Why your struggling readers need Cracking The Code
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Cracking The Code is:

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  • A 12 week intervention program for struggling readers Grade 2 - adult

  • A decoding program based on letter patterns

  • A systematic & intentional approach to mastering patterns;

    not memorizing rules

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See a Student Using Cracking The Code

How it will benefit your students:

  • Cracking The Code eliminates the need for your struggling readers to

     memorize rules and exceptions

° Instead they are provided with a systematic and intentional

   approach to master letter patterns that do not change 

° Students must demonstrate, through assessments, that they have

   learned each letter pattern to automaticity before they can move on

° Students apply this pattern systematically which allows them to feel

   confident in their ability to decode words

° This leads to improved reading skills, improved student

   participation, and improved test scores

See a Teacher using Cracking The Code with adults

 How it will benefit you, the educator:

  • Each lesson in the Teacher's Guide provides a step - by - step pattern for

    delivery to the student

  • Includes student assessment tests to evaluate students' ability to move on to

    the next lesson

  • Provides all the correct answers to each assessment test as well as criteria

    to determine if student has learned each specific letter pattern to automaticity

  • It leads to more confident readers and improved test scores

  • It is based on scientific research over the past seven years*

“The program allowed the students

   to practice the patterns to the point that they 

   remembered them without difficulty.  They were

   truly successful in the program and loved every

   minute of it.”

 - Judy, third and fourth grade classroom

    teacher, Marana, AZ.

 Cracking The Code is unique because:

  • It focuses on the visual symbols prior to verbalizing

  • It provides a system, based on patterns that do not change

  • Students master each step to automaticity and continue to use each step as

    they progress through the program

  • It can be taught by a teacher, para-professional, substitute, or

    parent volunteer

 “I had been working with struggling readers in

   third grade all year on phonics and decoding

   strategies… After having the ‘Cracking The Code’

   program for just two weeks, these students

   showed marked improvement.”

 - Lisa, remedial reading teacher, Tucson, AZ.

 Cracking The Code was developed:

  • Using struggling readers in a Federal Prison

  • Using Title 1, ELL, and struggling readers in a local Elementary School

  • Based on the leading reading research from the National Research Council

  • Asking the question, Why are some students struggling with phonics?

 “Cracking The Code is a very effective remedial

   tool.  Students walk away with success on a

   daily basis!”

- Bob, Title One reading teacher, Tucson, AZ.

*View the research:

The Research Behind Cracking The Code

Cracking The Code: Decoding Really Does Influence Comprehension

Turning a New Page to Life and Literacy (Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy)

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