MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Extension Program

MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Extension Program

The MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Extension Program is now available!

  • Do you teach students who have finished the Reading Tutor Program but still need help?
  • Do you teach older students who have learnt basic decoding skills but are finding it hard to improve their reading to a level where they can access the more academic demands of the curriculum?
  • Do you teach older students who are finding reading laborious, lack fluency and have become de-motivated?

After completing the Word Attack Extension component in the MULTILIT Reading Tutor Program many students are able to generalize the strategies they have learnt to all text. However, in some cases students do need further assistance to continue to make progress. MULTILIT Word Attack Extension follows a set hierarchical sequence of skills, focussing on strategies on how to tackle longer words with confidence. This is a follow-on program from the Word Attack Extension component of the MULTILIT Reading Tutor Program but will be of benefit to any older student (aged 8 and above) who is experiencing on-going reading difficulties after mastering basic early reading skills.

Key features

The program takes students through the more complex letter combinations, affixes and multi-syllable words. The same format is used as in the Word Attack component of the MULTILIT Reading Tutor Program with some additional features.

  • The longer scripted intervention demonstrates effective strategies for tackling longer, more complex words.
  • There is a strong scripted spelling component to reinforce reading.
  • A small vocabulary component has been included.

Like the first program, Word Attack Extension needs to be done at least three times a week in conjunction with Reinforced Reading.

MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Extension Manual

For the teacher, instructor or tutor

Manual Contents:

  • Preface
  • Preamble
  • Introducing MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Extension
  • The Revised Edition of MULTILIT Word Attack Skills: What’s new
  • MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Extension Sequence
  • Instructions
    • Placement Test
  • Components of MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Extension
  • Getting Started Daily Session Procedure
    • Accuracy Probe
    • Fluency Probe
    • Spelling Component
    • Vocabulary component
  • Using MULTILIT Stories
  • Using MULTILIT Sentences
  • Using MULTILIT Presentation Cards
  • Using MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Extension Achievement Certificates
  • Additional Strategy A: Fluency Sprints
  • Additional Strategy B: Fluency Sprints using the MULTILIT Presentation Cards
  • Additional strategy C: Fluency Sprints using the MULTILIT Fluency Grids
  • MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Extension Placement Test
  • MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Extension Presentation Pages
    • Testing and Teaching Pages
    • Sentences Pages
    • Stories Pages

MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Extension Recording Booklet

For the student

A separate MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Extension Recording Booklet is required for each student undertaking the program. One booklet is included with the Program and additional booklets may be purchased separately from MULTILIT. The teaching intervention for each sub-skill is included in the Recording Booklet for easy reference.

MULTILIT Presentation Cards

A ready made set of 59 specially varnished presentation cards packaged in a sturdy polypropylene box reduces preparation time for teachers, tutors and parents. Cards are 76mmx60mm. They are used throughout the program to build automaticity and fluency. A target letter combination, suffix or prefix for each level is written on the card with a prompt word to aid recognition of the sound.The cards are used to introduce a new target skill as well as a tool to revise previously learnt skills.

MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Extension Downloadable Items

MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Placement Test Recording Forms are now available as consumable items. This means that multiple students can be screened for placement on MULTILIT Word Attack Skills without having to use a Recording Booklet unnecessarily. Other WAS downloadable items for product users include consumable recording forms for Oral Blending and Segmentation Exercises and Fluency Sprints, as well as the MULTILIT Word Attack Skills Achievement Certificate.

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