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Foundations & Frameworks is a uniquely designed research based and research supported instructional reading program used in Kindergarten through 7th grades. Since it’s inception in 2001, an increasing number of schools across the US have adopted and implemented the program and are witnessing student achievement gains in vocabulary, reading comprehension, total reading, critical thinking, problem solving, and written expression. Foundations & Frameworks is an instructional reading program that uses a collection of best instructional practices for equipping students to fully understand ideas conveyed in text:
· Thinking skills are explicitly taught and modeled.
· High quality literature is used as a natural conduit for skill instruction.
· Small group interaction is a daily practice.
· Visual tools are used to organize and represent patterns of thinking for each skill.
· Vocabulary instruction emphasizes complete understanding.
· Phonemic awareness and phonics instruction is explicit and systematic.
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