Savvas Essentials: Foundational Reading For Homeschool
Savvas Essentials® : Foundational Reading is a supplemental K-2 homeschool literacy program that targets all foundational reading skills: print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics and high-frequency words, and fluency.
- Aligned with the Science of Reading
- Explicit, systematic, multisensory instruction
- Blended print and digital practice
Give Every Student a Strong Start in Literacy
Savvas Essentials: Foundational Reading is built on proven reading science and designed to help all students learn to read.
Aligned with the Science of Reading
Foundational Reading explicitly targets the early literacy skills identified by the Science of Reading as critical for successful reading outcomes: print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics and the teaching of high-frequency words, and fluency.
Flexible Teaching Pathways
Foundational Reading offers two flexible pathways to support reading instruction: Use the Sequential Pathway to teach all foundational skills or the Differentiated Pathway to pull from specific strands as needed to enhance core instruction.
Easy to Use
A simple, 3-step lesson design makes it easy for teachers to deliver systematic, explicit, multisensory instruction. Ample print and digital practice options give students fun, engaging ways to learn and practice new skills.
Homeschool Bundle Details
The bundle includes:
- Student Edition
- 1-year of student and teacher digital access to Savvas Realize, our online digital platform
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Explicit Instruction and Engaging Practice Aligned to the Science of Reading
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3-Step Instructional Design
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Provide Just-Right Practice
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Monitor Skills Development
3-Step Instructional Design
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Tried-and-True ModelFoundational Reading uses a tried-and-true “I do, we do, you do” model that gives K-2 teachers everything they need to implement direct instruction and practice that is aligned to the Science of Reading.
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Step 1: Minilesson
Minilessons provide homeschool parents and teachers with direct, multisensory instruction to teach foundational reading skills. Minilessons also include systematic modeling of the skill and help teachers guide practice of the skill.
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Step 2: More
More offers additional practice resources purposefully designed for the foundational reading skill(s) that students are learning. Parents and teachers can choose from a variety of print and digital practice options to best address students’ learning needs.
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Step 3: AssessAssess provides a pre-built Exit Ticket for each minilesson. These provide a quick and immediate point-of-use snapshot of students’ understanding of the day’s lesson.
Provide Just-Right Practice
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Print Foundational Skills PracticeEvery Foundational Reading lesson includes two unique print practice options that specifically focus on skills best supported by print practice: decoding, encoding, and sight word reading.
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Digital Foundational Skills PracticeEvery Foundational Reading lesson includes two unique digital practice options focused on skills best supported by digital practice: phonics and high-frequency words.
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Multisensory Practice OptionsFoundational Reading lesson plans include support for auditory, visual, tactile, and kinesthetic learning—all provided right at point of use.
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Differentiated InstructionLesson plans include suggestions for differentiating instruction, including support for multilingual learners, right at point of use.
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Custom Worksheet BuilderWith the Savvas Practice Generator, teachers can quickly generate customized worksheets from pre-built templates. Give your students as much additional practice as they need with a specific skill, customized for individual learner needs!
Monitor Skills Development
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Assess Lesson Understanding
Foundational Reading provides formative assessments at the end of every minilesson to help homeschool parents and teachers monitor skills development. These include Oral Reading Fluency checks, tips for Corrective Feedback, and pre-made Exit Tickets.
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Review for Every ModuleEvery fifth lesson in Foundational Reading is a Review lesson that refreshes students’ focus on skills while providing additional practice for those who need it. Review lessons include fluency instruction.
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Module Skills Mastery & Oral Reading Fluency CheckAfter every five lessons, a Blackline Master is provided in the Teacher’s Guide to help assess student mastery of skills taught in the most recent module. A fresh decodable passage is also provided to help assess oral reading fluency.
Take a Closer Look at Foundational Reading
Program Overview
Get a quick overview of the program’s components
Digital Lesson Walkthrough
Explore a lesson, from instruction and practice to assessment
Sequential Learning Pathway
Teach all foundational reading skills in order
Differentiated Learning Pathway
Teach by strand to enhance core literacy instruction
Award-winning Online Learning Management System
Savvas Realize® provides access to all the Savvas Essentials: Foundational Reading for Grades K-2 program’s digital resources and downloadable, editable print materials to meet every educational standard.
Foundational Reading Resources for Homeschool Parents and Teachers
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Research Base
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Scope & Sequence
Grounded in the Science of Reading
Read the Program Research Base
Scope and Sequence for Grades K-2
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