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18 Years of Teaching the Science of Reading

REALLY GREAT READING

The Evidence Is Clear Equipping teachers with specialized expertise and proven instructional methods can prevent reading failure in most students.

Really Great Reading ® delivers on both fronts!

For schools and districts with ambitious literacy

Our scientifically aligned, next generation teaching

objectives, Really Great Reading is the essential

tools are designed to establish robust literacy

partner for achieving them. We provide a

foundations in early grades, while also addressing

comprehensive toolkit, rooted in the Science of

decoding challenges in upper elementary, middle,

Reading, to ensure mastery in key literacy skills:

and high school students.

phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, spelling, and vocabulary.

Evidencebased instruction

We provide a comprehensive toolkit, rooted in the Science of Reading!

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Data Driven Small Group Instruction for Tier 2, Tier 3

Next Generation Digital Teaching Tools

Phonological Awareness

Phonemic Awareness

Letter Knowledge

Concepts of Print

Handwriting

Phonics & Decoding

Encoding (Spelling)

Syllable Knowledge

Engaging Decodable Books

High Frequency Word Fluency

Vocabulary, Syntax, and Grammar

Fluency

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We Help School Districts

Do Big Things

Over the past two decades, we’ve partnered with school districts to do big things with the Science of Reading. Our efforts are fueled by ambitious districts that share our goal of eradicating illiteracy and creating systemic changes.

Raise Scores Eradicating illiteracy and raising reading scores is critical, as literacy and vocabulary development are essential foundational building blocks to all future academic success.

Empower Educators We embed professional development into every lesson so they can be taught by a wide range of educators, not just seasoned literacy professionals.

Systemic Change Our innovative application of the Science of Reading can transform a district. We offer our partner schools access to state-of-the-art instruction and digital tools that drive systemic change.

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Next-Generation Phonics Our scientifically aligned instruction is designed to

True Alignment Between Science of Reading Training and HQIM

activate students’ orthographic mapping engines.

Aligning Professional Learning with your High-Quality Instructional

It’s easy to teach and simple for students to grasp.

Materials is crucial for effective implementation of foundational

Features our refined “Lose the Rules” approach

literacy skills instruction. At Really Great Reading, we meticulously

which gets students reading big words fast.

align our Science of Reading training with our High-Quality

High Touch Implementation Support We’ve built an amazing team, skilled in supporting educators, leaders, and coaches. Our hightouch support has consistently proven successful in districts of varying sizes and demographics.

We excel at serving and leading schools on their journey to become exemplar Science of Reading schools.

Instructional Materials. This deliberate coordination creates a powerful synergy that enhances both student achievement and teacher capability, leading to sustainable growth and excellent student outcomes.

Not Just Phonics, But a Comprehensive Word Level Solution When schools choose to partner with us, they’re not just getting a service; they’re embracing a proven formula for success. Our partnership offers state-of-the-art professional learning and product training, along with a comprehensive suite of instruction and assessments to ensure maximum student outcomes. What sets us apart is our holistic approach that addresses not just

Actual Transformative Student Outcomes

decoding and spelling, but also vocabulary, handwriting, digital practice, and even offers supports for English language learners.

It’s a comprehensive solution designed for measurable impact.

Overall Placement

15% 10%

Placement By Domain

Phonological Awareness (PA) Phonics (PH)

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High-Frequency Words (HFW)

75%

Vocabulary (VOC)

2% 19%

Phonological Awareness (PA) Phonics (PH)

Spring

High-Frequency Words (HFW)

79%

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Vocabulary (VOC)

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Scientifically Aligned Advanced Digital Solutions Advanced Digital Student Practice Student practice is vital. It forms the bedrock of strong literacy skills. Our independent student practice portals— the Reading Playgrounds, the Vocabulary Playgrounds, and InferCabulary—solidify classroom learning and provide detailed reporting and progress monitoring.

High Impact, Low Prep Our state-of-the-art Teacher Presentation Online Tools take the setup out of teaching. They help educators teach with fidelity, illustrate concepts through videos, model student practice through animations, and keep instruction on pace. Our Virtual Implementation Training Courses can be accessed for real-time support to train teachers not just at back-to-school, but incrementally throughout the school year.

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ENSURING CONSISTENCY & EQUITY

Tools For Closing Educational Gaps Our digital suite is engineered to deliver standardized, equitable learning opportunities for every student. This commitment to fairness and consistency is not just a feature; it’s a critical asset for schools looking to close educational gaps among their most disadvantaged students.

Facilitating Data-Driven Decision-Making Our Reading and Vocabulary Playgrounds capture real-time data that measure students’ strengths and weaknesses with every click. By centralizing this critical information, our Teacher and School Dashboards equip all stakeholders with the actionable insights they need to make informed, effective decisions that drive positive educational outcomes.

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Launchpad

Quick Facts:

Our newest offering!

FOR KINDERGARTEN READINESS Launch students toward future reading success!

• Only 15–20 minutes a day

• Playful and powerful evidence-based foundational

• Prevention: Pre-K whole-class instruction

skills instruction to prepare students for kindergarten • Game-based, teacher-led, multisensory instruction makes learning fun • Interactive and kinesthetic lessons • Features a colorful, image-based teacher presentation online tool that makes teaching simple and enjoyable

• 28 weeks of playful, interactive instruction that establishes a firm foundation in concepts of print, phonological and phonemic awareness, and letter knowledge

• Students develop: – An understanding of the concepts of print – Letter name and letter sound knowledge – A strong start in phonological and phonemic awareness – An understanding that sounds are represented by

•E asy, ready-to-teach scripted lessons, with a combination of activities that can be taught “anyplace” and activities complemented by a colorful, imagebased teacher presentation tool

letters that can be put together to create words

Interactive and fun pre-reading instruction!

