Reading Tutor: Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Bixby Areas

Reading Help for Kids

Academic Associates Reading Clinic

All students will learn:

To learn written words by mastering all the sounds of each letter and combination of letters in the alphabet.
To recognize and use the rules of phonics to decode words correctly.
To blend the sounds of the letters to pronounce words, and to combine words into sentences.
To master word-attack skills at a level at least appropriate to, and often exceeding, their current school grade level.
To read standardized material proficiently and fluently on their appropriate grade level, and to score at least within the normal range for comprehension of that material.

Evaluation Materials and Criteria

The WRAT® (Wide Range Achievement Test ®) is used to assess students' word-attack skill levels both prior to and after the course. Different versions of the test are used in pre and post-evalutaive exercises. The WRAT® are specifically excluded during instruction in the Academic Associates Reading Course®, except when such words are inherently required by the learning process.
Comprehension is measured by the Classroom Reading Inventory, by Nicholas J. Silvertoli, for preschool through eighth-grade levels, and by the Advanced Reading Inventory, by Jerry L. Johns, for seventh-grade through college levels. Other evaluative materials may also be utilized, if desired.
A process of continual evaluation is built into each lesson to assure adequate familiarity with the rules and real-life applications of reading.
Teachers are certified as Reading Instruction Specialists by Academic Associates Learning Centers® or its licensees.