“The body of work referred to as the “science of reading” is not an ideology, a philosophy, a political agenda, a one-size-fits-all approach, a program of instruction, nor a specific component of instruction. It is the emerging consensus from many related disciplines, based on literally thousands of studies, supported by hundreds of millions of research dollars, conducted across the world in many languages. These studies have revealed a great deal about how we learn to read, what goes wrong when students don’t learn, and what kind of instruction is most likely to work the best for the most students.”

- Dr. Louisa Moats

Reading Rockets Parent Resources 

Davis School District Elementary Science of Reading ELA Curriculum 

Tier 1

Phonological & Phonemic Awareness 

• Heggerty (K-2) 

Phonics 

• DSD Phonics Framework (based on LETRS) 

  • Decodable Text Options 

    • DSD decodable text collection sourced from Hickman County Schools, West Virginia and UFLI (K-6) 

    • Bob books (K) 

    • Power Readers (1) 

    • Primary Phonics (1) 

    • Power Readers Supercharged (2) 

    • Flyleaf Books (2) 

    • High Noon Books (3-12) 

    • SPIRE (1-8)  

    • SIPPS (2-12) 

Fluency 

• McGraw-Hill Wonders daily text 

• Decodable reader from Phonics lesson when below benchmark 

Vocabulary 

• McGraw-Hill Wonders 

Comprehension 

• McGraw-Hill Wonders

Writing 

• McGraw-Hill Wonders with DSD Writing Resources

Tier 2 

• Heggerty Phonological Awareness (K-2) 

• Bridge the Gap Phonological Awareness (3-6) 

• DSD Phonics Framework (based on LETRS)  

Tier 3 

• SIPPS (2-12)

  • Sound Partners (K-1)

• SPIRE (1-8)

  • Sound Sensible (K-1)