| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | New Skill Teaches new reading skills explicitly and |
| Quick 60 Prevention/Intervention Reading | | | | systematically 10 |
| Program | | | | New Book Provides practice for new skills on |
| Background and Research | | | | connected text 10 |
| Quick 60 is a fast and easy-to-administer | | | | Materials |
| prevention/intervention program designed to have | | | | Foundation Pack |
| students reading on grade level in 60 quick lessons | | | | This pack is designed to be used in Pre K and |
| or less. | | | | Kindergarten and also with students in higher |
| Quick 60 builds on the Florida research of Iversen | | | | grades who do not have basic reading skills. It |
| and Tunmer (Journal of Learning Difficulties, Sept | | | | includes - |
| 2005, Vol 35/5) which tested a modified Reading | | | | 8 big books that teach the following phonemic |
| Recovery program for groups of up to three | | | | awareness skillsrhyme awareness word |
| students without compromise to any of the | | | | awarenesssyllable awareness alliterationconcepts |
| factors influencing reading development. Phonemic | | | | about print onset rimephoneme blending phoneme |
| awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, | | | | segmentation |
| and fluency are all integral parts of the Quick 60 | | | | 26 student books that teach the 26 alphabet |
| program which also incorporates writing, spelling, | | | | letter names and sounds, and 26 basic |
| and group dynamics. | | | | high-frequency words. |
| Instructional Model | | | | Grade-Level Packs |
| A simple instructional model has been developed | | | | Grades 1 — 3 each contain 60 carefully |
| so that teachers, tutors, and/or coaches can | | | | leveled decodable factual books. |
| successfully implement the Quick 60 program | | | | Grades 4 — 5 contain fewer books divided |
| without further training. | | | | into 60 lessons. |
| Each 40-minute lesson has six components each | | | | Teacher Support Material |
| building on the previous one. These include fast | | | | The teacher support material includes the |
| reading and writing of high frequency words in | | | | following: |
| isolation, fluent reading practice, checking on-going | | | | simple pre and post tests |
| reading development, spelling, acquiring a new skill, | | | | a program scope and sequence |
| and practicing it while reading connected text. | | | | lesson plans describing what is to be taught in |
| Lesson Components | | | | each lesson, and how to teach it |
| Lesson Component Purpose Time in minutes | | | | copies of each text showing the teacher |
| Quick Quiz Builds skills fluency 3 | | | | what the students should be able to read given |
| Quick Read Builds reading fluency 5 | | | | the skills that have been previously taught. All |
| Quick Check Monitors ongoing reading | | | | teacher support material comes free with the |
| development 6 | | | | Quick 60 program. |
| Quick Write Builds writing strategies 6 | | | | |