1. REWARDS
An overview

2. REWARDS
Reading
Excellence
Word
Attack and
Rate
Development
Strategies

3. COMPONENTS Teacher’s Manual Student Workbook Classroom Charts
Fluency Readings
Overhead transparencies (for document cameras)

4. PROGRAM OVERVIEW 25 lessons total Lessons 1-15 focus on pre-skills
Lessons focus on strategy instruction

5. WHO BENEFITS? Students: in grades 4-6
who know CVC words, high frequency words, vowel pairs, and –ed, -ing, -es, and –ly endings.
who have difficulty with long words and/or
who read words per minute

6. PLACING STUDENTS
For 4th or 5th grade students, consider those reading at 3rd – 5th grade reading level.
For 6th grade students, consider grade reading level as well as a one minute oral reading. Consider students reading words per minute.
Determine ORF with grade-level expository text, AIMSweb or DIBELS passages, or passages from REWARDS teacher’s guide.
Determine grade reading level using San Diego Quick Assessment, Word Identification & Word Attack Subtest scores from Woodcock Johnson Reading Mastery Test (if available), or any other standardized reading test.

7. LESSONS 1-15 FORMAT: PRE-SKILLS
Activity A: Oral Activity
Students learn to blend word parts into words
Activity B: Vowel Combinations
Students learn the sound to say when they see a combination of letters
Activity C: Vowel Conversions
Students learn to switch between saying the sound and saying the name for a particular letter
Activity D: Reading Parts of Words
Students learn to read parts of words that come from real words
Activity E: Underlining Vowels in Words
Students learn that each part of a word has a vowel sound

8. LESSONS 1-15 FORMAT: PRE-SKILLS, CONT
Activity F: Correcting Close Approximations Using Context
Students listen to close mispronunciations similar to those that might be made while they decode words
Activity G: Prefixes and Suffixes
Students learn to identify and pronounce prefixes and suffixes
Activity H: Circling Prefixes and Suffixes
Students identify prefixes and build fluency
Activity I: Vocabulary
Students find the word that matches the meaning of a prompt
Activity J: Spelling and Dictation
Students spell the words they’ve learned to read

9. LESSONS 16-25 FORMAT: STRATEGIES
Activity A: Vowel Combination Review
Students review letter combinations learned in pre-skill lessons
Activity B: Vowel Combination Review
Students say sounds and name letters
Activity C: Prefixes and Suffixes Review
Students review saying prefixes and suffixes aloud
Activity D: Strategy Instruction
Students are introduced to a specific strategy
Activity E: Strategy Practice
Students figure out longer words using the strategy

10. LESSONS 16-25 FORMAT: STRATEGIES
Activity F: Word Families
Students focus on the relationships among the words created by adding various prefixes and/or suffixes to a common root word
Activity G: Spelling Dictation
Students listen to a word, say the word, and write the word
Activity H: Vocabulary
Students find the word that matches the meaning of a prompt
Activity I: Passage Preparation
Students read words from the upcoming passage that are difficult to pronounce
Activity J: Passage Reading
Students read a passage for fluency practice

11. ASSESSMENT Pre & Post Test Progress Monitoring
One Minute Fluency Assessment
See “Correction of Errors”
See Pretest/Posttest Teacher Recording Form
According to student’s progress monitoring schedule