INSTRUCTORS

• Affordable – One package can teach many students to read for several years and contains nearly 2 years of language growth lessons
• Adaptable – Great Leaps can be implemented easily as a parent or in an entire school district
• Data Driven – Equal ratio charts are kept to gauge student progress and can be used to predict student progress
• Efficient – All it takes is 10 minutes a day, 5 days a week, and up to 45 minutes for Language Growth
• Simple – Great Leaps can be implemented by anyone who can read fluently

STUDENTS

• Fun Stories – Great Leaps only uses high-interest material and activities to make reading and learning language fun
• Attention Span – Working within a student’s attention span daily yields the best results in learning
• Improved Confidence – Individualized attention and positive reinforcement builds confidence and motivation
• Academic Growth – Learning to read improves student performance in all classes
• Behavior – Academic confidence often leads to a decrease in referrals
• Fluency – 2 years of reading growth per year and the progress is charted and observable

PROGRAM

• Phonics, phrases and story exercises get increasingly difficult, efficiently taking the student to an independent reading level
• The package allows the instructor and student to sit across from one another to minimize risk in a school setting
• Lessons in phonological awareness followed by an oral expression activity, then work in vocabulary, finishing off with a song or game

PROCEDURE

• Instructor administers 3 1-minute timings in Phonics, Sight Phrases, and Stories 3 or more days per week
• Word count and errors are charted after each timing
• Ask 2-5 Depth of Knowledge questions to develop comprehension and in depth thinking
• Instructor teaches Language Growth ten to forty-five minutes a day, five days per week following the provided instructions and scripts
• The Alphabet program is to be implemented daily one-minute timed exercises 
• The Elementary Reading Program should not be started until the student has mastered letter sounds in isolation

PROVEN TEACHING METHODS

• Immediate Correction when an error is made
• Modeling sections the student is struggling on using the neural impress method
• Constant positive reinforcement to build confidence and motivation

RESEARCH & EVIDENCE BASED

• The Effects of a Fluency Intervention Program on the Fluency and Comprehension Outcomes of Middle-School Students with Severe Reading Deficits by Sally A. Spencer California State University; Northridge and Franklin R. Manis University of Southern California
• Effects of a Reading Fluency Intervention for Middle Schoolers with Specific Learning Disabilities by Cecil D. Mercer, Kenneth U. Campbell, M. David Miller, Kenneth D. Mercer, and Holly B. Lane
• Served over 500,000 students for over 20 years
• Utilizes precision teaching methods

INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION

• Positive reinforcement from an instructor is what builds a student's confidence and improves their relationship with learning and education
• One-on-one instruction ensures the student’s focus and effort where a computer program alone cannot
• Teaching practices such as modeling and immediate correction are also best done by a caring instructor
• Instructors can coordinate plans around their students and step in when additional help is needed

GREAT LEAPS FOUNDATIONS TO FLUENCY BUNDLE INCLUDES

• The Great Leaps Reading Package - Elementary Edition with one instructor and one student copy. The Language Growth Program. The Alphabet program, including one instructor and one student copy. 
• 94 Language Growth Lessons and Activities
• 40 Alphabet lessons
• 95 Phonics lessons
• 66 Phrases lessons
• 104 Stories with Multi-Sensory Comprehension Development Questions

Sample Sections

• Language Growth Program
• Great Leaps Reading Program Sample Packet