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iSPIRE

  • Reading Intervention
  • Grades PreK–8+
  • Tiers 2 & 3
  • Digital Format
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Intensive, Multisensory Reading Intervention That Opens Up a World of Imagination

There are boundless worlds of wonder available only to those who know how to read. For beginning readers, striving readers, and students with dyslexia, iSPIRE®, powered by Exploros™, opens the door through 10-step teacher-led lessons and reinforcing practice, locking in measurable gains and replacing doubt with delight.

Students work primarily with online activities and manipulatives, ending the need for distributing and collecting materials. Teachers also work online, enabling real-time progress monitoring, digital assessment and reporting. Available iSPIRE workbooks add easy student access to printed instructional resources and lesson reinforcement.

This complete multisensory Orton-Gillingham-based reading intervention program brings Science of Reading principles to work in your K–8+ classrooms in a digital format.

iSPIRE’s Journey to Successful Reading Begins with the 10-Step Lesson

Step 1 — Phonogram Cards

Teachers introduce and review concepts with a Key Word, Phonogram Cards, and Word Cards — 5 minutes of lesson time

  • Key Word, Level 1
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Step 2 — Phonological Awareness

Multisensory activities help students segment words into sounds — 5 minutes of lesson time

  • Phoneme Segmentation

Step 3 — Word Building

Students build words with letter tiles and by writing them — 5 minutes of lesson time

  • Word Building Activity
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Step 4 — Decoding and Sentence Reading

Students mark up words, then read words and sentences — 10 minutes of lesson time

  • Level 3

Step 5 — Prereading (Oral Activity)

A word is orally reviewed for phoneme-grapheme analysis — 5 minutes of lesson time

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Step 6 — Reading/Reading Comprehension

Students identify new concept words, then read and comprehend fiction and nonfiction texts — 15 minutes of lesson time

  • Word Find, Level 4

Step 7 — Sound Dictation

Students hear 10 sounds, then say and write all known letter combinations for them — 2 minutes of lesson time

  • Dictation Paper
  • Dictation paper is used for Steps 7, 9, & 10.
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Step 8 — Prespelling (Oral Activity)

The Spelling dictation's first word is analyzed for phoneme-grapheme relationships — 3 minutes of lesson time

Step 9 — Spelling

Students spell dictated words, naming letters and sounding them out — 5 minutes of lesson time

  • Dictation Paper Levels 1–2
  • Dictation Paper Levels 3+
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Step 10 — Sentence Dictation

With support, students write sentences targeting new concepts — 5 minutes of lesson time

  • Dictation Paper Levels 1–2
  • Dictation Paper Levels 3+

Comprehensive Assessment

Students in SPIRE are assessed individually to ensure concept mastery.

  • Placement Assessment—places students in the appropriate level of SPIRE.
  • Pre- & Post-Level Test—assesses student mastery of all level concepts. Results can be compared to show gains at the end of a level.
  • Mid-Level Test—assesses student mastery of the concepts taught in the first half of the level, checking spelling and decoding skills concept-by-concept.
  • Concept Assessments—assesses students' mastery of a specific lesson concept.
  • Concept Mastery Fluency Drills—provides a score of words correct per minute (WCPM).
  • With iSPIRE, teachers assess students using their devices and tap on incorrect responses. The teaching and learning platform captures data and creates easy-to-read reports.
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Professional Learning

EPS Learning Professional Development team will work with your school or district to develop the training and support plan that ensures your ongoing success with SPIRE Teachers can be trained to use the program in a one-day workshop. We offer virtual and face-to-face training as well as customized support. Let us partner with you to help:

  • Place your at-risk students
  • Deliver explicit and systematic instruction
  • Differentiate instruction based on student need
  • Monitor students’ progress as they become skilled readers

To find out more, contact Professional Development at 800.225.5750

iSPIRE Highlights

  • Consistent 10-Step Lessons: Systematic, sequentially structured 10-Step Lessons help ensure mastery of concepts and enable easy implementation.
  • Multisensory Learning: Auditory, visual, and kinesthetic teaching techniques keep students actively engaged and help them retain information.
  • Mastery of Concepts: Data-driven instruction with continual practice and review promotes learning gains. 
  • Classroom Experience: Each iSPIRE lesson follows a 10-Step Lesson Plan that employs multisensory instruction. 
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Placement Test

To ensure that you have the correct materials for all of your students, we recommend that you administer the SPIRE® placement test prior to ordering. This assessment will provide you with the information you need to group and place students in the appropriate levels.

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