Playful, first instruction

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A 15–20 minute/day supplement for pre-kindergarten

Launchpad Teacher Guide Set LPTG $329

a A BONUS!

• Scripted, ready-to-teach lesson plans • Thorough explanation of concepts, routines, and procedures • Guidance for adjusting instruction to match students’ readiness • Suggestions for teaching many lessons “anyplace,” making lessons interactive, and incorporating movement • Embedded, incremental professional development— no phonological awareness or phonics background needed!

• Includes: 3 lesson plan books, set of Launchpad Sound & Letter Cards - 5 2 colorful, glossy 4x6 cards for playful, interactive sound and letter instruction and practice -U ppercase and lowercase letters with guideword and character images

Launchpad Online LPOL $99/year, $59/6 months • Vibrant, image-based teacher presentation tool, required for instruction • Delivers clear, concise, and effective instruction with colorful imagery, games, and animations • Works with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, laptops, and computers BONUS: Supplemental Resources, a treasure trove of additional activities, supplements, and teacher professional development

Launchpad Virtual Implementation Courses VITC_LP $79/seat/year • Virtual, interactive, self-paced, initial implementation training designed to help educators maximize their success with Countdown • Features five courses; two to complete before teaching and one to complete halfway through the year to refine and improve your teaching • Earn completion certificates!

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Countdown

Quick Facts:

FOR KINDERGARTEN Start the Countdown to reading success!

• Playful and powerful scientifically aligned foundational skills instruction for kindergarten students • A dds explicit, systematic, and multisensory instruction to your core reading program • B uilds essential foundational literacy skills needed for academic success • F eatures an engaging, image-based teacher presentation online tool that makes teaching fun and easy • S tudents develop: – Robust phonological and phonemic awareness skills – Strong knowledge of letter-sound correspondences – Developmentally appropriate phonics knowledge – Strategies for reading and spelling unfamiliar words – Fluency with 50+ high-frequency words

See students’ eyes sparkle with joy as they learn to read!

Lively, playful, and fun evidence-based instruction!

First Instruction or Early Intervention

• Only 15–20 minutes* of explicit, whole group teacher-led phonemic awareness and phonics instruction a day • Prevention: Kindergarten whole-class, supplemental first instruction • Intervention: RTI Tier II, early intervention for K–1, and intensive small-group intervention for emerging readers in older grades • 28 weeks of playful, targeted instruction in phonological and phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, phonics, and highfrequency words • Easy, ready-to-teach scripted lessons, complemented by a ready-made, colorful, image-based, animated teacher presentation tool

* T he RGR Instructional Block includes 15-20 minutes of explicit, whole group teacher-directed phonemic awareness and phonics instruction, plus additional time for whole group and individual practice, as well as small group instruction. Each unit’s Unit Planner provides specific guidance on timing.

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An engaging and efficient supplement for kindergarten The Countdown Classroom setup includes all materials needed to teach 20 students with fidelity! $999 (see page 18 for details) Countdown Teacher Guide Set • S cripted, ready-to-teach lesson plans • Thorough explanation of concepts, routines, and procedures • Strategies for adjusting and differentiating instruction • Embedded, incremental professional development—no phonological awareness or phonics background needed!

• Includes: 3 lesson plan books, set of vowel posters, set of Countdown Wall Cards

Student Workbook • Solidifies student learning with frequent and distributed guided practice • Empowers the transfer of skills • Includes exercises that develop mastery and automaticity with key concepts • E ssential to positive student outcomes

Countdown Online • Vibrant, image-based teacher presentation tool, required for instruction • Delivers clear, concise, and effective instruction with colorful imagery and animations • Works with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, laptops, and computers BONUS: Supplemental Resources, a treasure trove of additional activities, supplements, and teacher professional development

Countdown Student Kit • Playful, powerful, multisensory practice that makes learning sticky • Engaging and fun physical manipulatives: magnetic color tiles, letter tiles, and SyllaBoards™ • Students see, hear, and touch to learn concepts faster and retain them better

Reading & Vocabulary Playgrounds • A play-based portal for independent practice of the skills learned in Countdown • Research-aligned activities designed to accelerate the acquisition of skills and knowledge necessary to build basic foundational skills knowledge • An easy-to-read teacher dashboard, so you can monitor individual student performance

Countdown Virtual Implementation Courses • Virtual, interactive, self-paced, initial implementation training designed to help educators maximize their success with Countdown • Features five courses; two to complete before teaching and three to complete incrementally throughout the year to refine and improve your teaching • Earn completion certificates!

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Quick Facts:

Blast FOR 1ST GRADE

First Instruction or Early Intervention

• Only 15–20 minutes* of explicit, whole group teacher-led phonemic awareness and phonics instruction a day

Blast off to reading success!

• E xciting and engaging scientifically aligned foundational skills instruction for 1st grade students

• Prevention: 1st grade whole-class, supplemental first instruction

• Add explicit, systematic, and multisensory instruction to your core reading program • Build essential foundational literacy skills needed for academic success • Improve accuracy, automaticity, and fluency • Features an engaging, vibrant, online teacher presentation tool that makes teaching fun and easy • Students develop:

• Intervention: RTI Tier II and III, early intervention for grades 1–3, and intensive small-group intervention for emerging readers in grades 2–5 •2 5 weeks of playful, targeted instruction in phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, phonics, and high-frequency words •E asy, ready-to-teach scripted lessons, complemented by a ready-made, colorful, animated teacher presentation tool

– Robust phonemic awareness skills – Automatic letter-sound correspondences

• Now with videos for English learner students

– Developmentally appropriate phonics knowledge, including four syllable types – Strategies for reading and spelling unfamiliar words

* The RGR Instructional Block includes 15-20 minutes of explicit, whole group teacher-directed phonemic awareness and phonics instruction, plus additional time for whole group and individual practice, as well as small group instruction. Each unit’s Unit Planner provides specific guidance on timing.

