The PCI Reading Program is a research-based curriculum created specifically to teach students with developmental disabilities, autism, and significant learning disabilities to read. Level One teaches 140 sight words and "real-world" words through a comprehensive system of repetition, "hands-on" practice, controlled-vocabulary reading, and high-interest activities. Nonreaders become successful readers word-by-word, reading 28 engaging, full-color books along the way.
Level One is designed as a one-on-one program where students learn 140 of the most basic sight words from the Dolch and fry lists. Students progress from reading individual words to 8-12 word sentences. By the end of Level One, nonreaders will have progressed to approximately a 1.0 reading level! The five-step lesson cycle used in each unit is based on visual discrimination and is designed to teach students to automatically recognize and correctly pronounce one word at a time.
Level One:
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Features a scientifically Research-based curriculum
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Teaches 140 words (Sight words & real-world words)
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Includes 28 full-color controlled-vocabulary books
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Takes nonreaders to a 1.0 reading level
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Features the Five-Step Lesson Cycle
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Every word practiced and reviewed over 100 times
Level Two Reading Level 1.0-2.5
Level Two is designed as the next step for students who have completed Level One. This level teaches 140 additional words, advancing students from a 1.0 reading level to a 2.0-2.5 reading level. While Level Two’s focus is still on teaching words through visual discrimination, it also introduces students to wrapped text, common inflectional endings, such as –s, -ing, and –ed, and compound words.
Level Two:
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Features a scientifically research-based curriculum
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Teaches 140 additional words (Sight words & real-world nouns and verbs)
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Features 14 controlled-vocabulary books with 1-3 paragraphs per page
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Takes beginning readers from a 1.0 reading level to a 2.5 reading level
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Features the Five-Step Lesson Cycle
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Every word is practiced and reviewed over 100 times
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Introduces new skills including wrapped text, inflectional endings, and compound words
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Also includes Level One Review Stories Book, skill Discovery Lessons Book, 4 Word Windows, and 40 Word Strips
Building Reading Skills Binder
Ths supplemental binder provides lesson plans that lay the building blocks for reading success.
Level One units include:
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Building Visual Skills
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Building Attention
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Building Memory
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Building Concepts of Print
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Building Phonemic Awareness
Level Two units include:
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Building Print Recognition
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Building Letter-Sound Knowledge
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Building Fluency
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Building the Writing Connection
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Building the Home Connection
Sourcebooks
One teacher resource book for each level contains everything you need in a unit-by-unit format to create a balanced, differentiated program that’s right for your students. You will find differentiated activity choices, assessment that produces individualized spelling lists, and spelling tie-ins to vocabulary, literature, phonics, usage, and writing. Each Sourcebook includes 5 large Teaching Posters.
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