At Naturally Literate all our students go through entry testing. Exit testing as well as test analysis are for students looking for Reading Remediation. These tests are extremely important to help us best match our program to each students needs.
Reading Remediation specific: All testing is done using The Remediation Plus System. These tests are used to create a learning plan that best matches the students learning style. These tests clearly reveal whether the student can truly segment words and blend phonemes or whether they are "guessing" and drawing on a memorized word bank. Testing also accurately indicates the Reading and Spelling grade level. Initial testing is an estimated one hour process.\
There is an option to have a report generated for an additional fee. Reports are given to parents electronically. Parents are encouraged to share this information with the school principal and classroom teacher.
To book a time for an assessment, please contact us.
Reading Intervention
Naturally Literate is proud to use the research based and scientifically proven Remediation Plus Program. The multisensory and systematic R+ curriculum was developed based on the longstanding research of Orton-Gillingham and phonological awareness. R+ curriculum integrates phonemic awareness training and linguistic gymnastics to give students a solid foundation for success. It focuses on reading, spelling, printing and sound skills (phonological awareness). It was developed for students who struggle in these areas of literacy.
It is an explicit, teacher-led, research-based, and multisensory program that retrains the brain. This retraining enables students with reading difficulties to overcome their barriers. It is grounded in the teaching of phonemes as a first step before introducing phonics. Within the space of 24, one-hour sessions a pre-speller shows a grade level of improvement and can usually achieve his/her own grade level of reading fluency within 3-6 months of training. Naturally Literate Clinic offers one-to-one instruction for one hour sessions on a daily, bi-weekly or weekly basis, depending on the academic needs of the individual student. Naturally Literate is accountable to R+ certification to uphold its high standards of education.
Students Who Benefit:
Individuals having difficulty reading, writing, and spelling
Individuals suspected or identified as Dyslexic
Individuals suspected or identified as Dysgraphic
Individuals suspected or identified as Attention Deficit
Emergent readers (kindergarten)
English as a Second Language learners
Individuals with Auditory Processing Difficulties
Adults who cannot read
Programs:
Early language curriculum
Reading remediation
3-step cumulative program
School age instruction
Adult instruction
Explicit Grammar curriculum
School age instruction
Adult instruction
Remediation Plus is the only program of its kind recognized by the Canadian Government’s Scientific Research and Economic Development Program as research-based, scientifically valid and effective.
Contact us today for a meeting with our literacy specialist.
Handwriting Intervention
Printing One on one sessions working on letter formation using Handwriting Without Tears Program and Waldorf Education derived techniques. Students are taught through multi-sensory techniques how to form letters, build words, and create sentences. Each lessons students will work through exercises to strengthen hand muscles, refine dexterity, and develop fine motor skills.
To book a time for an assessment, please contact us.
Cursive handwriting One on one sessions working on cursive letter formation using Handwriting Without Tears Program and Waldorf Education derived techniques. Students are taught through multi-sensory techniques how to form letters, build words, and create sentences in cursive writing. Each lessons students will work through exercises to strengthen hand muscles, refine dexterity, and develop fine motor skills. Cursive handwriting is especially successful for students who demonstrate letter reversal or mirroring as each character is unique.
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Digital Distance Learning
With our changing times, Naturally Literate, has developed an Digital Distance Learning program based off of Remediation Plus, Learning Without Tears, and Waldorf Education pedagogy. The program will be taught using Zoom.us as the digital classroom platform.
This Digital Distance Learning intervention program is specifically focused on establishing a solid foundation in reading, writing, and spelling. Please read Reading Remediation for more details on the program and the various options available.
For new clients an initial assessment of your Childs abilities will be conducted digitally through an entry testing process. Exit testing as well as test analysis are for students looking for Reading Remediation or Digital Distance Learning. These tests are extremely important to help us best match our program to each students needs.
To book a time for an assessment, please contact us.
Decoding Science, Math, and Geography words (Intro. to Greek and Latin)
This program curriculum has been curated aid students in decoding scientific, mathematic, and geographic words with bases in Greek and Latin. As students enter the middle school grades they will begin to more frequently encounter Greek and Latin based words in their studies. About just over 60% of English words come from Greek and Latin. Knowing a little Greek and Latin is like knowing a secret code. This short program helps with comprehension of words as we learn the meaning behind the Greek and Latin roots, as well as the spelling. Example of a class: Studying at what prefixes, Root words and Suffixes are and how they can be used; ex. Pre=before (preview) re=again (return) aqua=water (aquatic) cycl=circle (tricycle) arium=place (aquarium) ify=to make (solidify) This program is the natural next progression after completing theReading Remediation program. This program is offered in person and through Digital Distance Learning.
