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S.P.I.R.E.®
A multisensory intervention reading program
by Sheila Clark-Edmands
Grades PK–8
A comprehensive, multisensory systematic reading and language arts program designed for struggling readers
“S.P.I.R.E. aligns with the findings of the National Reading Panel (2000) and Reading First…”
“…explicit and systematic…”
“…detailed language assists teachers scaffolding instruction…”
“…provides multiple practice opportunities of previously learned skills to attain mastery…”
Florida Center for Reading Research
S.P.I.R.E. Report
June 2006
(Download complete report at www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports )
Scope and Sequence
Initial placement within the S.P.I.R.E. program is based upon student skill level and can be determined with the Initial Placement
Assessment. Sounds Sensible can be implemented within a 6-9 month period. Levels 1 through 8 can be completed within 2-4 academic years,
as dictated by the needs of individual students.
Pre-Level 1: Sounds Sensible
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Phonological awareness and beginning phonics
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Consonant sounds
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Short vowel a
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Handwriting
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Short vowels a , i , o , u , e
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Consonant digraphs sh , ch , th , wh
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Welded sounds -ng, -nk
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Double consonants ff , ll , ss
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a as in ball and wasp
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Consonant combinations qu , ck , tch
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Vowel-Consonant-e
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Open syllables (so , he , fly)
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ild , old , ind , ost
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ay
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Three sounds of -ed
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Suffixes without base change
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Syllable division (twin and non-twin consonant)
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ou
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Prefix a-
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ee , ea , oa , ai , oo , ie
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Consonant-le
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Trigraph igh
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R -controlled vowels
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Trigraph dge
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Hard and soft c and g
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Sound of s as /z /
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ow , oe
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kn
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Prefix a-, ending -a, -able
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ph
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ought, aught
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ue, ew, tu
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oy, oi
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aw, au
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ey
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silent letters (kn, wr, mb, gh, gu)
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-age /j/
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Open syllables
Level 7
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vv syllables
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-ct
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ei, eigh
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open syllable i as short i, open syllable i as long e
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-tion, -sion, ci, ti
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tu, ture, sure
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-ous
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-ent, -ant, -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency
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ui, eu
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-er, -or, -ar, -ard
Level 8
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dis, mis, pre, pro, re, de, ic
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-able, -ible, -le, -al, -el, -on, -an, -ain, -ine, -em, -it, -et, -ite, -ate
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-ive, -ice, -ary, -ar
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Prefix in, un, under, sub, con, com, cor, col
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para, ab, ad, per
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ex, ob, suc, suf, sug, sup, op
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ion, ia, ior
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ch, que