Start with the Overlapping Strategy if your student is in grades 3-12, already knows most letter sounds, and also:

• Struggles with fluency, spelling, grammar, vocabulary and comprehension.

• Has some word attack skills but is unable to sound out many words. The student may also lack confidence in reading.

This path supports students at a quicker pace which builds confidence along with decoding, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension skills. The overlapping Strategy also supports writing and grammar.

• Overlapping Strategy is tailored for older students who may feel discouraged about their reading abilities.

• Lessons are fun and relatable while quickly building both reading skills and confidence.

• The Overlapping Strategy combines the Beginning Green Level with the first part of the Basic Blue Level to jumpstart learning.

• This path can work well for students diagnosed with Dyslexia.

Upon completion of the Overlapping Student Book lessons your student will:

• read and comprehend text at approximately a 2nd-grade level*.

• have developed writing skills, gained new vocabulary words, and demonstrate an increase comprehension skills.

• advance to the 9th lesson of the Basic Blue Level.

  —Once students complete the Overlapping Strategy lessons, they will move on to the Basic Blue Level set, starting with lesson 9.

• Once students have completed the Basic Blue Level Set, they will move on to the Peach Level Set.

*Reading level is an estimate that can fluctuate depending on the individual.