Just Words is a highly explicit, multisensory decoding and spelling program for students who have mild to moderate gaps in their decoding and spelling proficiency but do not require intensive intervention.

The program is designed to take one full year to complete.

We study word structure with explicit teaching of “how English works” for both decoding and spelling automaticity. It is designed for students who can benefit from the targeted word study focus without requiring the more comprehensive intervention of Wilson Program.

Wilson reading Program directly and systematically teaches the structure of the English language. Through the program, students learn fluent decoding and encoding skills to the level of mastery. From the beginning Steps of the program, students receive instruction in:

• Word structure, in depth, for automatic decoding and spelling

• Word recognition and spelling of high frequency words, including irregular words

• Vocabulary, word understanding, and word-learning skills

• Sentence-level text reading with ease, expression, and understanding

• Listening comprehension with age-appropriate narrative and informational text

• Reading comprehension with narrative and expository text of increasing levels of difficulty

• Narrative and informational text structures

• Organization of information for oral or written expression

• Proofreading skills

• Self-monitoring for word recognition accuracy and comprehension