TO MEET THE NEEDS OF K-1 STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AT RISK FOR DYSLEXIA

BUILD: A K-1 EARLY READING INTERVENTION 

To meet the needs of K-1 students who have been identified as at risk for dyslexia, the staff of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children has developed a 100-lesson reading intervention called BUILD: A K-1 Early Reading Intervention. BUILD is a small group intervention that addresses five specific components of reading instruction. Each component is taught developmentally using a direct, systematic, cumulative, multisensory method of introduction and practice to meet the specific needs of kindergarten and first-grade students struggling with reading.

THE FIVE COMPONENTS OF BUILD:

A K-1 EARLY READING INTERVENTION:

  1. Alphabet: the identification of letters, sequencing skills, and alphabetizing

  2. Letter/sound knowledge: the direct instruction of individual letters and sounds, leading to the practice of reading words and sentences

  3. Phonological awareness: the explicit introduction of the relationships between speech-sound production, from rhyme to spelling

  4. Vocabulary: the direct teaching of strategies using context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words

  5. Comprehension: the explicit teaching of specific learning strategies used to identify the basic components of a story

Are you looking to be more diagnostic and prescriptive in your teaching?… Pre-order your Benchmark Assessments today!

 

  • Utilize the Benchmark Assessments as a progress monitoring tool in conjunction with BUILD: A K-1 Early Reading Intervention, specifically designed for early literacy development. By administering these assessments, you’ll gain valuable insights to inform your next steps and tailor instruction for students who require additional support in acquiring foundational literacy skills, whether during or after the intervention. (52 Page Booklet – Includes Benchmark Assessments for Teachers and Students for Books 1 -3.)

 

  • Please note that the Benchmark Assessments are not part of the research-based curriculum BUILD: A K-1 Early Reading Intervention developed at Scottish Rite for Children in Dallas, Texas. Under copyright law, the content of the Benchmark Assessments is restricted to use by a single individual who has purchased it.