Foundational Skills
At Really Great Reading, we equip educators of all experience levels with effective resources to ensure every student becomes a joyful and confident reader. Through structured and multisensory instruction, we support students' reading progress and work to close literacy gaps by targeting the diverse needs of all learners.
A third-party research group examined whether students who used Really Great Reading Instruction enjoyed improved literacy outcomes in two distinct studies, conducted among elementary school students in an urban school district and a large public school district, during the 2022/2023 school year.
Building a Strong Foundation for Preschool Literacy!
Launchpad engages Pre-Kindergarten aged children with interactive, play-based lessons that develop critical early literacy skills. This research-based program focuses on building letter recognition, phonological awareness, and foundational print concepts to prepare children for kindergarten success.
Teacher Guide Set
Get Started with Launchpad Pre-K Literacy!
The Launchpad Teacher Guide offers everything you need for effective, engaging instruction with clear, ready-to- teach lesson plans and easy-to-follow routines.
- High-quality professional development for early literacy instruction
- Straightforward, easy-to-use lesson plans
- No prior phonics knowledge required
- Interactive instruction incorporates movement and flexibility
- 1 set of Sound & Letter Cards for tactile and visual reinforcement of key literacy skills
Launchpad Online
Launchpad Online is a dynamic teaching tool that brings lessons to life with interactive activities and animations, making instruction clear and engaging.
- A vibrant, image-based teacher presentation tool that enhances student engagement
- Delivers clear, concise, and effective instruction with colorful imagery, games, and animations
- Compatible with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, and computers
- Bonus: The Supply Room hosts a treasure trove of activities, supplements, and teacher professional development
Virtual Training for Educators
Unlock Launchpad’s full potential with interactive, self-paced training. The implementation training is designed to fit seamlessly into educators' busy schedules, regardless of their prior knowledge of the Science of Reading. With its interactive and virtual format, it ensures a confident and powerful start with Launchpad, helping educators feel fully prepared for success.
Get Started with Launchpad Pre-K Literacy!
The Launchpad Teacher Guide offers everything you need for effective, engaging instruction with clear, ready-to- teach lesson plans and easy-to-follow routines.
- High-quality professional development for early literacy instruction
- Straightforward, easy-to-use lesson plans
- No prior phonics knowledge required
- Interactive instruction incorporates movement and flexibility
- 1 set of Sound & Letter Cards for tactile and visual reinforcement of key literacy skills
Launchpad Online is a dynamic teaching tool that brings lessons to life with interactive activities and animations, making instruction clear and engaging.
- A vibrant, image-based teacher presentation tool that enhances student engagement
- Delivers clear, concise, and effective instruction with colorful imagery, games, and animations
- Compatible with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, and computers
- Bonus: The Supply Room hosts a treasure trove of activities, supplements, and teacher professional development
Unlock Launchpad’s full potential with interactive, self-paced training. The implementation training is designed to fit seamlessly into educators' busy schedules, regardless of their prior knowledge of the Science of Reading. With its interactive and virtual format, it ensures a confident and powerful start with Launchpad, helping educators feel fully prepared for success.
Countdown to Confident Kindergarten Readers
Countdown equips kindergarten students with essential reading skills, focusing on phonemic awareness, phonics, and academic vocabulary, while building letter knowledge, fluency with high-frequency words, and foundational handwriting skills through Really Great Handwriting. With scripted teacher guides, cumulative skill reinforcement, and an interactive online platform, Countdown ensures differentiated instruction for all learners to develop a strong reading foundation.
Teacher Guide
Countdown’s Teacher Guide Set comprises instructional books with easy-to-teach lessons designed to deliver efficient literacy instruction.
- Ready-to-teach lessons, with minimal prep-time required
- Thorough explanation of concepts, routines, and procedures
- Strategies for adjusting and differentiating instruction
- Embedded, incremental professional development—no phonological awareness or phonics background needed
- Includes instructional lesson plan books, vowel posters, Countdown Wall Cards, student workbooks and kits
Countdown Online
An interactive platform that brings lessons to life with engaging animations, virtual manipulatives, and real-time visual aids. Countdown Online reduces prep time while enhancing instructional precision.