– Fluency with 100+ high-frequency words

“I never knew teaching phonics could be so easy and fun!”

Bring the science of reading to life in your classroom!

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An engaging and efficient supplement for 1st grade The Blast Classroom setup includes all materials needed to teach 20 students with fidelity! $1,249 (see page 19 for details) Blast Teacher Guide Set • S cripted, ready-to-teach lesson plans • T horough explanation of concepts, routines, and procedures • Options

for adjusting and differentiating instruction •E mbedded, incremental professional development—no phonological awareness or phonics background needed!

•U se with both primary and elementary student workbook levels • I ncludes: 2 lesson plan books, set of vowel posters, set of 2 student workbooks

Student Workbook Set • S olidifies student learning with frequent and distributed guided practice •E mpowers the transfer of skills from lessons to independent reading and spelling • Includes exercises that develop mastery and automaticity with key concepts •E ssential to positive student outcomes • T wo levels to choose from: - P RSW (Primary Student Workbook: 1st Grade) - E LSW (Elementary Student Workbook: Grades 2+)

Blast Online • V ibrant, engaging teacher presentation tool, required for instruction • Delivers clear, concise, and effective instruction with virtual manipulatives and animations •E liminates teacher prep work!

•W orks with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, laptops, and computers BONUS: Supplemental Resources, a treasure trove of additional activities, supplements, and teacher professional development

Blast Foundations Student Kit • P layful, powerful, multisensory practice that makes learning sticky •E ngaging and fun physical manipulatives: magnetic color tiles, letter tiles, and SyllaBoards™ • Students see, hear, and touch to learn concepts faster and retain them better

Reading & Vocabulary Playgrounds • A play-based portal for practicing skills learned in Blast instruction • Research-aligned activities designed to accelerate the acquisition of skills and knowledge necessary to transform emerging readers into fluent readers • An adaptive platform that honors the diversity of students’ abilities to master their phonics skills at different rates and with different amounts of practice • An easy-to-read teacher dashboard, designed to monitor individual student performance

Blast Virtual Implementation Courses • Virtual, interactive, self-paced, initial implementation training designed to help educators maximize their success with Blast • Features five courses; two to complete before teaching and three to complete incrementally throughout the year to refine and improve your teaching • Earn completion certificates! w w w.ReallyGreatReading.com • Toll Free 866-401-7323

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HD Word

Quick Facts:

First Instruction or Fast-paced Intervention

FOR 2ND –12TH GRADE Bring advanced words into high definition!

• Powerful and mature scientifically aligned instruction for the 2nd & 3rd grade classroom • Adds explicit, systematic, multisensory, joyful instruction to your core reading program • Develops skills to approach unfamiliar and academic words with confidence – no more guessing or skipping words!

• Improves comprehension and oral reading fluency using authentic, expository, knowledge-building text • Fast-paced, fun, and intelligent instruction and practice • Students develop: – Robust basic and advanced phonemic awareness skills – Skills for reading simple and complex unfamiliar words – Practical strategies for reading multisyllabic words without memorizing rules – Advanced phonics knowledge of vowel patterns and syllable types – Fluency with controlled and non-controlled text

Students need more support and practice activities?

Check out the Reading Playgrounds, page 22

Want a structured way to track student progress in HD Word lessons?

Check out the Reading Playgrounds, page 22

• Only 15–20 minutes* of explicit, whole group teacher-led phonemic awareness and phonics instruction a day • Prevention: 2nd & 3rd grade wholeclass, supplemental first instruction • Intervention: RTI Tier II, fast-paced intervention for students in grades 2–12 who struggle with multisyllabic words and more advanced phonics skills but have mastered most basic phonics skills • 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 readymade, colorful, animated teacher presentation tool * The RGR Instructional Block includes 15-20 minutes of explicit, whole group teacher-directed phonemic awareness and phonics instruction, plus additional time for whole group and individual practice, as well as small group instruction. Each unit’s Unit Planner provides specific guidance on timing.

Bring the science of reading to life in your classroom!

Watch students smile with satisfaction as they master new concepts!

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An engaging and efficient supplement for grades 2–12 The HD Word Classroom setup includes all materials needed to teach 20 students with fidelity! $1,449 (see page 20 for details) HD Word Teacher Guide Set • Scripted, joyful, ready-to-teach lesson plans • Thorough explanation of concepts, routines, and procedures • Strategies for adjusting and differentiating instruction • Embedded, incremental professional development – no phonics background needed!

