Really Great Reading Program

COUNTDOWN

for Grade K

BLAST FOUNDATIONS

for Grade 1

HD WORD

for Grade 2

Countdown to reading success!
Playful and powerful scientifically-aligned foundational reading skill instruction for kindergarten.

Countdown Quick Facts:

  • Only 15–20 minutes a day
  • Prevention: Kindergarten whole-class, supplemental first instruction
  • 28 weeks of playful, targeted instruction in phonological and phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, phonics, and high-frequency words
  • Easy, ready-to-teach scripted lessons, complemented by a ready-made, colorful, image-based, animated teacher presentation tool

Blast off to reading success!
Exciting and engaging scientifically-aligned foundational reading skill instruction for 1st-grade students.

Blast Foundations Quick Facts:

  • Only 15–20 minutes a day
  • Prevention: 1st-grade whole-class, supplemental first instruction
  • 25 weeks of playful, targeted instruction in phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, phonics, and high-frequency words
  • Easy, ready-to-teach scripted lessons, complemented by a ready-made, colorful, animated teacher presentation tool
  • Great for ELLs in Grades K–5!

Bring words into high definition!
Powerful and mature scientifically-aligned reading skill instruction for the 2nd & 3rd-grade classroom.

HD Word Quick Facts: 

  • Only 15–20 minutes a day
  • Prevention: 2nd & 3rd-grade whole-class, supplemental first instruction
  • Builds on key foundational skills established in Blast Foundations
  • 33 weeks of efficient, targeted instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, syllable types, and fluency
  • Easy, ready-to-teach scripted lessons, complemented by a ready-made, colorful, animated teacher presentation tool

Countdown Heart Words

Blast Heart Words

 Optional Heart Words

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RGR Phonics Sound Letter Linking Chart

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Heart Word Magic 

Heart Word Magic - Heart Word Magic is a FREE teaching tool designed to help students learn to read and spell high-frequency words, particularly those that aren’t very decodable.

Letter Tile Freeplay

Letter Tile Freeplay -  A digital interface where students and teachers use letter tiles to explore, build, segment, sound out, and spell.

Home Resources

  • Home Connection - FREE, parent-friendly PDFs for student practice.
  • For Spanish Speaking Families - Para familias que hablan Español. For families that speak Spanish, we have created a series of home connection parent crash course videos.