I would take a look at SRA/McGraw Hill.... on there Direct Instruction link...   I will find it before I send this.  http://www.sraonline.com/index.php/home/curriculumsolutions/di/correctivereading/102
 
The Corrective Reading Program is great... I have used it with adults in the past and am just now about to start using it again to a greater degree... I find that most of the students with low .. very low skills can start at the B1 Level... You can use it with a small group or individually.  I am a long time direct instruction believer... The C level materials are good too.... but they still involve small group or individual instruction. Do you have inmate tutors.. perhaps not in jail.. I teach in a state prison.
The Corrective Reading materials are not very expensive either...
Let me know what you think.
Gina
 
 

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From: learningdisabilities-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Lauren E Ellington/FS/VCU
Sent: Thu 1/26/2006 1:27 PM
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Subject: [LearningDisabilities] Reading curricula



I'm writing to ask for your suggestions regarding reading curricula.  I have had a call from the field from a teaching in one of our local jails.  She wanted suggestions for reading curricula that could be used with her learners.  Some of them are extremely low readers (1st and 2nd grade) while others are higher.  They are working on GED prep for all but she understands that not all will achieve that goal while they are with her. 

Do any of you have any suggestions for reading curricula that you have found particularly effective? 

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Lauren Ellington
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