Get Set Read!™
The Regents of the University of California have developed an in-classroom and after-school literacy product that is highly effective. It is linked to the California’s Basic Phonic Skills Test, which lead non-readers to improve their abilities to decode and encode words. These skills are crucial to developing and advancing personal literacy. “The Regents of the University of California are most pleased to be collaborating on this literacy product of exceptional merit,” confirms Daniel G. Aldrich III, Ph.D., Senior Development Associate, University of California.
Get Set Read!™is a 10-week literacy program provided to in-classroom and after-school environments at no cost to K-6 grades.
Key Features:
- Designed to access basic literacy levels, enhance key phonics skills;
- Promote fun, social interaction and collaborative learning through group experience;
- Like none other, this product was designed as a supplemental curriculum program to the classroom based upon the California Basic Phonics Skills Test approved mode of learning;
- Provides nonreaders with the ability to improve decoding skills while amplifying attention and retention;
- Teaches phonics skills in all three learning modalities; auditory, visual and tactile;
- Proves significant measurable growth through pre- and post-testing;
- Is considered user friendly by both teachers and participants;
- Is provided free of charge to schools and after-school programs; and
- Brings hope and opportunity to develop literate and productive adults.
Get Set Read!™ is both a product and a program and consists of 13 games, 11 of which are card games and two board games. The program is both enjoyable for children and practical in teaching important literacy skills.
Key Features:
- Games are modeled after popular card and board games (“Memory”, “Go Fish”, etc.);
- Games use athletic characters and a soccer theme due to the worldwide popularity;
- Games maintain a consistent learning level during play for all participants;
- Each game plays up to six students in a 45-minute session and focuses on one phonics skill;
- Each game draws upon the element of chance so no one student can have an advantage;
- GSR is administered by a trained Master Teacher, volunteer or staff member;
- Reading level placement and measureable growth are determined by pre- and post-testing using the California Basic Phonics Skills Test (BPST); and
- No matter what a child’s learning style, the game is highly effective, engaging and entertaining.
