Guided Lessons

Each lesson takes between 45-60 minutes to complete.  You will work at the individual pace of your student and shorten activities when needed, but always teach every part of the lesson.  For example, it is fine to have a student spell 3 words instead of 6 with magnetic tiles, but it is not okay to skip the activity completely.  All parts of the lesson serve a purpose and so they are all essential components.  If you need to stop a lesson before it is finished, complete the lesson when you have your next session with the student, 

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One quality of effective reading remediation programs is that they are intensive.  For this reason, you should provide your student time to complete a minimum of 2 lessons per week.  If you do less, it decreases the chance that the student will successfully overcome their literacy struggles.  

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Effective reading remediation programs are sequential and progressive so be sure to do the lessons in order.  They follow the scope and sequence created by the Dyslexia Training Institute.  If your student has mastered a concept when you get to a review lesson, they you can skip the review lesson and move on to the next lesson.