Our Solution to the Lack of Literacy Skills
Programs have been developed by MaxScholar to meet the needs of “struggling readers,” including those students who are in Special Ed, RTI, or ELL programs. These programs are now available in print form in addition to our online platform.
It is our feeling that most struggling readers do not have an adequate foundation in phonics, making it difficult for them to scaffold up to grade level reading to progress in school. So our program is exceptionally strong in Phonics. In addition, MaxScholar is one of the few programs which teaches syllables and how to read multi-syllabic words for middle and high school students. There are often issues with phonemic awareness, especially for the younger students, so that is part of our program as well. Also, fluency drills appear throughout our program. Students need to be taught using methods that are explicit, systematic, and multi-sensory in an effort to reach the best way for them to learn. This is all part of MaxScholar.
We have a reading comprehension program that incorporates the strategies of highlighting or selective underlining, outlining, and summarization to improve the comprehension skills of our students. All of these programs are based on the Orton-Gillingham approach and the Lindamood-Bell* method, which are still the best ways to teach reading to students who are behind on their reading skills. We have high interest text for students from K-12.
Writing skills are often as much of a problem, as is reading, so we have developed strategies for writing using outlines, summarizing paragraphs, and writing drills. Our writing program also teaches essays and written responses.
There is also a set of Teacher’s Manuals which can instruct the teacher, paraprofessional, aide, or even parent on how to use the corresponding workbooks most effectively.
Early Childhood Program
Visual Tracking Basics
Students master left to right eye movements and visual tracking. It helps students who often lose their place when they read.
$30.00
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Max Pre-K Phonics
Students learn to master the letters of the English alphabet and the sounds they make. They will be introduced to phonemic awareness through letter tracing and learning how to blend sounds into words.
$30.00
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Phonemic Awareness - Introduction
Students learn to master identification and manipulation of beginning, middle, and ending sounds in a word.
$30.00
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MaxPhonics
This workbook follows a complete OG lesson plan. Students master consonants and short vowels (CVC words) and will also master the sounds each letter makes, recognize the sounds as they appear in words, learn how to blend sounds into words, develop fluency in reading, understand and use sight words, and read controlled readers. The workbook follows the Visual, Auditory, and Tactile-Kinetic (VAKT) components of the OG lesson plan.
$30.00
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MaxPhonics Blends
This workbook follows a complete OG lesson plan. This workbook follows the same VAKT format as does MaxPhonics (above). This is another part of the phonological foundation of reading. Students will learn the sounds two and three letter blends make and how to apply them to CCVC words.
$30.00
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MaxPhonics Digraphs
This workbook follows a complete OG lesson plan. This workbook also follows the same VAKT format as do Phonics and Blends. Fluency drills, sight words drills, and controlled readers are included. This set of skills completes the phonological foundation of learning to read.
$30.00
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Visual Tracking-1
Students practice left to right eye movement tracking. The workbook is designed to prevent reversals. It also improves visual memory and visual processing.
$30.00
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Phonemic Awareness - Blends
This workbook teaches all the consonant blends in a VADT method. It also teaches vowel and consonant blend substitution of phonemes. It teaches phonemic manipulation and segmentation. Fluency and sentence writing with blends are taught to mastery.
$30.00
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Retelling Paraphrased Writing
Students learn how to retell and summarize passages. Students learn to paraphrase what they read, using the COPS strategy. (Capitalization, Organization, Punctuation, Spelling). Students will learn to paraphrase text which will improve their reading comprehension in any subject and their writing. It improves auditory processing skills.
$30.00
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Orton-Gillingham CLOVER
Students learn syllable division rules which are critical to becoming successful readers of multi-syllabic words. Poor readers only see strings of letters and usually guess at the visual shape of a word. Practice will improve decoding skills.
$30.00
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Orton-Gillingham Spelling Rules
Students learn the OG spelling rules in a multi-sensory way. These rules are usually very difficult for non-readers, and this workbook provides extensive drill and practice in this area.
$30.00
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Words Within Words
Students learn the phonemic manipulation and segmentation with multi-syllabic words.
$30.00
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Basic Paragraphs
Students learn how to write a paragraph and are provided extensive practice in doing so. Students also learn how to use graphic organizers to help them compose the following types of paragraphs: narrative paragraphs, cause & effect paragraphs, compare & contrast paragraphs, explanatory paragraphs, process paragraphs, and reason paragraphs. They also learn how to write sentences with transitions. This process teaches writing a paragraph using graphic organizers.
