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Literacy and Academic Achievement
Santillana USA's reading materials and programs focus on meeting the literacy and academic needs of struggling readers, helping them meet the same challenging standards that are required of all students.
Literacy Resources
Spotlight on English (K–5)
English Literacy and Academic Achievement
This is the first basal program that systematically teaches academic English through content-driven lessons, while addressing the language proficiency of every student in every lesson.
- Based on the most current research
- Aligned to the national content-area standards—language arts, math, science, social studies, music, and art
- Builds content-area academic vocabulary
- Teaches strategies for differentiated instruction in every lesson
Spotlight Online (K–5)
Web-based Learning System
Web-based system helps educators assess and automatically provide struggling readers with differentiated instruction tailored to their individual reading abilities and skill levels.
- Assess students to determine their appropriate skill levels
- Identify students in need of intervention
- Establish differentiated instruction for each student
- Monitor and review student progress by generating automated reports
- Establish intervention programs using teacher-assigned instruction
English Benchmark Assessments (K–8)
Print and Online Assessment System
Monitor ongoing progress in all language arts domains and gather longitudinal data to drive continuous improvement for all students. Electronic version provides online assessment, scoring, and report generation!
- Measures progress in listening and speaking, reading, and writing
- Addresses all proficiency levels
- Generates vital reports that help determine need for intervention
Children’s Literature
Puertas al sol / Gateways to the Sun (K–5)
This English/Spanish program is designed to supplement any Reading, Language Arts, or Social Studies program with Art, Biography, Lands and Culture, Language, Poetry, and Theater readers focusing on Hispanic culture. Lesson plans for each book in the series.
- Align to the national standards for language arts, social studies, mathematics, fine arts, foreign language learning, and technology.
- Develop and reinforce basic language and thinking skills
- Provide ideas for reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities
- Include cross-curricular connections
- Offer suggestions, activity sheets, and graphic organizers to reinforce vocabulary development skills
- Include ideas and tools for informal and formal assessment
Guided Reading Libraries / English and Spanish (K–8)
Santillana’s entire children’s literature list, leveled according to the Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Leveling SystemTM.
Accelerated ReaderTM Libraries / English and Spanish (K–6)
More than 200 titles are included in Renaissance Learning’s Accelerated Reader program.
Professional Development Opportunities
Santillana Profesional Development
- Reading Strategies for the Classroom Workshops
(English and Spanish) - Differentiated Reading Instruction
- Teaching the “Hidden Curriculum” (Academic Gaps)
to SIFE (Students with Interrupted Formal Education)
