Path to Literacy

When young children struggle with phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge, how can you intervene early and prevent later reading difficulties? Get kids on the PAth to Literacy with this highly effective Tier 2 intervention. Developed for children ages 4 to 6 who need help with key early literacy skills, this supplemental curriculum builds phonological awareness and alphabet skills through fun activities that keep children engaged as they learn. Young children will learn how to:

blend and segment wordsidentify first parts of wordsidentify first sounds of wordslearn letter namesmaster lettera "sound correspondenceHow does PAth to Literacy work?

Deliver PAth to Literacy right in your classroom to small groups of students who struggle with phonological awareness and alphabet skills. In just 10 to 15 minutes a day, you'll give students

Scripted instruction. Using the included scripts and the word and picture cards, you'll play fun word games with your students. Children listen and respond to your prompts. Explicit teaching and modeling. You'll show your students word and picture cards with target words and sounds. Then youa (TM)ll model key skills for them by sounding out words and dissecting them through physical gestures. Multiple opportunities for practice. Each engaging, multisensory lesson encourages active participation and provides multiple chances for students to repeat sounds, observe actions, and answer questions. All children in the group participate in 2 lessons each week; children needing additional support participate in a third lesson. The full curriculum consists of 36 lessons that take approximately 24-36 instructional days to complete.

PAth to Literacy includes

Teacher's manual with 36 lesson scripts, lesson data sheets, progress monitoring assessments, attendance record sheet, fidelity of implementation observation form and scoring guideMore than 450 4-color instructional cards and word sheets Storage box with dividersOnline materials Lesson data sheets and assessments

Professional development modules with video clip examplesLearn more about PAth to Literacy.View the professional development modules for PAth to Literacy. Learn more about the complete Multitiered Interventions for Language & Literacy in Early Childhood (MILLIE(TM)) product suite.