WordFlight helps build the foundational reading skills that students in grade 2 need

By the time students enter third grade, they need to begin to read for comprehension to keep up academically. With more than 85 percent of the curriculum taught through reading, students who are not reading at grade level will begin to struggle in all their classes (The Children’s Reading Foundation, 2023).

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WordFlight gives second graders a strong academic start by focusing on foundational reading skills.

WordFlight is aligned to grade 2 standards, supporting phonics, vocabulary, word recognition and fluency development.

In addition, WordFlight focuses on developing automatic word recognition, a key skill needed to transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn.”

Automatic word recognition enables students to decode words instantly and without effort, which students must master before they can read fluently and with comprehension.

Automatic word recognition is a skill that bridges the gap between phonics and fluency. On the left side, the pillars of alphabet knowledge, phonemic awareness, and decoding & encoding are supported by foundational skills, phonics and explicit, direct instruction. On the right side, the pillars of accuracy, rate and proficiency are supported by fluency and practice with connected text. Automatic word recognition connects foundational skills to fluency and meaning and is supported by learner-driven, systematic, structured practice.

Schools use WordFlight as a supplement to their core reading curriculum for the whole class.

WordFlight is the only literacy intervention solution to use findings from 50 years of learning science to make the foundations for fluency automatic. In addition, WordFlight has the only patented assessment of automaticity, so educators can measure progress towards fluency.

How do I use WordFlight in my classroom?

Educators have a lot of freedom in how they implement WordFlight. For example:

You can use the online Instructional Program for whole-class independent practice.
You can use the WordFlight teacher-directed weekly lesson plans provided by the lesson generator to support explicit instruction in small groups.
You can select specific lessons to target specific skills and use the extension activities at the end of each lesson to deepen the learning.

How is WordFlight different for grade 2?

We’ve adjusted WordFlight to be developmentally appropriate for second graders.

In the online Instructional Program, tasks and passages are designed for second-graders.
We’ve also scaled the WordFlight Screener and Diagnostic to be more appropriate for a developing reader in 2nd grade.

WordFlight is an easy-to-use, personalized learning tool for both students and teachers.
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