PAth to Literacy
Overview
Focus
Specific Skills
- Phonemic awareness
- Phonics
- Phonological awareness
Program Length
The full curriculum consists of 36 lessons that take approximately 24-36 instructional days to complete. All children in the group should participate in two lessons per week.
Program Description
"When young children struggle with phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge, how can you intervene early and prevent later reading difficulties? Get kids on the PAth to Literacy with this highly effective Tier 2 intervention. Developed for children ages 4 to 6 who need help with key early literacy skills, this supplemental curriculum builds phonological awareness and alphabet skills through fun activities that keep children engaged as they learn. Deliver PAth to Literacy right in your classroom to small groups of students who struggle with phonological awareness and alphabet skills. In just 10 to 15 minutes a day, you’ll give students: Scripted instruction. Using the included scripts and the word and picture cards, you’ll play fun word games with your students. Children listen and respond to your prompts. Explicit teaching and modeling. You’ll show your students word and picture cards with target words and sounds. Then you’ll model key skills for them by sounding out words and dissecting them through physical gestures. Multiple opportunities for practice. Each engaging, multisensory lesson encourages active participation and provides multiple chances for students to repeat sounds, observe actions, and answer questions.
Visit Program WebsiteCost
Kit cost: $149.95
More Pricing DetailsDemographics & Delivery
Intended Population
- Intervention
- Intensified intervention
Grade
- Elementary School
Intended Group Size
- Any
ELL/DLL
- Partial
Multisensory Applications
- Yes
Computer-Based Delivery
- None
Scripted
- Instructor Scripted
Program Specifics
Comprehensive or Skill Specific
- Skill Specific
Placement Tests
- No
Accelerated Learning
- No
Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery
- Yes
Error Correction Built In
- Yes
Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher
- Unspecified
Research & Evaluation
Research Summary
Results from research on this program indicated small or insignificant differences between measured outcomes. The results show some slight promise with the smlal effects that were exhibited however, overall, there is not much indication of benefit from this program.
Study Citations
Goldstein, H., Olszewski, A., Haring, C., Greenwood, C. R., McCune, L., Carta, J., . . . Kelley, E. S. (2017). Efficacy of a supplemental phonemic awareness curriculum to instruct preschoolers with delays in early literacy development. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60, 89-103.
Kruse, L. G., Spencer, T. D., Olszewski, A., & Goldstein, H. (2015). Small groups, big gains: Efficacy of a tier 2 phonological awareness intervention with preschoolers with early literacy deficits. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24(2), 189-205. doi:10.1044/2015_ajslp-14-0035
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
- Insufficient evidence