• Use with Foundations, Essentials, and Linguistics student workbook levels • Includes: 3 lesson plan books, set of vowel posters, set of 2 student workbooks

Student Workbook Set • Solidifies student learning with frequent and distributed guided practice and authentic, expository passages • Empowers the transfer of skills from lessons to independent reading and spelling • Includes exercises that develop mastery and automaticity with key concepts • Essential to positive student outcomes • Three levels to choose from: - Foundations (Grades 2–5), Essentials (Grades 5 – 8), Linguistics (Grades 8 –12)

HD Word Online • Vibrant, engaging teacher presentation tool, required for instruction • Delivers clear, concise, and effective instruction with virtual manipulatives and animations • Eliminates teacher prep work! Animations take the lead in explicit teaching • Works with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, laptops, and computers BONUS: Supplemental Resources, a treasure trove of additional activities and teacher professional development

HD Word Kit • Multisensory practice imprints learning that lasts • Engaging and fun physical manipulatives: magnetic color tiles, letter tiles, and SyllaBoards™ • Students see, hear, and touch to learn concepts faster and retain them better

Reading & Vocabulary Playgrounds • A play-based Reading Playground for independently practicing skills learned in HD Word • Research-aligned activities designed to accelerate the acquisition of skills and knowledge necessary to transform unfamiliar words into familiar and instantly recognizable words • An adaptive platform that honors the diversity of students’ abilities to master their phonics skills at different rates and with different amounts of practice • An easy-to-read teacher dashboard, designed to monitor individual student performance

HD Word Virtual Implementation Courses • Virtual, interactive, self-paced, initial implementation training designed to help educators maximize their success with HD Word • Features five courses; two to complete before teaching and three to complete incrementally throughout the year to refine and improve your teaching • Earn completion certificates! w w w.ReallyGreatReading.com • Toll Free 866-401-7323

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Quick Facts:

Phonics Boost

• 4 0–60 minutes a day

FOR 3RD –12TH GRADE INTENSIVE INTERVENTION

For RTI, Title I, ELL, and Exceptional Students

• Intervention: RTI Tier III and special education (including dyslexia) intensive intervention for small groups in grades 3–12 who have some basic phonics skills and knowledge but need slow-paced instruction to solidify key foundational skills

Boost the decoding and fluency of your severely struggling students!

• Intensive and effective scientifically aligned instruction for older students with gaps in their basic decoding skills • Delivers explicit, systematic, multisensory lessons to struggling adolescent students, including students with dyslexia • Fun, mature, slower-paced instruction and practice to imprint

• Builds on knowledge of basic consonant sounds and highfrequency words

and anchor learning • Plenty of practice opportunities to solidify key decoding and fluency skills • Develops skills to approach unfamiliar and academic words with

• 8 0 one-hour lessons with mature, targeted instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, syllable types, and fluency

confidence – no more guessing or skipping words!

• Improves comprehension and oral reading fluency using authentic, expository, knowledge-building text • Students develop: – Robust phonemic awareness skills

• Easy, ready-to-teach scripted lessons, complemented by a readymade, colorful, animated teacher presentation tool

– Skills for reading simple and complex unfamiliar words – Practical strategies for reading multisyllabic words without memorizing rules – Basic and advanced phonics knowledge – Fluency with controlled and non-controlled text

Watch students’ confidence grow as they find reading success!

Implement the science of reading for struggling students

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An intensive intervention for adolescent struggling readers in grades 3–12 Boost Teacher Guide Set BOOLP $449 • Scripted, ready-to-teach lesson plans • Thorough explanation of concepts, routines, and procedures • Strategies for adjusting and differentiating instruction • Embedded, incremental professional development – no phonics background needed!

• Includes: 4 lesson plan books, set of vowel posters, set of 2 student passage books

Student Workbook Set BOOSW $51 • Solidifies student learning with frequent and distributed guided practice and authentic, expository passages • Empowers the transfer of skills from lessons to independent reading and spelling • Includes exercises that develop mastery and automaticity with key concepts • Essential to positive student outcomes • Includes: 4 student workbooks, 2 oral reading passage books

Boost Online BOOSTOL $99/year, $59/6 months • Vibrant, engaging teacher presentation tool, required for instruction • Delivers clear, concise, and effective instruction with virtual manipulatives and animations • Eliminates teacher prep work!

• Works with interactive whiteboards, projectors, tablets, laptops, and computers BONUS: Supplemental Resources, a treasure trove of additional activities, supplements, and teacher professional development

Student Phonics Kit PSK-T

$75, Ten or more $70

• Multisensory practice imprints learning that lasts • Engaging and fun physical manipulatives: magnetic color tiles, letter tiles, and SyllaBoards™ • Students see, hear, and touch to learn concepts faster and retain them better

Everything one teacher needs to teach 12 students

Just Getting Started?

TRY OUR CLASSROOM SETUP! Packaged together as a Classroom Setup for easy purchase, the Initial Classroom Setup includes enough materials for one teacher to teach 12 students, sharing kits.

Phonics Boost Classroom Setup BOOST

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$1,399

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ONE YEAR

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Just getting started? Try a classroom setup!

Countdown Classroom Setup The Countdown Classroom setup includes all materials needed to teach 20 students with fidelity!

• Prevention (Kindergarten)

Save over $300 when purchasing these items together in this classroom setup.

• Intervention (Grades 1–3)

Countdown Classroom Setup VP_CD

• 5 lessons in each unit

• Fast-paced

$999

Grades K–1

Need addtional Workbooks and annual Playground Seats? Purchase them together and save.

Countdown Workbook and Playground Seat Bundle PG_CDSW

Everything one teacher needs to teach 20 students

$24

1 set

Add 10 more Countdown Kits for $500!

10 kits

1 login

TEACHER GUIDES

TEACHER’S ONLINE TOOL

STUDENT KITS

28 units in 3 books

Countdown Online 1-year subscription

Countdown Student Kit Add ten more for just $450

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Do you want all students to have their own student kit?

20 seats

GUIDED PRACTICE WORKBOOK

INDEPENDENT STUDENT PRACTICE PORTAL

Student Workbook: 1 level

Reading Playground 20 student seats

1 seat

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Blast Classroom Setup

Just getting started?

