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Here at PRIDE Reading Program, our goal is to provide parents, tutors, and teachers with tips, resources, and positive encouragement!
How to Use Decodable Readers in the Classroom
Learn how to use decodable readers in the classroom. Covers selection, lesson planning, progress tracking, and tips for students of all ages.
Phonological Awareness Interventions for Struggling Readers
Start phonological awareness interventions for struggling readers with focused listening practice, readiness clues, and a clear path toward phonics.
Reading Intervention for Older Students With Dyslexia
Start reading intervention for older students with dyslexia through structured, age-respectful instruction that supports skills, confidence, and next steps.
How to Choose a Reading Curriculum for Your Child
Learn how to pick the right reading curriculum for your child. Discover what to look for, red flags to avoid, and how to match a program to your child’s needs.
Reading Comprehension Strategies for Parents: How to Help at Home
Discover proven reading comprehension strategies parents can use at home. Learn structured literacy techniques that help struggling readers build confidence.
Reading Intervention Programs for Elementary Students
Learn what to look for in elementary reading intervention programs, including explicit phonics, decodable practice, assessment, and implementation time.
The Best Books for Beginning Readers: A Grade-by-Grade Guide
Find the best books for beginning readers from PreK to 3rd grade. Includes decodable books, leveled readers, and tips for choosing the right book.
Structured Literacy Dictation: Step-by-Step Routine
Get structured literacy dictation guidance for word and sentence spelling practice, calm correction, and a clear routine for home or classroom instruction.
Understanding Dyslexia: Signs, Testing, and Next Steps
Learn the signs of dyslexia by age, how dyslexia testing works, and what next steps to take. A parent’s guide to early identification and intervention.
Decodable Text vs Leveled Readers: A Skill Guide
Get decodable text vs leveled readers guidance for phonics practice, skill progression, and comprehension support for beginning readers.
ADHD and Reading: Strategies for Focus and Comprehension
Discover practical, research-based strategies to help children with ADHD focus during reading and improve comprehension using structured, multi-sensory methods.
Reading Intervention Progress Monitoring: Simple Checks
Schedule reading intervention progress monitoring support with PRIDE Reading Program. Use practical skill checks and clear next steps for steady reading growth.
How to Support English Language Learners in Reading
Practical strategies for teaching reading to English Language Learners. Learn how phonics, structured literacy, and targeted support help ELLs succeed.
What Are Tier 2 Reading Interventions? Examples and Strategies
Learn what Tier 2 reading interventions are, how they fit into RTI, and get practical examples and strategies for helping struggling readers in the classroom.
How Schools Are Implementing the Science of Reading
Learn how schools are implementing the Science of Reading. Explore strategies, common challenges, and what works in real classrooms.
Phonological Awareness Interventions for Struggling Readers
A child who cannot pull apart spoken words needs sound practice before more phonics drills. That starting point matters because missed auditory skills can create lasting gaps in reading progress. Phonological awareness interventions for struggling readers are targeted...
Reading Intervention for Older Students With Dyslexia
Older students notice immediately when reading instruction feels written for little kids. Effective intervention rebuilds foundational skills without asking a middle schooler or teenager to give up dignity. Reading intervention for older students with dyslexia must...
How to Choose a Reading Curriculum for Your Child
Picking a reading curriculum for your child can feel overwhelming. Store shelves and online shops are packed with flashy programs, each claiming to be "the best." But the truth is that the right curriculum depends on your child, not on marketing. The wrong choice can...
Reading Comprehension Strategies for Parents: How to Help at Home
If your child can read the words on a page but struggles to explain what the story was about, you are not alone. Reading comprehension is one of the most common challenges parents face when helping kids at home. The good news? You do not need a teaching degree to make...
The Best Books for Beginning Readers: A Grade-by-Grade Guide
Choosing the right book for a beginning reader can feel overwhelming. Walk into any bookstore or library, and you will find hundreds of titles labeled “early reader” or “level 1,” but not all of them match where your child is in their reading journey. The difference...
Understanding Dyslexia: Signs, Testing, and Next Steps
You noticed your child struggles with reading, and now you are searching for answers. Maybe sounding out words takes forever, or spelling homework ends in tears every night. You are not alone, and the fact that you are here means you are already taking the right step....
ADHD and Reading: Strategies for Focus and Comprehension
Children with ADHD often love stories, but sitting still long enough to read one can feel impossible. Their eyes wander, their minds drift to the noise outside, and by the end of a page they cannot remember what they just read. If this sounds familiar, you are not...
Reading Intervention Progress Monitoring: Simple Checks
Short skill checks reveal whether a struggling reader needs practice, reteaching, or a new pace. They help teachers and parents respond before confusion becomes a pattern. Request student placement guidance from PRIDE Reading Program. Reading intervention progress...
How to Support English Language Learners in Reading
English Language Learners make up one of the fastest-growing student populations in American schools. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), more than 5.4 million students in U.S. public schools are classified as English Learners,...
What Are Tier 2 Reading Interventions? Examples and Strategies
You noticed a student in your classroom who is falling behind in reading. The whole-class instruction that works for most of your students is not enough for this child. You want to help, but you are not sure what the next step looks like. This is exactly the situation...
Multisensory Spelling Activities: A Lesson Guide
Spelling errors repeat when a child hears sounds but cannot map them to print. A structured routine gives each sound a clear path into memory and writing. Explore the PRIDE Homeschool Curriculum for structured reading and spelling lessons. Multisensory spelling...
What Is Response to Intervention (RTI)? A Guide for Parents
Your child's teacher just mentioned that your child has been placed in an "RTI program" at school. Maybe you got a letter home, or you heard the term during a parent-teacher conference. Either way, you want to understand what it means for your child, and you want to...
Auditory Processing Disorder and Reading: What Parents Need to Know
If your child struggles with reading, you may have heard the term auditory processing disorder (APD). This condition affects how the brain understands spoken language, and it can have a real impact on how children learn to read. The good news is that with the right...
How to Teach Reading to a Child with Autism
Teaching a child with autism to read can feel overwhelming at first. Many parents and educators wonder where to begin, which methods will work, and how to keep a child engaged through the process. The good news: children on the autism spectrum can and do learn to...
Dyslexia Signs: 8 Warning Signs Every Parent Should Recognize
If your child struggles with reading and you have a gut feeling that something is not quite right, you are not alone. Dyslexia is the most common learning disability in the United States, affecting roughly 1 in 5 children. According to the International Dyslexia...