- Dynamic, image-based presentation tool that boosts classroom engagement and learning
- Delivers clear, effective instruction with vibrant visuals and real-time interactive features
- Compatible with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, laptops, and computers
- BONUS: Access a library of activities, supplements, and professional development resources through The Supply Room
Virtual Training for Educators
Unlock Countdown’s full potential with interactive, self-paced training. The implementation training is designed to fit seamlessly into educators' busy schedules, regardless of their prior knowledge of the Science of Reading. With its interactive and virtual format, it ensures a confident and powerful start with Countdown, helping educators feel fully prepared for success.
The Reading Playground
The Reading Playground helps students independently practice foundational literacy skills and complements Countdown by offering additional reinforcement opportunities. This fun, interactive tool features a variety of assessment options—formative assessments, progress monitoring, diagnostics, and program assessments—along with comprehensive reporting capabilities that let teachers pinpoint students’ strengths and areas for improvement.
- Accessible Across Devices: Responsive capabilities for use on various platforms
- Teacher Dashboard: Easy-to-read interface for managing assignments, receiving targeted activity recommendations, and accessing detailed reports and helpful resources—all in one place
- Vocabulary Playground: Reinforce phonology, orthography, morphology, and meaning of words
- Spanish Support: Instructions in English and Spanish for better understanding, accurate progress tracking, and documentation of language accommodations
Countdown’s Teacher Guide Set comprises instructional books with easy-to-teach lessons designed to deliver efficient literacy instruction.
- Ready-to-teach lessons, with minimal prep-time required
- Thorough explanation of concepts, routines, and procedures
- Strategies for adjusting and differentiating instruction
- Embedded, incremental professional development—no phonological awareness or phonics background needed
- Includes instructional lesson plan books, vowel posters, Countdown Wall Cards, student workbooks and kits
An interactive platform that brings lessons to life with engaging animations, virtual manipulatives, and real-time visual aids. Countdown Online reduces prep time while enhancing instructional precision.
- Dynamic, image-based presentation tool that boosts classroom engagement and learning
- Delivers clear, effective instruction with vibrant visuals and real-time interactive features
- Compatible with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, laptops, and computers
- BONUS: Access a library of activities, supplements, and professional development resources through The Supply Room
Unlock Countdown’s full potential with interactive, self-paced training. The implementation training is designed to fit seamlessly into educators' busy schedules, regardless of their prior knowledge of the Science of Reading. With its interactive and virtual format, it ensures a confident and powerful start with Countdown, helping educators feel fully prepared for success.
The Reading Playground helps students independently practice foundational literacy skills and complements Countdown by offering additional reinforcement opportunities. This fun, interactive tool features a variety of assessment options—formative assessments, progress monitoring, diagnostics, and program assessments—along with comprehensive reporting capabilities that let teachers pinpoint students’ strengths and areas for improvement.
- Accessible Across Devices: Responsive capabilities for use on various platforms
- Teacher Dashboard: Easy-to-read interface for managing assignments, receiving targeted activity recommendations, and accessing detailed reports and helpful resources—all in one place
- Vocabulary Playground: Reinforce phonology, orthography, morphology, and meaning of words
- Spanish Support: Instructions in English and Spanish for better understanding, accurate progress tracking, and documentation of language accommodations
Blast Off to Reading Mastery
Blast’s structured lessons and interactive activities help first graders develop critical reading skills, including strong decoding, fluency with high-frequency words, and strategies for tackling new words. The program also includes Really Great Handwriting to refine print skills, with minimal prep time and built-in professional development for teachers.
Teacher Guide
- Scripted, ready-to-teach lesson plans
- Thorough explanation of concepts, routines, and procedures
- Options for adjusting and differentiating instruction
- Embedded, incremental professional development—no phonological awareness or phonics background needed!