This comprehensive, cost-saving package includes everything a teacher needs to teach 20 students.

Add 10 more Blast Student Kits for $600

Grades 1–2+

• 1st grade aligned

Save $400+ when purchasing these items together in this package.

Blast Foundations Classroom Setup VP_BLASTPR, VP_BLASTEL, or VP_BLASTMIX

$1,249 Need additional Workbook Sets and annual Playground Seats? Purchase them together and save.

• Prevention (Grade 1) • Intervention (Grades 2+)

Blast Workbook and Playground Seat Bundle PG_BLASTPRSW, PG_BLASTELSW

• Fast-paced • 5 lessons in each unit

1 set

The Blast Classroom setup includes all materials needed to teach 20 students with fidelity!

$28

10 kits

20 sets

TEACHER GUIDES

STUDENT KITS

GUIDED PRACTICE WORKBOOKS

25 units in 2 books

Blast Kit Add ten more for just $600

2 Workbooks Choose level: Primary (1st Grade) Elementary (Grades 2+)

1 login

20 seats

TEACHER’S ONLINE TOOL Blast Online 1-year subscription

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1 seat

INDEPENDENT STUDENT PRACTICE PORTAL Reading Playground 20 student seats

TEACHER TRAINING Virtual Implementation Training Course 1 teacher seat/year 19

Just getting started? Try a classroom setup!

HD Word Classroom Setup The HD Word Classroom setup includes all materials needed to teach 20 students with fidelity!

• Prevention (Grades 2–3)

Save more than $450 when purchasing these items together in this classroom package.

• Fast-paced

• Intervention (Grades 2–12) • 5 lessons in each unit

HD Word Classroom Setup VP_HDWF, VP_HDWE, or VP_HDWL

$1,449

Grades 2–12

Need additional Workbook Sets and Playground Seats? Purchase them together and save.

HD Word Workbook and Playground Seat Bundle PG_HDFSW, PG_HDESW, PG_HDLSW

$28

Do you want all students to have their own student kit?

Add 10 more Everything HD Word Kits one teacher for $700! needs to teach 20 students

1 set

1 login

TEACHER GUIDES

TEACHER’S ONLINE TOOL

STUDENT KITS

33 units in 3 books

HD Word Online 1-year subscription

HD Word Kit Add ten more for just $700

20 sets

20 seats

GUIDED PRACTICE WORKBOOKS 2 workbooks: Choose from three levels: Foundations (2–5), Essentials (5–8) Linguistics (8–12) 20

10 kits

1 seat

INDEPENDENT STUDENT PRACTICE PORTAL Reading Playground 20 student seats

TEACHER TRAINING Virtual Implementation Training Course 1 teacher seat/year

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Unsure what to purchase?

Select Classroom Setups with Virtual Components to Save!

Consider selecting one of our comprehensive “Classroom Setups.” Not only will you have assurance that your teachers and students will have the materials and training that they need, it’s also our most cost-effective solution.

Not only is purchasing classroom setups easier for most, but it is also more cost-effective than many other purchasing options. Below is a cost comparison chart that compares buying all the items “a la carte” with purchasing within the classroom setup.

A la Carte Cost Classroom Setup Cost

Launchpad 1 set of Launchpad Teacher Lesson Plan Books

$329

1 one-year subscription to Launchpad Online

$99

1 Virtual Implementation Training Course seat for 1 year

$79 $507

Savings: $459

$48

Countdown 1 set of Countdown Teacher Lesson Plan Books

$255

1 one-year subscription to Countdown Online

$99

10 Countdown Manipulative Kits (1 kit per every 2 students)

$500

20 Countdown Guided Practice Student Workbooks

$240

20 seats to the Independent Practice Reading Playground for 1 year

$480

1 Virtual Implementation Training Course seat for 1 year

$79 $1,653

Savings: $999

$654

Blast 1 set of Blast Teacher Lesson Plan Books

$255

1 one-year subscriptions to Blast Online

$99

10 Blast Student Kits (1 kit per every 2 students)

$600

20 sets of Blast Guided Practice Student Workbooks

$420

20 Independent Practice Reading Playground seats for 1 year

$560

1 Virtual Implementation Training Course seat for 1 year

$79 $2,013

Savings: $1,249

$764

HD Word 1 set of HD Word Teacher Lesson Plan Books

$339

1 one-year subscription to HD Word Online

$99

10 HD Word Student Kits

$700

20 Guided Practice HD Word Student Workbook sets

$420

20 Independent Practice Reading Playground seats for 1 year

$560

1 Virtual Implementation Training Course seat for 1 year

$79 $2,197

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Dynamic Playgrounds:

Transform the Way K-3 Students Master Literacy Skills Our innovative Reading Playgrounds seamlessly integrate with Countdown for K, Blast for 1st, and HD Word for 2nd & 3rd to provide an immersive, space-themed learning adventure. Not just another practice platform—Reading Playground is a dynamic fusion of research-aligned activities, real-time assessments, and targeted practice.

Immersive, spacethemed learning adventure.

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Reading Playgrounds A dynamic blend of research-aligned activities, realtime assessments, and targeted practices designed to help students master foundational literacy skills.

Vocabulary Playgrounds A next-generation tool that helps students grasp the meanings of words featured in Countdown, Blast, and HD Word.

Decodable eBooks Beautifully illustrated decodable books turn passages into captivating stories across multiple genres.

Accessible via Reading Playgrounds or available for print as hands-on reading material.

Robust English Learner Supports Engaging practice opportunities for students new to English, with advanced support mechanisms for native Spanish speakers.

