Intervention Programs

Read Naturally Encore II provides...

• Intensive reading intervention, often used for RTI or MTSS implementations.
• Differentiated instruction for a wide range of readers from beginning readers to adults.
• Motivating informational text for reluctant readers.
• Feedback to students and teachers through graphs of individual progress.
• Nonfiction reading opportunities as required by state standards.
• A process to correctly place and continually challenge each student.
• Spanish audio translations of the read-along step in early Sequenced levels.
• In the Español series, a complete Spanish translation of the Sequenced series.

Students...

• Build fluency while expanding knowledge base.
• Increase reading accuracy and expression with audio support.
• Strengthen comprehension and vocabulary.
• Develop automaticity in decoding (Phonics series).
• Work independently most of the time.
• Experience success and an improved attitude toward reading.

Read Naturally Encore II accelerates reading achievement by combining three research-based reading strategies for struggling readers—teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring. A student works at his or her own pace in an appropriate level of material. The student works through the steps and masters a story by reading along with audio and then practicing the story until he or she can read it fluently and with comprehension. The student tracks progress on a graph.​

 Research basis for the Read Naturally Strategy

Read Naturally Encore II Steps

1. Select a Story
   The student selects the story he or she wants to read. Choosing the story deepens the student’s investment in the material.
2. Key Words
   In the Sequenced series, the student reads the key words and their definitions while listening to an audio recording. The key words provide definitions that are important to understanding the story.
   In the Phonics series, the student listens to a phonics lesson and reads words that have the featured phonics patterns.
3. Prediction
   The student uses the title, picture, and key words to write a prediction of what he or she thinks the story is about. The prediction prepares the student’s mind for reading the story.
4. Cold Timing
   The teacher may time the student, usually for one minute, as he or she reads the story, or the student may complete this step independently. The student underlines unknown words while reading. At the end of the timing, the student subtracts the number of underlined words from the total number of words attempted to obtain a cold-timing score. This step raises the student’s awareness of which words he or she needs to learn and establishes a baseline for progress monitoring, the component of the Read Naturally Strategy that motivates the student to improve.
5. Graph Cold-Timing Score
   The student graphs the cold-timing score in blue. Marking the graph provides a visual of the baseline data.
6. Read Along
   The student reads along quietly with a recording of the story, typically three times. This step is the teacher-modeling component of the Read Naturally Strategy, which helps the student learn new words and master others as well as learn proper pronunciation, expression, and phrasing.
7. Practice
   The student practices reading the story without audio support three to ten times until able to read it accurately, with expression, and at the goal rate. This step is the repeated-reading component of the Read Naturally Strategy, which helps the student improve fluency, master difficult words, and understand the story.
8. Questions
   The student answers questions about the story. Responding to the text holds the student accountable for meaning, develops the ability to answer many types of questions, and provides teachers with information about how well the student comprehends the story.
9. Pass
   The student reads the story for the teacher to show that he or she can read it at the goal rate, with appropriate expression, and with three or fewer errors. The teacher corrects or reviews the comprehension questions with the student.
10. Graph Pass Scores
    The student graphs the pass-timing score in red above the cold-timing score (in blue) to show how much the student’s fluency has improved. The student also graphs his or her comprehension scores.
11. Retell/Word List
    In the Sequenced series, the student retells or summarizes the story to improve comprehension, and the teacher corrects it.
    In the Phonics series, the student works on decoding skills by practicing the word list until able to read it accurately at a predetermined rate. The teacher passes the student on the word list.
    The student graphs his or her retelling or word list score.

Read Naturally Encore II has four series, each with multiple levels and 12 or 24 stories per level. All four series have the same basic design with strategic differences.

• Sequenced series is the basic series and has 13 levels (1.0 – 8.0) with 24 stories per level.
• Phonics series adds phonics lessons and activities to the basic design and has 6 levels (0.8 – 2.7) with 24 stories per level.
  Phonics elements taught in the Phonics series
• Idioms series provides understanding of commonly used idioms and has four levels (3.0 – 4.5) with 12 stories per level.
  Featured idioms
• Español series stories are translations of the corresponding stories in the Sequenced series. This series may be used with Spanish-speaking students who are learning English or to help native English speakers learn to read Spanish text fluently as an additional language.