- Includes lesson plan books, vowel posters, student workbooks and kits
Blast Online
An interactive platform that brings lessons to life with engaging animations, virtual manipulatives, and real-time visual aids. Blast Online reduces prep time while enhancing instructional precision.
- Dynamic, image-based presentation tool that boosts classroom engagement and learning
- Delivers clear, effective instruction with vibrant visuals and real-time interactive features
- Compatible with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, laptops, and computers
- BONUS: Access a library of activities, supplements, and professional development resources through The Supply Room
Virtual Implementation Training Courses
Unlock Blast’s full potential with interactive, self-paced training. The implementation training is designed to fit seamlessly into educators' busy schedules, regardless of their prior knowledge of the Science of Reading. With its interactive and virtual format, it ensures a confident and powerful start with Blast, helping educators feel fully prepared for success.
The Reading Playground
The Reading Playground helps students independently practice foundational literacy skills and complements Blast by offering additional reinforcement opportunities. This fun, interactive tool features a variety of assessment options—formative assessments, progress monitoring, diagnostics, and program assessments—along with comprehensive reporting capabilities that let teachers pinpoint students’ strengths and areas for improvement.
- Accessible Across Devices: Responsive capabilities for use on various platforms
- Teacher Dashboard: Easy-to-read interface for managing assignments, receiving targeted activity recommendations, and accessing detailed reports and helpful resources—all in one place
- Spanish Support: Instructions in English and Spanish for better understanding, accurate progress tracking, and documentation of language accommodations
- Vocabulary Playgrounds: Reinforce phonology, orthography, morphology, and meaning of words
- Scripted, ready-to-teach lesson plans
- Thorough explanation of concepts, routines, and procedures
- Options for adjusting and differentiating instruction
- Embedded, incremental professional development—no phonological awareness or phonics background needed!
- Includes lesson plan books, vowel posters, student workbooks and kits
An interactive platform that brings lessons to life with engaging animations, virtual manipulatives, and real-time visual aids. Blast Online reduces prep time while enhancing instructional precision.
- Dynamic, image-based presentation tool that boosts classroom engagement and learning
- Delivers clear, effective instruction with vibrant visuals and real-time interactive features
- Compatible with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, laptops, and computers
- BONUS: Access a library of activities, supplements, and professional development resources through The Supply Room
Unlock Blast’s full potential with interactive, self-paced training. The implementation training is designed to fit seamlessly into educators' busy schedules, regardless of their prior knowledge of the Science of Reading. With its interactive and virtual format, it ensures a confident and powerful start with Blast, helping educators feel fully prepared for success.
The Reading Playground helps students independently practice foundational literacy skills and complements Blast by offering additional reinforcement opportunities. This fun, interactive tool features a variety of assessment options—formative assessments, progress monitoring, diagnostics, and program assessments—along with comprehensive reporting capabilities that let teachers pinpoint students’ strengths and areas for improvement.
- Accessible Across Devices: Responsive capabilities for use on various platforms
- Teacher Dashboard: Easy-to-read interface for managing assignments, receiving targeted activity recommendations, and accessing detailed reports and helpful resources—all in one place
- Spanish Support: Instructions in English and Spanish for better understanding, accurate progress tracking, and documentation of language accommodations
- Vocabulary Playgrounds: Reinforce phonology, orthography, morphology, and meaning of words
Bring Advanced Words into High Definition
HD Word provides structured, fast-paced lessons that enhance students’ decoding accuracy and reading fluency. The program includes cumulative practice, engaging digital tools, and teacher-friendly materials, making advanced word learning accessible to all learners. With built-in professional support and flexible digital components, HD Word streamlines instruction and maximizes learning.