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Reading Playgrounds:

Detailed Data Analytics for Educators and School Leaders Your Classroom Companion: The Reading Playgrounds act as a valuable classroom assistant, offering detailed data analytics, student grouping, targeted data-driven instruction (assignments), digital delivery of intervention and practice, progress monitoring, and insightful reporting.

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Real-Time Data Analysis

Student Grouping

Individualized Assignments

Think of it as having a digital

The Playgrounds automatically

Offering targeted data-driven

reading coach on standby, swiftly

group students based on shared

instruction tailored to student needs,

analyzing student performance

needs, facilitating quick and

the Reading Playgrounds digitally

metrics to pinpoint areas of concern

targeted assignments for students

deliver interventions and practice

and enable timely interventions.

requiring similar assistance.

exercises that propel students forward.

Digital Delivery of Intervention and Practice

Insightful, Easy-toRead Reports

Utilize real-time data to tailor Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions, maximizing student success. Our redesigned Teacher Dashboard streamlines the assignment and monitoring of targeted practice sessions, allowing students to receive the personalized attention they need and freeing you to focus more on teaching.

The Teacher Dashboard has been redesigned for efficiency in assigning and monitoring targeted practice sessions, enabling students to receive the personalized attention they need and allowing you to focus more on the art of teaching.

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Vocabulary Playgrounds:

Where Vocabulary Meets Foundational Skill-Building Really Great Reading’s Vocabulary Playgrounds tool is more than a simple vocabulary builder. It’s a dynamic practice platform that simulates the natural process of vocabulary acquisition through rich, contextual encounters with words. This digital platform not only enriches vocabulary but also enhances oral language skills, builds background knowledge, and sharpens inferencing and critical thinking abilities.

More Than Vocabulary—It’s Complete Language Enrichment

Unlock, Play, Learn—It’s That Simple!

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Vocabulary Playgrounds now included in the Reading Playgrounds!

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Mimics Real-World Encounters The Vocabulary Playgrounds platform is designed to help students internalize vocabulary through visuals and contextual clues, making each word both memorable and relatable.

Linking Vocabulary and Phonics Vocabulary words are meticulously chosen from our Countdown, Blast, and HD Word programs.

This ensures age-appropriate and phonologically aligned instruction, enhancing orthographic mapping through phoneme-grapheme associations.

Easy to Implement, Seamless Integration Vocabulary Playgrounds units are designed to pre-teach vocabulary that will be decoded in upcoming Countdown, Blast, and HD Word units. All teachers need to do is unlock the units and let their students play.

Visual Vocabulary

No more rote memorization!

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Elevate English Literacy with

Spanish Supports for Countdown, Blast, and HD Word Unlock the full potential of your English Language Learners (ELLs) with our cutting-edge Spanish Supports. Designed by EL educators, these materials offer a rich, research-based toolkit for teachers to provide daily focused bilingual instruction.

Spanish Instructional Videos

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Phoneme Articulation Videos

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Unlock Bilingual Success Combines the power of Countdown, Blast, and HD Word with essential Spanish language supports.

Crosslinguistic Benefits Leverage the natural synergies between English and Spanish to accelerate learning. Teach once and reinforce in both languages, saving precious instructional time.

Equitable and Culturally Responsive From classroom to home, we offer a holistic learning experience that respects and utilizes the child’s native language as a learning asset.

Spanish Parent Crash Course

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Blast Off to Literacy Success with

Really Great Handwriting!

Embark on an educational, space-themed handwriting journey with Really Great Handwriting, a research-aligned supplement designed to elevate your literacy instruction. Seamlessly integrated into Countdown for kindergarten and Blast for 1st grade, this tool empowers students to excel in printed handwriting, spelling, and written expression.

This comprehensive approach ensures that students learn to form letters correctly as they are mastering their letter-sound knowledge, setting the stage for a well-rounded literacy education.

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Really Great Handwriting turns the process into a grand space 1 adventure, making handwriting exceptionally fun and engaging. It turns pencils13into rockets and paper into a vast, exciting universe!

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FOR COUNTDOWN AND BLAST USERS: Letter Formation Animations for All Lowercase and Uppercase Letters

Multisensory Tips and Tricks

(scripted teacher lessons)

Pre-Writing Activities like Dot-to-Dots and Coloring Direction Sheets

Formation Animations for Numbers 0-9 (with Teacher Scripts)

Printable Handwriting Paper

Lessons Embedded into Online Tools and the Reading Playground

Concepts of Handwriting Guide, Complete with a Glossary of Terms

Direct, Explicit Instruction in Posture, Pencil Grip, and Spacing

Two Scopes and Sequences to Adapt to Different Classroom Needs

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Introducing

Decodable eBooks

Where Engaging Stories Meet Skillful Reading The wait is over! We’re thrilled to introduce our new collection of Decodable eBooks, designed to perfectly align with our Countdown, Blast, and HD Word programs. Available exclusively through the Reading Playgrounds, these beautifully illustrated eBooks transform decodable passages into captivating stories across multiple genres.

Whether for individual practice or group instruction, these eBooks offer a versatile and enriching practice experience for students.

Master Skills, Love Reading

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From Classroom to Living Room

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FEATURES & BENEFITS

Skill-Focused

Genre Diversity

Texts are strictly controlled to help students master specific phonics patterns and sight words, enabling them to apply their knowledge in an engaging context.

HD Word’s eBooks encompass a wide range of genres—poetry, scripts, fiction, nonfiction, recipes, and more—each thoughtfully illustrated to enhance immersion.

