Reading Horizons Correlation to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

Reading Horizons instruction for each new skill, whether introduced with direct instruction or software, is explicit, clear, and concise and is followed by guided practice. During guided practice, students apply new skills, review previously-learned skills, and receive necessary feedback. Through this type of guided practice, students are taught skills that build phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, spelling, syntax, vocabulary, and reading fluency.

Reading Horizons helps students transfer foundational reading skills to fluent reading through a variety of activities. These exercises help students increase sound recognition, increase high-frequency word recognition, and build reading comprehension.

Throughout the Reading Horizons program, students hear, say, write, and read every new word that is introduced. Students also learn the meanings of affixes and root words, helping them analyze the meaning of unfamiliar words. This process helps students build vocabulary and learn the meanings of the words they encounter across disciplines.

A myriad of formal and informal assessment opportunities are included in Reading Horizons to measure student progress. Guided practice, skill checks, and chapter assessments are used to test students on lesson material. For each comprehension exercise, reading rate is recorded and comprehension is measured. The Common Core Report helps teachers quickly view student mastery on the Common Core criteria covered in the Reading Horizons Discovery software. Several assessments are used to place students in the program and diagnose areas of weakness: Phonemic Awareness, Most Common Words, and Spelling and Word Recognition.