FROM THE READ WELL K–2 AUTHORS • Marilyn Sprick & Colleagues

GRANT OPPORTUNITY • The Third Quest

Our program for adolescent struggling readers, The Third Quest, has been selected for a national research project by the U.S. Department of Education. We are entering the second phase of the project and looking to partner with school districts concerned about the progress of Tier 2 intervention students in grades 6 and 7.

If you have two or more schools serving grades 6 and 7, your district may be eligible to participate. The grant provides virtual training with author Marilyn Sprick, all teacher and student materials, and compensation for training time for participants. Learn more at www.readandachieve.org.

The Third Quest Powerful & Comprehensive Reading Intervention for Struggling Adolescent Readers From Read Well Authors Marilyn Sprick and Ann Watanabe

Wow!!! Impressive results . . . a win for our kids!!
Carol Sanders, Director of Teaching and Learning K-12 (retired)
Results from two field-test intervention groups: avg. gain of 35 wcpm and 26 wcpm

Go to TheThirdQuest.com to learn more. View the quantifiable results. Free interactive web meeting: Schedule a web meeting with Marilyn Sprick to determine whether this robust intervention is a fit for your students and schedules.

The Parallel Universe

Over the course of 41 video-based lessons, nationally recognized reading specialist and author Marilyn Sprick delivers explicit instruction of word study, vocabulary, narrative and expository passage reading, and comprehension tasks. Adult coaches—teachers and paraprofessionals guide small groups. Para pros, family members, and volunteers guide one-to-one tutorials.

Real-Life Results
Watch a video of Sam and his Parallel Universe coach—his mom, Laura. Hear Sam's impressive 70 WCPM improvement on a pre-post internal measure before and after completing the program. Students average a 30 wcpm gain on external measures.

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Marilyn Sprick’s Literacy for All

Virtual Training

Learn how to teach The Third Quest and the Parallel Universe reading interventions for fragile adolescent readers with joy and high success. Click below to learn more or register.

Marilyn's training presentations consistently have excellent ratings of 5.0 on a 5-point scale.

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Fluency Boosters

Read Well Fluency Boosters from Ann Watanabe (coauthor Read Well 2) and Marilyn Sprick (lead author, Read Well K-2 reading series). This supplementary program will help students who are:

• Accurate, but not fluent
• Moving slowly through RW1, RW 1 Plus or RW2 Fluency Foundations, or RW 2.

Four- to ten-minute daily routines for use in tutorials, in intervention groups, as a small group warm-up, or as partner practice in the classroom.

Exclusively from Ancora Publishing.

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Extra Practice
Learn strategies for bringing low-performing students to mastery.

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