Waterford Early Reading Program: Teaching Alphabetics to Kindergarteners and Early Elementary Students
Intervention Details
Subject
English Language ArtsAcademic Program
Early ChildhoodDuration
Full school yearGrade
KPersonnel
General Education Teacher
Intervention Summary
Waterford Early Reading Program is a curriculum that targets alphabetics and comprehension skills in kindergarten to second-grade students. The program is divided into three levels, each designed for individualized, year-long instruction. The first level includes print concepts, phonological awareness, and letter recognition. The second level includes letter sounds, word recognition, and beginning reading comprehension. The third level builds on levels one and two with an emphasis on content meaning of text and fluency in reading. Each level contains hundreds of songs and game-like activities with color graphics, digitized voices, and animation. The program includes software, assessment materials, classroom lessons, homework materials, and classroom posters, as well as student take-home books, CDs, and handouts.
Grade
KPersonnel
General Education TeacherStatistical Finding Summary
Positive effect on alphabetics
No effect on comprehension
Source
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2007). Waterford Early Reading Program. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/616.
Data Sample by Population
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