Read Naturally Encore II is sold by reading level. The teacher selects the appropriate series and level for each student.

Each level within a series includes a reproducible masters book by reading level, audio CDs, a glossary, and free web resources. ​Each order includes an appropriate number of placement packets and teacher's manuals.

Book of reproducible masters includes:

• High-interest, leveled, nonfiction stories with key words, bold-faced glossary words, line-by-line word counts, comprehension activities.
• Comparison questions (Sequenced levels 5.0 – 8.0).
• A glossary for each story in the Idioms series.
• Additional reproducible resources include graphs for student performance, letters to parents, a steps poster, and a certificate of completion.

12 Audio CDs with album include:

• Two stories per CD in the Sequenced and Phonics series and one story per CD in the Idioms series, with three recordings of each story.
• Audio for key words and for glossary words.
• Audio for questions in the Idioms series.
• Spanish translation of each story in levels 1.0 – 4.5 in the Sequenced series. 

Glossary includes:

• Student-friendly definitions of challenging words from the stories.
• Many pictures and clarifying sentences for glossary entries.

Placement Packet includes:

• Instructions for placing each student in an appropriate instructional level and for setting an initial reading goal.
• Placement story from each level.

Teacher's Manual includes:

• Research and rationale for the Read Naturally Strategy.
• Description of teacher responsibilities.
• Lesson plans for introducing the program.

Free reproducible web resources include:

• Glossary for each level (Sequenced and Phonics series).
• Crossword puzzle for each story (Sequenced and Phonics series).
• Fidelity checklist.
• Full-color steps poster.
• Full-color certificates.
• Additional graphs.

Sequenced Series

• Encore II Level 1.0: "Farms"
• Encore II Level 1.5: "Panda"
• Encore II Level 2.0: "Earth's Star"
• Encore II Level 2.5: "Mammoth Site"
• Encore II Level 3.0: "Frida Kahlo"
• Encore II Level 3.5: "The First Cellphone"
• Encore II Level 4.0: "An Incredible Sacrifice"
• Encore II Level 4.5: "Mother Teresa"
• Encore II Level 5.0: "Courage, Skill, and Teamwork"
• Encore II Level 5.6: "Stonehenge"
• Encore II Level 6.0: "Math Meets Art"
• Encore II Level 7.0: "The Taj Mahal"
• Encore II Level 8.0: "A 14th Century Disaster"

Phonics Series

• Encore II Level 0.8 (Short Vowels): "A Pug"
• Encore II Level 1.3 (Long Vowels): "Mimes"
• Encore II Level 1.8 (Blends and Digraphs): "The Blimp"
• Encore II Level 2.3 (R-Controlled): "A Village on the Cliffs" 
• Encore II Level 2.6 (Short Vowels): "Picasso—A Well-Known Artist"
• Encore II Level 2.7 (Long Vowels): "An Important Energy Source"

Idioms Series

• Encore II Level 3.0: "In Love"
• Encore II Level 3.5: "Time to Speak"
• Encore II Level 4.0: "That's Easy"
• Encore II Level 4.5: "Feeling Great"

Español (Spanish) Series

• Encore II Level 1.0: "Las granjas"
• Encore II Level 1.5: "Un panda"
• Encore II Level 2.0: "La estrella de la Tierra"
• Encore II Level 2.5: "El Sitio de los Mamuts"
• Encore II Level 3.0: "Frida Kahlo"
• Encore II Level 3.5: "El primer teléfono celular"
• Encore II Level 4.0: "Un sacrificio increíble"
• Encore II Level 4.5: "La Madre Teresa"

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 How does Read Naturally level the stories?
​ Do the Read Naturally reading levels correspond to grade levels?

Required

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  Basic One-Minute Timer
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  Standard Electronic Timer
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  Words-Per-Minute Timer/Calculator

Optional

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  Batteries for Standard & One-Minute Timers
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  Read Naturally Encore/Encore II Placement Packet
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  Read Naturally Encore/Encore II Replacement Audio CDs
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  Read Naturally Encore/Encore II Steps Poster
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  Read Naturally Encore/Encore II Teacher's Manual
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  Read Naturally Folders (10-Pack)
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  Reading Guides (10-pack)
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  Red/Blue Graphing Pencils
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  Red/Green Pouches (10-pack)
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  Stereo Headphones