Updated Saxon Phonics and
Spelling Will Feature New Practice Activities and
Assessment Tools
PORTSMOUTH, N.H., July 16,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Heinemann today announced the
release of an updated version of Saxon Phonics and Spelling
on its Heinemann Flight platform, with brand new content available
for the 2024-2025 school year. Authored by special education
teacher Lorna Simmons, Saxon
Phonics and Spelling offers a science-based approach to
explicit phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics and fluency
instruction. Simmons' years of formal training and classroom
experience combined with her personal struggles to guide her own
dyslexic son to reading success allowed her to create a unique and
immersive program that has been found to be consistently effective
for children of varying ability levels and socioeconomic
backgrounds.
New content for the 2024/2025 school year will focus on
incorporating new foundational skill practice activities grounded
in the latest science of reading research and deepening assessment
opportunities within the instruction to drive student success.
"These updates are driven by my current classroom experience,
seeing first hand the needs of today's beginning readers," said
Lorna Simmons. "I'm excited about
these new enhancements which will better help our children master
the foundational reading skills they need to become proficient,
motivated and joyful readers."
Additional Practice Activities
The new version of
Saxon will add decodable passages, giving students the
opportunity to practice their phonics skills in controlled text
every day, with passages increasing in difficulty as students'
learning progresses. In Grade 2, teachers will have access to
morphology extension lessons to provide students additional
practice for advanced phonics skills.
New Assessment Tools
Teachers will now have
access to a new phonics assessment tool on Heinemann's Flight
platform. This tool provides both screening and progress monitoring
and is designed to be administered at the beginning, middle and end
of each school year to help teachers better understand student
progress. The assessment will also include key information about
how teachers can use student data to support, reinforce or extend
their teaching, providing differentiated instruction for each
student's individual needs.
The updated program will also include a revised phonological
awareness scope and sequence to align to the latest research and
ensure that instruction systematically builds on prior skills with
a new set of instructional routines that span across all
phonological awareness content.
"Saxon Phonics and Spellings' research-based and
classroom-proven instruction has a long history of turning young
students into successful readers," said Maggie DeMont, general manager of Heinemann.
"Heinemann is delighted to be able to offer new content alongside a
streamlined digital experience that will help to strengthen key
elements of foundational literacy, making this high-caliber and
trusted foundational reading program even stronger."
For more information about Saxon Phonics and Spelling, please
visit: https://www.heinemann.com/saxon-phonics-and-spelling/.
About Heinemann
Heinemann is a leading provider of
professional resources and educational services for educators,
kindergarten through college. Heinemann supports the
professionalism of teachers as they help children become literate,
compassionate, engaged citizens of the world. Heinemann authors are
exemplary educators eager to support the practice of other teachers
through professional books and explicit teaching materials,
streaming videos, podcasts and blogs, as well as professional
learning experiences, both live and online. Heinemann is dedicated
to teachers and the modernization of the teaching profession. Visit
Heinemann.com to learn more.
Media Contact:
Erika
McCaffrey
Director, Communications
Heinemann Publishing
publicity@heinemann.com
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