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Anchored Beginnings
Anchored Beginnings
Anchored Beginnings
- 30-minute sessions (2-3x per week)
- Supplemental materials
- Pre- and post-assessment reports
The Anchored Beginnings package focuses on kindergarten prerequisite literacy skills, including letter identification, letter sounds, blending, segmenting, and rhyming. All instruction is based on the science of reading and utilizes the Orton-Gillingham approach to help prepare students for reading success in kindergarten.
Anchored Essentials
Anchored Beginnings
Anchored Beginnings
- 30- or 45-minute sessions (2-3x per week)
- Supplemental materials
- Pre- and post-assessment reports
Anchored Essentials is offered in literacy instruction for students in grades K-8. After a comprehensive reading assessment, tutoring is tailored to your child's individual needs and goals. Our focus is on providing evidence-based instruction, grounded in the science of reading, to strengthen decoding skills in order to increase reading fluency. Tutoring services will include in-depth instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics instruction, fluency practice, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.
Anchored Achievers
Anchored Beginnings
Anchored Achievers
- 30- or 45-minute sessions (2-3x per week)
- Supplemental materials
- Pre- and post-assessment reports
- Weekly progress reports
- Open communication with teachers, specialists, etc.
- 2 check-in Zoom calls
Anchored Achievers is the ultimate package designed for those aiming for excellence in reading. Anchored Achievers offers comprehensive support, including advanced reading strategies, intensive one-on-one tutoring, and tailored lesson plans to meet specific goals. It also provides access to exclusive resources, enrichment activities, and weekly progress reports to ensure sustained progress and achievement.
Our Instructional Approach
What Is UFLI Foundations?
At Anchored Reading, we use UFLI Foundations, an evidence-based, structured literacy program developed by the University of Florida Literacy Institute. Grounded in the science of reading and built on the principles of Orton-Gillingham instruction, UFLI provides a comprehensive framework for teaching foundational reading skills to students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
The program is designed to be explicit, systematic, and cumulative, meaning skills are introduced in a logical sequence and consistently reinforced through intentional review and application. UFLI lessons include instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, high-frequency words, decoding, spelling, and fluency, allowing students to build mastery step by step.
How It’s Taught
Our lessons follow UFLI’s carefully sequenced scope, introducing one targeted skill at a time while weaving in cumulative review of previous concepts. Each session begins with a quick check-in on mastery, then moves into explicit, teacher-led instruction where we model the new skill step by step. Students apply what they’ve seen through guided practice—reading, spelling, and manipulating words under our support—before moving on to independent work with immediate corrective feedback.
We regularly monitor progress using informal assessments, adjusting the pace and focus of instruction based on data. Our one-on-one format allows us to scaffold lessons precisely to each student’s needs, and we assign tailored home practice that aligns with classroom activities. Between sessions, we share notes and suggestions so parents know exactly how to reinforce concepts at home, ensuring steady, measurable growth.
Why It Works
The program’s effectiveness is supported by recent research. In a 2024 study featured in Education Week, UFLI Foundations led to significant gains in early literacy. First graders using the program showed reading growth equivalent to 1.5 years of instruction, far outpacing peers who received traditional instruction. These results reflect the power of using a structured, research-backed approach to reading.
Structured literacy programs like UFLI are effective for all students because they make the structure of language clear and accessible. This approach is especially important for students who struggle with reading, including those with dyslexia, as it provides the explicit instruction and cumulative practice they need to succeed. At Anchored Reading, we believe every child benefits from this kind of intentional, skill-based instruction.