My Reading Academy is an adaptive, supplemental solution that develops fluent readers through direct instructional videos, guided practice activities, and rich digital texts grounded in the Science of Reading.
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Letter Fluency
Non-fiction Read Aloud
Green sea turtles are amazing animals. Students explore concepts of print, learn new science vocabulary words and discover fascinating facts about the habitat and diet of a green sea turtle.
Letter Sound Correspondence
Match the sound to its letter name by sliding the tile down the correct lane! Students use digital manipulatives in this teaching activity.
Segmenting and Blending
Read Aloud with Nano
Students listen as Nano reads the highlighted words on each page of the book Min and Pop. Then they read aloud with Nano by moving the sliding arrow to highlight each word and say the word with Nano.
Short and Long Vowels
Students listen to the different sounds each Blurt makes to form a word. Using their auditory discrimination skills, they identify the vowel sound.
Text Evidence
Read along with Miracle as she discovers the four stages of the butterfly’s life cycle. This beautiful book reinforces listening skills, comprehension and introduces new science vocabulary.
Letter Combinations
Nano needs help reading words with letter combinations that make new sounds. Students practice phonemic awareness and phonics skills as they sort words with the new letter combinations “ar” and “or”.
Phonemic Awareness
The Sound It Out Cheer helps Nano read words ending with Yy. Students listen to the two sounds of Yy, then drag words ending in Yy to the right sound box.
Prefixes
Pick a word part from the hat to change the meaning of the word. The purpose of this game is to understand the meaning of prefixes and how they can change a word’s meaning.
Make Inferences
Miracle shares a facinating books about the characteristic of the Rainforest. Students learn new science vocabulary words, strengthen their comprehension skills and discover amazing facts about the rainforest.
Super Syllable Strategies
Students learn the syllable strategy to read long, tricky words. In the activity that follows, they apply the strategy to break apart words, like kerfuffle, to make them easier to read.
Sequencing
This sequencing game prompts students tap and drag the syllables to the correct order to make a spoken word. Students focus on the process for working through multisyllabic words.
Elements of Fiction
A boy in ancient China discovers that the villagers’ gifts intended for a mythical monster are actually benefiting the local wildlife.
Science Vocabulary
Explore science vocabulary with our program hosts and view live demonstrations of these action words in our everyday life.
Catching Air
Skateboarding isn’t just fun–it’s science in action. Explore the science behind these super cool skateboarding tricks that seem to defy gravity.
Morphology
Greek Roots
Using the meaning of Greek roots, -phon, -photo, and -scope, students will sort multisyallabic words in the appropriate categories.
