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S.P.I.R.E.®
A multisensory intervention reading program
by Sheila Clark-Edmands
Grades PK–8

S.P.I.R.E. Decodables
A comprehensive, multisensory systematic reading and language arts program designed for struggling readers

S.P.I.R.E. 2nd Edition

“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)


S.P.I.R.E. offers
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

Phonological awareness and beginning phonics

Consonant sounds
Short vowel a
Handwriting
Level 1  NEW  Illustrated Decodables
  Short vowels a, i, o, u, e
Consonant digraphs sh, ch, th, wh
Welded sounds -ng, -nk
Level 2  NEW  Illustrated Decodables
  Double consonants ff, ll, ss
a as in ball and wasp
Consonant combinations qu, ck, tch
Vowel-Consonant-e
Level 3  NEW  Illustrated Decodables

Open syllables (so, he, fly)

ild, old, ind, ost
ay
Three sounds of -ed
Suffixes without base change
Syllable division (twin and non-twin consonant)
ou
Prefix a-
Level 4  NEW  Illustrated Decodables
   ee, ea, oa, ai, oo, ie
Consonant-le
Trigraph igh
Level 5  NEW  Illustrated Decodables
   R-controlled vowels
Trigraph dge
Hard and soft c and g
Sound of s as /z/
ow, oe
kn
       
Level 6  NEW  Illustrated Decodables

Prefix a-, ending -a, -able

ph
ought, aught
ue, ew, tu
oy, oi
aw, au
ey
silent letters (kn, wr, mb, gh, gu)
-age /j/
Open syllables
Level 7
   vv syllables
-ct
ei, eigh
open syllable i as short i, open syllable i as long e
-tion, -sion, ci, ti
tu, ture, sure
-ous
-ent, -ant, -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency
ui, eu
-er, -or, -ar, -ard
Level 8

dis, mis, pre, pro, re, de, ic

-able, -ible, -le, -al, -el, -on, -an, -ain, -ine, -em, -it, -et, -ite, -ate
-ive, -ice, -ary, -ar
Prefix in, un, under, sub, con, com, cor, col
para, ab, ad, per
ex, ob, suc, suf, sug, sup, op
ion, ia, ior
ch, que