Welcome to SOUNDS APART Literacy Education

The GOALS of Sounds Apart Literacy Education are:

• Through direct, explicit, and sequenced instruction, students apply fundamental language concepts to decode and encode with greater accuracy and speed.

• Use a multimodal approach to maximize understanding and retention of new language concepts.

  • What does multimodal instruction mean? Quite simply - You are using more than one sense at a time:

    • Visual - Seeing the letters/words

    • Auditory - Hearing the sounds/words

    • Tactile - Feeling the letters/sounds/words

    • Kinesthetic - Touching or large motor movements with letters/words

• Systematically teach phonological awareness and its many crucial components.

• Use a research-based scope and sequence to teach phonics concepts as students work towards reading and spelling with greater accuracy and automaticity.

• Apply a diverse and well vetted collection of high-quality materials that pique the interest and capture the attention of every learner as they begin to read and spell with greater fluency.

• Sequence lessons into small and manageable chunks so students feel successful and maintain stable momentum throughout their program, while working to develop important comprehension skills.

• Provide regular feedback to families in order to propel learning forward within a safe and supportive environment.

• Unlock the true potential within every student, and guide them towards becoming confident and joyful readers and writers.