$30.00
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Orton-Gillingham Prefixes and Suffixes
Students learn OG morphology. This workbook teaches the meaning of prefixes and suffixes while providing extensive drill and practice. Students develop fluency in reading multi-syllabic words and increase their vocabulary.
$30.00
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Orton-Gillingham Latin Roots
Students learn the meaning of many multi-syllabic words derived from the Latin language. This workbook has many exercises to improve the vocabulary of students and improve decoding skills.
$30.00
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Orton-Gillingham Greek Roots
Students learn the origin of many multi-syllabic words derived from the Greek language. This workbook has many exercises to improve the vocabulary of students and improve decoding skills
$30.00
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Open-Ended Responses
Students learn how to write answers to questions raised in a text by citing evidence. This exercise provides drill and practice which will help prepare students for taking tests.
$30.00
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Two-Column Note Taking
Students master note taking by being provided with drill and practice in writing notes. Students are taught how to write the main idea in the left column and details to support the main idea in the right column. There are many passages to read and use the two-column note taking strategy.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Prep-1
This workbook consists of images to teach the student to visualize and retell. It also teaches the concepts of topic, main idea, and important details. It uses the MaxScholar structure words for identifying details. Appropriate for students in kindergarten.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Prep-2
This workbook is a continuation of Prep-1 with more complex images for the students to use. This is also appropriate for students in kindergarten and 1st grade.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Prep-3
This workbook enhances reading comprehension by teaching students how to identify the topic, main idea, and find important details. It introduces the highlighting process. It also improves fluency by including passage-per-minute charting. This workbook is appropriate for students in kindergarten and 1st grade.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Prep-4
This workbook is a continuation of our reading comprehension Prep-3 workbook with higher level passages. It also improves fluency by including passage-per-minute charting.Appropriate for students in kindergarten and 1st grade.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 1a
This workbook provides exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering questions. It is appropriate for students in beginning grade 1.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 1b
This workbook provides exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering questions. It is appropriate for students in mid-grade 1.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 2a
This workbook provides more exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering questions. It has high interest topics at a higher level. It is appropriate for students in 2nd grade.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 2b
This workbook provides more exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering questions. It has high interest topics at a higher level. It is appropriate for students in 2nd and 3rd grade.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 3a
This workbook provides more exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering explicit and implicit reading comprehension questions. It has high interest topics. It is appropriate for students in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 3b
This workbook provides more exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering explicit and implicit reading comprehension questions. It has high interest topics. It is appropriate for students in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 4
This workbook provides more exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering explicit and implicit reading comprehension questions. It is appropriate for students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 5
This workbook provides more exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering explicit and implicit reading comprehension questions. It is appropriate for students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 6
This workbook provides more exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering questions including inferences. It has high interest topics. It is appropriate for students in 5th 6th, and 7th grades.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 7
This workbook provides more exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering questions including inferences. It has high interest topics. It is appropriate for students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 8a
This workbook provides more exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering questions including inferences. It has high interest topics. It is appropriate for students in 7th, 8th, and 9th grades.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 8b
This workbook provides more exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering questions including inferences. It has high interest topics. It is appropriate for students in 7th, 8th, and 9th grades.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 9
This workbook provides more exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering questions including inferences. It has high interest topics. It is appropriate for students in 8th, 9th, and 10th grades.
$30.00
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Reading Comprehension Level 10 and 11
This workbook provides more exercises in reading comprehension. Passages can be highlighted or just read and used to judge understanding by answering implicit and explicit reading comprehension questions. It has high interest topics. It is appropriate for students in 9th 10th, 11th, and 12th grades.
$30.00
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Teacher Manual Phonics
This manual helps the teacher understand the nine components of the Orton-Gillingham lesson plan for CVC words, CCVC, and CCCVC words.
$30.00
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Teacher Manual Blends
This manual helps the teacher understand the nine components of the Orton-Gillingham lesson plan for beginning and ending Blends.
$30.00
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Teacher Manual Digraphs
This manual helps the teacher understand the nine components of the Orton-Gillingham lesson plan for words with beginning and ending Digraphs.
$30.00
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Teacher Manual CLOVER
This manual helps the teacher understand how to teach the six syllable types (Closed, Consonant-le, Open, Vowel Teams, Silent-e, R-controlled vowel syllables.) This acronym is called “CLOVER.” Fluency drill on syllable types are also included.
$30.00
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