Many students are uninspired, feel defeated by failure, and view reading as valueless and tiresome. To help students overcome these obstacles and to prepare them to meet the demands of college and career, we must change how students read, why students read, and what students are capable of reading. The instructional components of Reading Plus scaffold comprehension tasks while igniting curiosity and making reading efficient and enjoyable. As students experience success, they make connections, formulate opinions, and develop the ability to express and support those opinions with evidence and knowledge acquired from texts. Reading Plus develops capacity, efficiency, and motivation—the foundation of success. Reading Plus provides an extensive library of engaging, cross-curricular informational and literary selections that adhere to grade-appropriate Lexile® metrics, and provide grade-appropriate levels of vocabulary complexity, sentence length, and word count. These rigorous controls ensure students encounter ever-increasing levels of text complexity. As a student demonstrates mastery in Reading Plus, the selections presented will have richer academic vocabulary, higher word counts, and deeper examinations of topics and themes. For students who require support, the program provides personalized scaffolds that help students engage with challenging texts rather than avoid them. Reading Plus provides an extensive library of engaging, cross-curricular informational and literary selections that adhere to grade-appropriate Lexile® metrics, and provide grade-appropriate levels of vocabulary complexity, sentence length, and word count. These rigorous controls ensure students encounter ever-increasing levels of text complexity. As a student demonstrates mastery in Reading Plus, the selections presented will have richer academic vocabulary, higher word counts, and deeper examinations of topics and themes. For students who require support, the program provides personalized scaffolds that help students engage with challenging texts rather than avoid them.
