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Reading Mastery Signature Edition

Achieve reading success in your classroom with this research-proven programme from the Direct Instruction family. Reading Mastery Signature Edition offers an explicit and systematic approach that accelerates reading development to ensure students become skilled, fluent and confident readers.

Discover, Place and Accelerate in Three Strands 

The reading strand.

Addresses all five essential components of reading to help students develop those all-important, transferable encoding, decoding and comprehension skills. Available for grades K-3.

The Literature Strand

Offers vocabulary and comprehension practice through a variety of literary forms and text structures to keep students on the right track. Available for grades K-3.

The Language Arts Strand

Teaches the language skills needed for students to understand the words while reading them, developing their communication skills and boosting their confidence. Available for grades K-5.

Reading Mastery Signature Edition Components

For teachers.

• Teacher Guides - includes the presentation book, answer key and spelling book 
• Presentation Books - features lesson plans for reading and spelling
• Assessment and Fluency Handbook - to track student skill mastery

For Students

• Storybooks - more than 95% decodable
• Workbooks - includes comprehension activities
• Test Books - to measure student progress

The Literature Strand includes theme-related trade books; a Read-Aloud Library of 30 books featuring quality narrative and expository text; and a Read-Aloud Teacher’s Edition that presents explicit lessons on vocabulary-building and comprehension exercises.

Sample Lessons

Scope and Sequence

• Overview Brochure
• Core Connections Kits Brochure
• Student Literature Overview
• Lesson Conversion Chart
• Compatibility Charts
• Lexile Levels
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Music by Norm Hacking - "Booksong"
• Practice and Review Activities CD-ROM User's Guide
• Practice and Review Activities Software - Installation and Initial Setup Guide

Language Arts

• Grade K - Lesson 75
• Grade 1 - Lesson 12
• Grade 2 - Lesson 35
• Grade 3 - Lesson 17
• Grade 4 - Lesson 26
• Grade 5 - Lesson 18
• Grade K - Lesson 108
• Grade 1 - Lesson 76
• Grade 2 - Lesson 71
• Grade 3 - Lesson 21
• Grade 4 - Lesson 76
• Grade 5 - Lesson 57
• Reading, Transition Level (Grades 1-2) - Lesson 6

“It is easy to see from our test scores that there is a positive long-term trend involved with Reading Mastery." - Benny Lile, Director of Instruction for Barren County School District, Glasgow, KY

"They work in small groups, monitor students during independent reading, and maintain academic focus. The Direct Instruction approach has catapulted students' reading achievement."- Constance White-Davis, Principal at Alta Vista Elementary School, Sarasota, FL

“Teachers notice children participating who never had before. They are finally raising their hands and participating. Reading Mastery gives them the self esteem and confidence they need to be successful.” - Sarah Newman, Principal at Highland Elementary School, Hopkinsville, KY

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Reading Mastery Signature Edition

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Reading Mastery is a complete basal reading program that uses the Direct Instruction method to help students master essential decoding and comprehension skills. The program places particular emphasis on teaching thinking skills and helping students acquire background knowledge. Program materials include fully scripted lessons to guide teachers through carefully constructed instructional steps - modeling new content, providing guided practice, offering individualized practice, and applying skills. It also utilizes a special orthography  designed to assist students identify letter sounds. The special font is later phased out and replaced with traditional orthography. Signals and group responses are used to keep students involved, help them stay on task, and help with lesson pacing. Teachers assess student performance throughout the program, and struggling students receive practice through remedial exercises. Each level of the program typically spans one academic year. A typical 30- to 45-minute lesson includes seven to nine short activities encompassing multiple strands of content, including:

• Phonemic Awareness
• Letter-Sound Correspondence
• Sounding Out of Words
• Word Recognition
• Oral Reading Fluency
• Comprehension

This latest version of Reading Mastery , Reading Mastery Signature Edition (RMSE) , is an update from Reading Mastery Plus written to incorporate Language for Learning , Language for Thinking , and Reasoning and Writing to become a more comprehensive Language Arts core reading program.

Reading Mastery and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

In recent years, the Common Core State Standards have become a universal language for schools across our nation and play a significant role in instructional decisions made in schools, including curriculum selections. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were developed with the intent to provide a clear framework of what students are expected to learn and to ensure consistent standards, regardless of where students attend school. An evaluation of  Reading Mastery Signature Edition  has been conducted by the publisher of Reading Mastery , McGraw-Hill, to determine the alignment of the program’s content with the English Language Arts common core standards. Overall,  RMSE  met 95% of the ELA Standards prescribed in the CCSS. Read more about the alignment of Direct Instruction to the Common Core State Standards.

