zones in the READ 180 instructional app. In the Explore Zone, students build background, concept knowledge, and academic language through Anchor Videos and vocabulary exercises. In the Reading Zone, students build comprehension through close reading and comprehension tasks. In the Language Zone, students use language-based activities to build academic vocabulary. Students practice spelling, sight reading, and decoding in the Fluency Zone in order to build automaticity. In the Writing Zone, students experience each stage of the writing process as they plan, organize, write, and publish written responses. In the Success Zone, students apply learning to grade-level text through the fluency and comprehension strategies they have learned and practiced through the preceding zones.

Teacher Engagement: The READ 180 blended learning instructional model combines digital media with traditional classroom instruction, student assessment, and teacher professional development. READ 180 is delivered in 45- to 90-minute sessions that include whole-group instruction, three small-group rotations, and whole-class wrap-up. Small-group rotations include individualized instruction using an adaptive computer application, small-group instruction with a teacher, and independent reading. READ 180 is designed for students in elementary through high school.