Curricular Alignment

Adaptable Usage

Fully correlated with each unit of Countdown, Blast, and HD Word, with ongoing expansions planned for the 2023-2024 school year.

Suitable for cold read practice, warm read, individual independent practice, whole-class instruction, and home practice. Our printable versions can be sent home for students to read to their parents, further fostering parental involvement in the learning process.

Engaging Content We’ve transformed our decodable passages from Countdown and Blast into colorful, illustrated eBooks that capture students’ imaginations.

Downloadable & Printable Options to assign digitally or download and print for center activities or take-home books.

Ease of Access Unlock eBooks systematically as teachers unlock units, accessible across various devices—desktops, smart boards, laptops, and iPads.

FREE

through the Reading Playgrounds

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A Revolutionary Approach to Vocabulary Learning FOR GRADES 3–12 Really Great Reading is proud to be partnering with the world’s most revolutionary vocabulary learning tool, InferCabulary. InferCabulary is a game-changing solution for vocabulary learning.

Designed for grades 3–12, InferCabulary employs a unique visual approach that mimics the natural process of vocabulary acquisition seen in avid reading. This tool goes beyond mere word memorization to deliver a holistic educational experience that enhances oral language, background knowledge, and inferencing skills.

InferCabulary is an efficient, research-aligned, cost-effective, and engaging way to dive into the world of words.

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KEY FEATURES

UNIQUE BENEFITS

Rich Word Encounters Mimic natural vocabulary acquisition by offering students multiple contexts for each word, facilitating deep understanding.

Holistic Skill Development While vocabulary is the focus, InferCabulary also enhances oral language, background knowledge, and inferencing skills.

Focus on Tier 2 Words Excelling in teaching rare and abstract words is crucial for academic success.

Ease of Use An intuitive Assignment Tool and versatile Word Extractor tool make it simple for teachers to create quizzes and activities aligned to their students’ reading assignments.

Intuitive, Integrated, and Interactive!

More Than Vocabulary

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HIGHLY EFFICIENT Researchers have confirmed, students learn words four times faster than with traditional methods.

Inclusive Especially beneficial for students not exposed to rich oral language, helping them catch up and excel.

Semantic Reasoning InferCabulary offers a new approach that has students actively infer meanings through multiple contexts.

Complete Language Enrichment

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Efficient and Affordable

Virtual Implementation Training Courses

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Contact Hours

To help teachers maximize their success with our lessons, Really Great Reading has created a series of self-paced, interactive professional development courses. Each Virtual Implementation Training Series features courses designed to be completed before teaching and others designed to complete incrementally throughout the year to refine and improve your teaching. Getting started with them is easy and affordable. Most classroom setups include annual access for the teacher. These learning opportunities are now available for the following programs:

Launchpad

Countdown

Blast

HD Word

Learn to teach this playful and powerful evidencebased foundational reading skills instruction to prepare students for kindergarten.

Learn to teach this playful and powerful scientifically aligned foundational skills instruction for kindergartners.

Learn to teach this systematic, explicit, and multisensory instruction and watch your students blast off to reading success.

Learn to teach this powerful and mature scientifically aligned instruction and bring advanced words into high definition!

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Classroom Setups with Virtual Components include one year’s access to the Virtual Implementation Training Courses.

Complete five courses and get certified!

$79

Who is this for?

The Virtual Implementation Training Courses are a wonderful resource for teachers who are:

seat/year program

• New to our programs and are embarking on their initial implementation • Still learning to implement and want a refresher

COURSE 1

• E xperienced and want ongoing advanced implementation training

2-2.5 hours

What is the cost?

• $79 per year/program seat. Teachers have access to the course content for 1 calendar year.

• OR complimentary for those who have

Self-Paced Modules that help teachers understand the essentials of scientifically aligned reading instruction.

COURSE 2

purchased classroom setups.

Certificate of Completion and Level One Certification • After each course is completed, the educator receives a certificate of

2-2.5 hours

completion.

• Complete all five courses & get Really Great Reading Level One certified!

How do my teachers access the courses?

Self-Paced Modules that guide teachers through the structure of the lessons and offer precise guidance on how to maximize success with the components, procedures, and routines.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Implementation Workshops Teacher background knowledge is a key component to a successful implementation.

Really Great Reading offers different training options to provide teachers and interventionists with the background knowledge they’ll need to succeed with our foundational skills lessons. They include:

On-Site Implementation Trainings

We come to you!

$4,750/Full Day (includes travel) Are you implementing Countdown, Blast, HD Word, or Boost? Schedule a workshop and learn how to prepare students to face the challenges of complex content area reading. We model the steps detailed in the Teacher Guide Lesson Plan and model: • Functional strategies and foundational skills necessary to develop successful readers.

• Lesson pacing, routines, and procedures.

• How to use the online teacher presentation tools.

• Review appropriate assessment and how to group students for instruction.

• Additionally, in these workshops, we allow for practice opportunities for your teachers.

Open Implementation Trainings

You come to us!

$199/Seat These workshops are just like our On-Site Implementation Trainings except they are hosted by Really Great Reading and anyone can attend. This is a great option for districts who have only a small number of teachers to train.

Visit www.reallygreatreading.com/implementation-workshops to see what is scheduled in your area.

Other Professional Development Offerings:

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Getting Started Videos

Complimentary video libraries in the Supply Room section of each program’s online tool. Maximize your success with the lessons and improve pacing and fidelity. Watch them as you get started and/or use them as refreshers throughout the year.

