Every child can achieve lifelong literacy…
if taught with a research-based curriculum, in a structured and nurturing environment at a mastery pace.
Building a Foundation for Reading, Spelling & Literacy
A Nontraditional School – for nontraditional learners
- Providence is for students who don’t fit into a traditional curriculum at a traditional school.
- Students quickly build confidence to learn at a personalized pace with teachers who understand their learning styles and areas of strength.
- The school culture is a place for students to thrive socially, emotionally, and academically to become confident, self-motivated learners.
How does Providence do this?
- A Personalized Academic Plan is designed to place each student at the correct academic level to maximize academic progress.
- A multi-sensory approach to learning is built into all subjects and includes projects, presentations, field trips, and a mastery-based progression plan. Below grade level literacy will not inhibit progress in science, social studies, math, and other courses.
- Personalized Instruction is delivered in small groups or 1:1 with teacher collaboration.
- Research-based curricula, strategies, and materials have proven to be effective.
- A structured and nurturing environment builds confidence, trust, and an “I can” attitude.
- Consistent communication and collaboration with parents.
The Wilson Reading Program
Research-based Strategies, Materials & Curricula
The Wilson Reading Program builds a strong foundation in reading, spelling, and literacy for every student.
- Wilson Reading Fundations serves as a prevention program to help reduce reading and spelling failure for grades K-3.
- Wilson Reading System is an intensive intervention program that addresses the foundational skills required to read and write for ages 3-12.
Candidates for the Wilson Reading System – Intensive Reading Intervention
The Wilson Reading System is an intensive intervention program for students in grades 2-12 and adults with language-based learning disabilities, such as dyslexia.
- Unable to decode accurately (in lowest 30th percentile)
- Exhibit slow, labored reading with lack of fluency
- May know many words by sight, but have difficulty reading unfamiliar words and pseudo words
- May often guess at words
- Have poor spelling skills (in lowest 30th percentile)
- Able to speak and understand English, but not read or write it (such as English language learners)
- Have a language-based learning disability, such as dyslexia
Wilson is a provider of research-based reading and spelling programs for all ages. Its multisensory, structured curricula – Fundations®, Wilson Just Words®, the Wilson Reading System®, and Wilson Fluency®/Basic have been proven highly effective.
With Wilson, the path to meeting literacy objectives is all mapped out. The best way to achieve literacy success is to identify the individual student’s needs and then implement the correct teaching strategy. We offer several literacy instructional models to meet the needs of distinct student populations: prevention and early intervention for K-3 students, intervention for older students, and intensive intervention. Each model differs in practice, intensity, and duration, but all have been designed to help students master the appropriate level of literacy.
Fundations Reading
As a recognized leader in multisensory, structured language programs, Wilson brings more than a decade of systematic and explicit instruction to the K-3 classroom. Based on the Wilson Reading System® principles, Wilson Fundations® provides research-based materials and strategies essential to a comprehensive reading, spelling, and handwriting program.
Wilson Fundations makes learning to read fun while laying the groundwork for life-long literacy. Students in grades K-3 receive a systematic program in critical foundational skills, emphasizing:
- Phonemic awareness
- Phonics/ word study
- High frequency word study
- Reading fluency
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension strategies
- Handwriting
- Spelling