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English Learners

Really Great Reading provides phonics instruction tailored to meet the unique needs of English Learners, ensuring all students can access high-quality literacy support . Our approach enables monolingual and multilingual teachers to effectively deliver lessons without the need to speak another language, engages students by highlighting the value of multilingualism, and involves families in supporting their child’s literacy progress.

Our equitable solutions recognize the rapid growth of the multilingual population and the value of multilingualism as an asset in today’s interconnected world. Our products foster student engagement by celebrating linguistic diversity, emphasizing the benefits of being multilingual, and creating a supportive learning environment where language skills are seen as a strength.

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Explore English Learner Solutions
The Multilingual Supply Room

The Multilingual Supply Room offers an easily accessible selection of supplemental resources designed to support English Learners in their phonics journey. With resources available in 8 languages, instructional animations, trainings, and printable materials, this handy collection complements Really Great Reading's foundational literacy products and leverages students' existing language skills to support both classroom and intervention settings.

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Key Features

The Multilingual Supply Room provides educators with a well-rounded toolkit, offering digital and printable resources to help students build foundational reading skills in English with confidence and clarity.

Easily Accessible Supplemental Resources
  • A wide selection of resources, including instructional animations, training, and printable materials.
  • Designed to complement Really Great Reading's foundational literacy products: Countdown, Blast, and HD Word.
Leveraging Home Language Skills
  • Resources that build on students’ existing language abilities, supporting their transition to English literacy.
  • Instructional animations explaining key English phonics skills and strategies in student’s native language.
Comprehensive Teacher Support
  • Ready-made phonics teaching guides and lesson plans that provide a strong foundation for ELs.
  • Printable materials, such as anchor charts, flashcards, and worksheets, for seamless classroom implementation.
  • Virtual professional development that provides for a positive perspective on best practices when teaching multilingual learners.
Multilingual Support for Families
  • Multilingual handouts to help families understand U.S. school norms and how to best support their child's English language development
  • Enhanced school-to-home connection and communication boost student engagement and ownership of each learner’s academic journey 
Con Español

RGR con Español offers a comprehensive suite of resources tailored to support Spanish-speaking students in their English literacy journey. By leveraging their existing Spanish language skills, this collection includes explanatory animations, school-to-home resources, and printable materials, designed to complement Really Great Reading's foundational literacy products.

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Key Features
Targeted Support for Spanish-Speaking Students
Crosslinguistic Resources
  • Activities that leverage Spanish knowledge to strengthen English phonics
  • A scope and sequence that highlights shared and unshared traits in the English and Spanish language to leverage language skills and reinforce phonics instruction
Comprehensive Teacher Training and Support
  • Ready-to-use phonics guides, lesson plans, and printable resources to support Spanish speaking students
  • Virtual professional development on best practices for supporting Spanish-speaking English Learners
RGR con Español offers a comprehensive suite of resources tailored to support Spanish-speaking students in their English literacy journey.

Our foundational literacy programs, Countdown, Blast, and HD Word, offer a collection of resources designed to support English Learners by recognizing and building upon their existing language skills. These resources integrate multisensory activities, visual aids, and skill-building routines. 

Support Highlights:

Developed with an asset-based approach to create an engaging environment for all students

Visual aids, multi-sensory activities, and skill-building routines  

Meets the diverse needs of students at varying proficiency levels  

Honor students’ skills and knowledge, regardless of their English proficiency levels