Virtual Visits

Once you’ve watched the Getting Started Videos and you have begun to teach, we can offer a virtual visit to review pacing, routines, and procedures. ($150 an hour)

Phone Support

866-401-7323 x 2. Simply pick up the phone and give us a call. We pride ourselves on our excellent and experienced educator support. www.ReallyGreatReading.com • Toll Free 866-401-7323

Here’s what people are saying about our workshops:

time well spent!”

I just wanted to let you know that I’ve heard only gushing, rave reviews of the training you provided yesterday. [The teachers] are soooooo very excited about what they learned and are anxious to bring it back for implementation!”

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We all came back charged up and excited, so I would say: ‘a job well done!’ Thank you, again, for

I’m still reeling from the insight you provided, and so quickly. I’m relieved to know that the remediation is so elemental and effective. It felt like a huge breakthrough to understand that missing piece of the puzzle in my students’ reading.

Your presentation was superb! Teaching with the letter tiles really works!”

Thank you, thank you,

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Physical Student Manipulatives

Imprint learning that lasts. Students learn concepts faster and retain them better when they use our manipulative kits. These kits include the color tiles, letter tiles, SyllaBoards™, and other components needed to participate in Really Great Reading lessons.

Student Phonics Kit STUDENT PHONICS KIT for Reading and Spelling

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The Student Phonics Kit is an essential part of Phonics Boost instruction. It provides explicit multisensory

• 2 magnetic receptive whiteboards • 5 magnetic receptive SyllaBoards™ • 101 magnetic small letter tiles • 5 magnetic colored tiles • 1 dry erase marker and 1 small eraser • 2 colored pencils • 1 pencil sharpener • 1 calculator

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Contains: • 104 letter tiles • 5 magnetic receptive SyllaBoards™ • 5 magnetic color tiles • D ry erase marker & mini eraser • 2 colored pencils

Portable!

Great for mobile Orton-Gillingham tutors

• Pencil sharpener • Calculator (for calculating fluency)

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HD Word Student Kit HDKIT $70 The HD Word Student Kit is designed for students in grades 2–12 to work in conjunction with HD Word, a fastpaced phonics and phonemic awareness program to improve decoding, fluency, and comprehension. The kit provides the vehicle for effective multisensory phonics instruction during the lessons.

Contains: • 76 letter tiles • 5 magnetic receptive SyllaBoards™ • 5 magnetic color tiles • D ry erase marker & mini eraser • 2 colored pencils

Find out more about HD Word on page 14

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Clearly illustrate how letters represent sounds

See, hear, and touch to imprint learning that lasts

Blast Foundations Student Kit BLASTKIT-C $60 The Blast Student Kit is designed for grades 1–3 to work in conjunction with Blast Foundations, a phonics and phonemic awareness program for beginning readers.

The kit provides the elements needed for effective, multisensory instruction and practice.

Contains: • 46 letter tiles • 3 magnetic receptive SyllaBoards™ • 5 magnetic color tiles • D ry erase marker & mini eraser

Find out more about Blast on page 12

Countdown Student Kit CDKIT $50 The Countdown Student Kit is designed for kindergarten students to work in conjunction with Countdown, a phonological awareness and phonics program for emerging readers. The kit provides visual and tactile elements to make learning multisensory.

Contains: • 31 letter tiles • 4 magnetic color tiles • 2 magnetic receptive SyllaBoards™ • D ry erase marker & mini eraser • Bagged in a durable zipped plastic bag with a handle

Find out more about Countdown on page 10

Do you already have Blast Student Kits? You can upgrade your Blast Student Kit(s) by simply ordering the Countdown Upgrade Board (CDUP $5).

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STUDENT MANIPULATIVES

SyllaBoards™

SyllaBoards™ are a fun and effective multisensory tool that help students read and spell multisyllabic words.

The boards illustrate how to break words down into decodable chunks. Teachers are amazed at how fast students learn to spell and read using these 3” x 5” dry-erasable whiteboards.

SyllaBoard Kit

Magnetic SyllaBoard Kit

SBK $9

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Our most popular kit can be used to help read and

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spell words with up to five syllables.

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front of the classroom.

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Set of SyllaBoards (5 per set) SYBS $7

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RESEARCH & SUCCESSES

Are you considering Really Great Reading’s approach? Proceed with confidence!

Really Great Reading’s Phonics Suite is exceptionally effective at improving the foundational reading skills of both young, emerging readers and older, struggling readers.

• In K–3, classroom teachers have found remarkable

Teachers from all around the country regularly contact us to share their successes. They know our instruction works! However, for your verification, Really Great Reading provides third-party research case studies that illustrate the type of growth that educators experience.

• In 3 rd grade and beyond, using HD Word and Phonics

success using Countdown, Blast Foundations, and HD Word to build firm foundations in early reading skills with their emerging and beginning readers.

Boost, teachers of older students have had incredible success effectively improving the decoding and fluency skills of their struggling readers.

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Off the Chart Impact!

When it comes to having an impact on student achievement, the “zone of desired effects” is from 0.4–1.2. When the effect sizes of implementing Really Great Reading were calculated, they often

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Quality curriculum that is tailor-built to the research makes good practice tangible and achievable for teachers. Professional development around implementation of such high-quality curriculum is where it all comes together: Teachers are given the what to use, and professional learning explains the why and the how of those materials.”

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Third-Party Research

Beginning of Year

Students in Grades 1–5 Show Significant Growth in Reading Skills

Lee County, FL: Grades K–5 – using Countdown, Blast, and HD Word Santaquin, UT: 1st grade – using Blast Fountain-Fort Carson, CO: Grades K–4 – using Countdown, Blast, and HD Word

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