Teacher Guide
HD Words’s Teacher Guide Set features instructional books with simple, easy-to-follow lessons tailored to provide effective literacy instruction:
- Scripted, joyful, ready-to-teach lesson plans
- Thorough explanation of concepts, routines, and procedures
- Strategies for adjusting and differentiating instruction
- Embedded, incremental professional development – no phonics background needed
- Includes lesson plan books, vowel posters, and student workbooks
HD Word Online
An interactive platform that brings lessons to life with engaging animations, virtual manipulatives, and real-time visual aids, HD Word Online reduces prep time while enhancing instructional precision.
- Dynamic, image-based presentation tool that boosts classroom engagement and learning
- Delivers clear, effective instruction with vibrant visuals and real-time interactive features
- Compatible with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, laptops, and computers
- BONUS: Access a library of activities, supplements, and professional development resources through The Supply Room
Virtual Implementation Training Courses
Learn to implement HD Word confidently with self-paced training modules and ongoing professional development. Access expert resources and refine your teaching practice to help students excel in reading.
The Reading Playground
The Reading Playground helps students independently practice foundational literacy skills and complements HD Word by offering additional reinforcement opportunities. This fun, interactive tool features a variety of assessment options—formative assessments, progress monitoring, diagnostics, and program assessments—along with comprehensive reporting capabilities that let teachers pinpoint students’ strengths and areas for improvement.
- Accessible Across Devices: Responsive capabilities for use on various platforms
- Teacher Dashboard: Easy-to-read interface for managing assignments, receiving targeted activity recommendations, and accessing detailed reports and helpful resources—all in one place
- Spanish Support: Instructions in English and Spanish for better understanding, accurate progress tracking, and documentation of language accommodations
- Vocabulary Playgrounds: Reinforce phonology, orthography, morphology, and meaning of words
HD Words’s Teacher Guide Set features instructional books with simple, easy-to-follow lessons tailored to provide effective literacy instruction:
- Scripted, joyful, ready-to-teach lesson plans
- Thorough explanation of concepts, routines, and procedures
- Strategies for adjusting and differentiating instruction
- Embedded, incremental professional development – no phonics background needed
- Includes lesson plan books, vowel posters, and student workbooks
An interactive platform that brings lessons to life with engaging animations, virtual manipulatives, and real-time visual aids, HD Word Online reduces prep time while enhancing instructional precision.
- Dynamic, image-based presentation tool that boosts classroom engagement and learning
- Delivers clear, effective instruction with vibrant visuals and real-time interactive features
- Compatible with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, laptops, and computers
- BONUS: Access a library of activities, supplements, and professional development resources through The Supply Room
Learn to implement HD Word confidently with self-paced training modules and ongoing professional development. Access expert resources and refine your teaching practice to help students excel in reading.
The Reading Playground helps students independently practice foundational literacy skills and complements HD Word by offering additional reinforcement opportunities. This fun, interactive tool features a variety of assessment options—formative assessments, progress monitoring, diagnostics, and program assessments—along with comprehensive reporting capabilities that let teachers pinpoint students’ strengths and areas for improvement.
- Accessible Across Devices: Responsive capabilities for use on various platforms
- Teacher Dashboard: Easy-to-read interface for managing assignments, receiving targeted activity recommendations, and accessing detailed reports and helpful resources—all in one place
- Spanish Support: Instructions in English and Spanish for better understanding, accurate progress tracking, and documentation of language accommodations
- Vocabulary Playgrounds: Reinforce phonology, orthography, morphology, and meaning of words
In our constant effort to bridge the gap between reading research and teacher practice, Really Great Reading is excited to bring you our blog. Here we will dig deep into phonemic awareness, phonics concepts, sight words, word attack skills, accurate reading, spelling, fluency, and vocabulary.
Really Great Reading® specializes in helping educators teach the foundational skills that lead to strong decoding and fluent reading. We provide scientifically aligned tools that help schools build strong literacy foundations in primary grades and help remediate decoding issues in upper elementary.
Across the country, top school districts rely on our research-based, structured literacy programs to drive student success. Join the many educators who trust our proven approach to transform reading outcomes in their classrooms.
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