To view the correlation for each grade level, click on the individual grade level. 

Grade K       Grade 1        Grade 2        Grade 3        Grade 4        Grade 5

Integrating Science and Social Studies

Reading instruction consumes a large part of the daily schedule, reducing the amount of time for content area studies.  Reading Mastery Signature Edition  in grades two through five integrates a wide range of social studies and science concepts and information.  Science and Social Studies in Reading Mastery Signature Edition  is a powerful tool for teachers, coaches, and curriculum directors to have available for planning and integrating subject areas in order to reinforce critical content. This resource facilitates making connections with content material taught in the program. pdf Learn more about Science and Social Studies in Reading Mastery Signature Edition .

Literature in Reading Mastery Signature Edition ( RMSE )

The program is designed for elementary-aged students at all levels of reading performance and introduces students to many pieces of classic literature, including popular children's stories. Levels 4 and 5 contain a variety of rich literature, from novels to poetry to biographies, where students apply their knowledge of reading through a variety of lesson activities. The rich literature included in the program, as well as a sample of the daily writing activities incorporated in Reading Mastery Signature Edition, are described in the pdf Literature in Reading Mastery Signature Edition brochure .

How Grammar is Taught in the Language Track of RMSE

Grammar is a critical component of the language track of  Reading Mastery Signature Edition  and is incorporated systematically into a variety of exercises with the goal that students will be able to use and articulate the associated grammatical conventions. Learn more about how grammar is taught in the Language Track of Reading Mastery Signature Edition in our  pdf handout .

Handwriting Supplement to RMSE

The Sentence Copying Program , developed at the National Institute for Direct Instruction, is a supplemental handwriting program to accompany the Reading Mastery Signature Edition program. The sentence copying sheets correlate with Reading Mastery’s sequence of skill development but do not employ its orthography. Instead, they provide handwriting practice of letter forms more commonly taught in typical elementary classrooms. This supplemental program is available for levels K and 1 of RMSE. Learn more in our store.

Reading Mastery Signature Edition  was recognized for making a positive difference in education by K12 leaders who named it to District Administration magazine’s “Readers’ Choice Top 100 Product for 2013.”

The winners, selected by District Administration’s editors from a record 1,800-plus nominations, were products that received the highest number of nominations and best descriptions from K12 leaders. The Readers’ Choice Top 100 was announced online and in the December 2013 issue of District Administration.

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Reading Mastery Signature Edition

Use Direct Instruction to help students develop into fluent, independent, and highly skilled readers with Reading Mastery Signature Edition.

ACARA v. 9.0 RMSE Curriculum Mapping Documents Request Here

Updated v. 9.0 National Curriculum Mapping to the ACARA Standards for English is now available for Reading Mastery Signature Edition adopters.

Access is available to current users of the program or schools who have confirmed they will be adopting the program in 2024.

Please fill out the form here to request access. 

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About the program.

evidence-based Grade Levels: PreK - 5

Reading Mastery Signature Edition uses evidence-based Direct Instruction to help students become fluent, independent and highly skilled readers.

It offers a systematic approach that accelerates reading and helps students achieve a high rate of success. Three strands address reading, language arts and literature through a common instructional design that helps students learn more efficiently.

The addition of digital resources for both additional practice and professional development, helps teachers optimise each minute spent in the classroom.

Flexible and comprehensive, the Signature Edition is appropriate for use as a supplemental intervention program or a core reading program. "Reading Mastery has assisted the children to increase their fluency and accuracy of reading" - Ben Krahe, Principal, Pacific Coast Christian School, NSW Mansfield State High School QLD

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About the strands.

The Language Arts Strand:

• Teaches the oral language skills necessary to understand what is said, written, and read in the classroom.
• Helps students to effectively communicate ideas and information.
• Develops students’ ability to successfully use writing strategies and process

The Literature Strand:

• Supports the reading strand by offering a wide range of literary forms and text structures.
• Provides multiple opportunities for students to practice vocabulary and comprehension strategies and write for authentic purposes.
• Gives students the opportunity to read at their own ability level.

