reading horizons discovery: changes to the curriculum
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Reading Horizons Discovery: Changes to
the CurriculumHeidi Hyte
heidi@readinghorizons.com
September 11, 2012
Reading Horizons Discovery Curriculum
What’s changed?
• Specific changes to the content and sequence to better accommodate needs.
• Differentiation between the Kindergarten sequence and the Grades 1-3 sequence.
• Changes to the Most Common Words lists and language and grammar lessons (Reference Lessons).
Modifications to the Curriculum:
• Specific changes to the content and sequence to better accommodate needs.
• Differentiation between the Kindergarten and the Grades 1-3 sequence.
• Changes to the Most Common Words lists and language and grammar lessons (Reference Lessons).
Modifications to the Curriculum:
Sequence• Alphabet
• Blends
• Double S, F, and Z
• Special Vowel Combinations
• Long and Short Vowels
• Phonetic Skills
• Adding Suffixes
• Murmur Diphthongs
• Digraphs
• Special Vowel Sounds
• Decoding Skills
• Decoding Exceptions
• Extra Skills
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Discover Intensive Phonics
Discover Intensive Phonics
Sequence• Alphabet
• Blends
• Double S, F, and Z
• Special Vowel Combinations
• Long and Short Vowels
• Phonetic Skills
• Adding Suffixes
• Murmur Diphthongs
• Digraphs
• Special Vowel Sounds
• Decoding Skills
• Decoding Exceptions
• Extra Skills
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Discover Intensive Phonics
Discover Intensive Phonics
Sequence• Alphabet
• Blends
• Double S, F, and Z
• Special Vowel Combinations
• Long and Short Vowels
• Phonetic Skills
• Adding Suffixes
• Murmur Diphthongs
• Digraphs
• Special Vowel Sounds
• Decoding Skills
• Decoding Exceptions
• Extra Skills
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Discover Intensive Phonics
Discover Intensive Phonics
Sequence• Alphabet
• Blends
• Double S, F, and Z
• Special Vowel Combinations
• Long and Short Vowels
• Phonetic Skills
• Adding Suffixes
• Murmur Diphthongs
• Digraphs
• Special Vowel Sounds
• Decoding Skills
• Decoding Exceptions
• Extra Skills
• Alphabet
• Blends
• Double S, F, and Z
• Special Vowel Combinations
• Voiced/Voiceless and Digraphs (TH, TH)
• Digraphs (CH, SH, WH, PH)
• Long and Short Vowels
• Phonetic Skills
• Adding Suffixes
• Decoding Skills
• Murmur Diphthongs
• Special Vowel Sounds
• Extra Skills
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Discover Intensive Phonics
Discover Intensive Phonics
Sequence• Alphabet
• Blends
• Double S, F, and Z
• Special Vowel Combinations
• Long and Short Vowels
• Phonetic Skills
• Adding Suffixes
• Murmur Diphthongs
• Digraphs
• Special Vowel Sounds
• Decoding Skills
• Decoding Exceptions
• Extra Skills
• Alphabet
• Blends
• Double S, F, and Z
• Special Vowel Combinations
• Voiced/Voiceless and Digraphs (TH, TH)
• Digraphs (CH, SH, WH, PH)
• Long and Short Vowels
• Phonetic Skills
• Adding Suffixes
• Decoding Skills
• Murmur Diphthongs
• Special Vowel Sounds
• Extra Skills
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Discover Intensive Phonics
Discover Intensive Phonics
Sequence• Alphabet
• Blends
• Double S, F, and Z
• Special Vowel Combinations
• Long and Short Vowels
• Phonetic Skills
• Adding Suffixes
• Murmur Diphthongs
• Digraphs
• Special Vowel Sounds
• Decoding Skills
• Decoding Exceptions
• Extra Skills
• Alphabet
• Blends
• Double S, F, and Z
• Special Vowel Combinations
• Voiced/Voiceless and Digraphs (TH, TH)
• Digraphs (CH, SH, WH, PH)
• Long and Short Vowels
• Phonetic Skills
• Adding Suffixes
• Decoding Skills
• Murmur Diphthongs
• Special Vowel Sounds
• Extra Skills
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Discover Intensive Phonics
Discover Intensive Phonics
• 100 lessons
• Digraphs have been moved up in the sequence
• Decoding Skills are taught earlier
• Additional skills are more similarly align with Reading Horizons
• Reference Lessons align with Common Core State Standards
SequenceSummary
• Specific changes to the content and sequence to better accommodate needs.
• Differentiation between the Kindergarten and the Grades 1-3 tracks.
• Changes to the Most Common Words lists and language and grammar lessons (Reference Lessons).
Modifications to the Curriculum:
Instructional Tracks
• Two (2) Chapters• 57 Lessons
– 42 Skill Lessons (39 standard lessons, plus three optional lessons)
– Seven (7) Reference Lessons
– Eight (8) MCW Lists
• 10 Stories (Little Books)
• Six (6) Chapters• 100 Lessons
– 63 Skill Lessons– 15 Reference Lessons– 22 MCW Lists
• 64 Stories (Little Books)
Grades 1-3 Track
Grades 1-3 Track
Kindergarten Track
Kindergarten Track
Lesson TypeKindergarten
TrackFirst Grade
TrackSecond
Grade TrackThird Grade
Track
Standard Lessons
39 43 58 63
MCW Lessons
8 18 21 22
Reference Lessons
7 14 15 15
Stories (Little Books)
10 44 59 64
Assets for Each Track
Lesson TypeKindergarten
TrackFirst Grade
TrackSecond
Grade TrackThird Grade
Track
Tests 7 4 5 6
Phonemic Awareness Assessments
7 7 7 7
MCW Assessments
3 4 5 6
Spelling Assessments
1 3 4 4
Assessments for Each Track
• Specific changes to the content and sequence to better accommodate needs.
• Differentiation between the Kindergarten and the Grades 1-3 sequence.
• Changes to the Most Common Words lists and language and grammar lessons (Reference Lessons).
Modifications to the Curriculum:
Most Common Words
• Nine (9) Most Common Words Lists– 147 Most Common Words
• 22 Most Common Words Lists– 300 Most Common Words
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Discover Intensive Phonics
Discover Intensive Phonics
• Derived from Fry’s Frequently Used Word List– Kindergarten: First 30 words– First Grade: First 100 words– Second Grade: First 200 words– Third Grade: First 300 words
Most Common Words
Reference Lessons
• No Reference Lessons– Embedded language and
grammar instruction
• 15 Reference Lessons (7 for Kindergarten)– Aligned with the Common
Core State Standards
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Reading Horizons
Discovery™
Discover Intensive Phonics
Discover Intensive Phonics
Reference Lessons
• Specific changes to the content and sequence to better accommodate needs.
• Differentiation between the Kindergarten and the Grades 1-3 sequence.
• Changes to the Most Common Words lists and language and grammar lessons (Reference Lessons).
Modifications to the Curriculum:
Questions?
info@readinghorizons.com
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