Science of Reading
Core English Language Arts Curriculum K-8
Kindergarten - Benchmark Advance - Benchmark Education
1st Grade - Benchmark Advance - Benchmark Education
2nd Grade - ReadyGEN- Savvas Pearson
3rd Grade - Benchmark Advance - Benchmark Education
4th Grade - Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) - Amplify
5th Grade - Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) - Amplify
6th Grade - SpringBoard ELA - College Board
7th Grade - SpringBoard ELA - College Board
8th Grade - SpringBoard ELA - College Board
During the 2025-26 school year, K-3 will be participating in a Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) - Amplify pilot.
Remedial Programs
PK-K - Handwriting Without Tears, Learning Without Tears; Handwriting and Automaticity
K-6 - Orton-Gillingham Approach; Phonemic Awareness, Phonics
- M.A. Rooney Foundation
- UFLI - University of Florida Literacy Institute
- Phonics First, Brainspring
K-6 - Seeing Stars, Lindamood-Bell, Phonological Awareness, Phonics
K-6 - Heggerty, Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
K-6 - Amira Learning
K-6 - 95 Percent Group Phonics
3-6 - 95 Percent Group Phonics
3-6 - Visualizing Verbalizing, Lindamood-Bell, Language Comprehension
4-8 - SRA, McGraw Hill, Phonics, Fluency, Comprehension
4-8 - Language Live!, Voyager Sopris Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension
5-8 - Read Naturally, Read Naturally, Phonics, Fluency, Comprehension
For more information regarding the reading, writing, and literacy remedial programs, please contact:
Mr. Troy Knoderer
Chief Academic Officer
(317) 423-8327
(Contact Troy Knoderer)
Dyslexia Screening
All students in Kindergarten through second grade participate in a universal screener called Illuminate to check six different skill areas:
- Phonological and phonemic awareness (ability to separate and change sounds in words)
- Alphabet knowledge (identify and name letters)
- Sound symbol relationships (phonics)
- Decoding (reading words)
- Rapid naming (quickly name common objects)
- Encoding (spelling)