S.P.I.R.E. (Specialized Program Individualizing Reading Excellence)
S.P.I.R.E. is a comprehensive and multisensory reading intervention and instructional program that integrates phonological awareness, phonics, handwriting, fluency, vocabulary, spelling, and comprehension in an instructional design that is based upon how struggling readers learn. S.P.I.R.E. has been used by students with characteristics of dyslexia, or Specific Learning Disabilities, or students who need direct, systematic, sequential instruction in reading. Each S.P.I.R.E. lesson employs 10 steps that enhance student learning and memory by engaging multisensory pathways to the brain in rapid succession.
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EPS School Specialty’s S.P.I.R.E. 4th edition (including its foundational level, Sounds Sensible) is designed to be a supplemental phonemic awareness and phonics intervention program. It serves students in Grades PreK-–8. The program focuses on delivering proven-effective structured literacy curriculum, which is presented through multisensory activities. Based on Orton-Gillingham best practices, S.P.I.R.E.'s 10-step, 45-minute, teacher-led lesson structure includes critical emergent reading skills, including phonological awareness, decoding, pre-reading, spelling, oral and listening skills, and comprehension. The program, which offers seven levels of instruction that follow a research-based scope and sequence, can be used for small group and 1:1 instruction.
S.P.I.R.E. 4th edition provides workbooks and decodable readers for students, and an array of instructional guidance materials for teachers that support step-by-step explicit instruction. (If you prefer online learning, iSPIRE is a digital version of the print product.)
EPS School Specialty’s newest addition to the S.P.I.R.E. family of products is SPIRE Next, which is designed for students who have completed Level 4 or higher of S.P.I.R.E. 4th edition and are in need of additional support with reading comprehension. SPIRE Next’s supplemental instruction includes reading comprehension skills and strategies, close reading, explicit instruction, and text-dependent questions.