The Reading Strand:

• Addresses all five essential components of reading as identified by Reading First—phonemic awareness, phonics and word analysis, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
• Provides spelling instruction to help students make the connection between decoding and spelling patterns.
• Develops decoding, word recognition, and comprehension skills that transfer to other subject areas. Each strand can be used as a supplement to the core curriculum for targeted intervention, or combined for use as a comprehensive, stand-alone literacy program.

Sample Lessons

Scope and Sequence

• Research and Success
• Overview Brochure
• Core Connections Kits Brochure
• Student Literature Overview
• Lesson Conversion Chart
• Compatibility Charts
• Lexile Levels
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Music by Norm Hacking - "Booksong"
• Practice and Review Activities CD-ROM User's Guide
• Practice and Review Activities Software - Installation and Initial Setup Guide

Language Arts

• Grade K - Lesson 75
• Grade 1 - Lesson 12
• Grade 2 - Lesson 35
• Grade 3 - Lesson 17
• Grade 4 - Lesson 26
• Grade 5 - Lesson 18
• Grade K - Lesson 108
• Grade 1 - Lesson 76
• Grade 2 - Lesson 71
• Grade 3 - Lesson 21
• Grade 4 - Lesson 76
• Grade 5 - Lesson 57
• Reading, Transition Level (Grades 1-2) - Lesson 6

Research Base

• Using Direct Instruction Programs as Intervention Programs in Grades K-3 This article is about the use of Direct Instruction as an intervention program in schools that are using a core (basal) reading program that does not meet the instructional needs of their at-risk children. It provides an analysis and shows the benefits of using Reading Mastery, Horizons, or Corrective Reading as an Intervention program.
• Research Base and Validation of Reading Mastery This research brochure provides a complete summary of research pertaining to the Reading Mastery family of products including Reading Mastery Classic, Reading Mastery Plus, and Reading Mastery Signature Edition. The brochure includes a summary of research informing the design of the program as well as curriculum evaluations that show that the program has a positive effect on student achievement.
• The Research Base and Validation of Direct Instruction Language Programs
• Direct Instruction Methodology Brochure

Independent Education Research and Evaluation Databases

• Institute of Education Sciences: What Works Clearinghouse
• Reading Mastery and English Language Learners
• Reading Mastery and Reading Fluency

Randomized Controlled Studies

• Supplemental Instruction in Decoding Skills for Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Students in Early Elementary School This curriculum evaluation used random assignment to evaluate the impact of two years of supplemental reading instruction using Reading Mastery on student achievement.
• Use of Evidence-Based, Small-Group Reading Instruction for English Language Learners in Elementary Grades: Secondary-Tier Intervention This report shows an experimental/comparison study of secondarylevel, small-group instruction included 318 first- and second-grade students (170 ELL and 148 English-only) from six elementary schools. All schools served high numbers of ELL students with varying school SES in urhan and suburban communities. Experimental schools implemented a three-tier model of intervention. Results indicated generally higher gains for ELL students enrolled in direct instruction interventions. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Other Scientific Research

• Special Education and Direct Instruction: An Effective Combination A wealth of research shows that Direct Instruction is a highly effective approach to helping special education students achieve mastery in reading and in mathematics.
• Examining the Relations that Drive Reading Achievement The authors of this study evaluated the impact of six core reading curricula on reading achievement among Florida Reading First students. They also evaluated the effectiveness of the curricula when moderated by students' grade level and socioeconomic status.
• Direct Instruction and the Teaching of Early Reading: Wisconsin's Teacher-Led Insurgency The authors of this report summarize some of the research supporting the use of Direct Instruction to teach early reading skills. They also discuss some of the barriers educators face when attempting to implement Direct Instruction, specifically proponents of whole language teaching. Finally, the researchers describe schools and teachers in Wisconsin that have achieved excellent results with Direct Instruction and how this is changing the minds of many critics
• Study Shows Dramatic Impact of Reading Mastery in the Bronx, NY In a 2008-09 study in a school in New York City's Bronx, Reading Mastery Signature Edition, Reading Strand, is shown to have a striking impact on the performance of struggling readers.

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Reading Mastery II 2002 Classic Edition: Teacher Presentation Book C Spiral-bound – April 29, 2002

• Language English
• Publisher Science Research Associat
• Publication date April 29, 2002
• Dimensions 10.1 x 0.8 x 12.3 inches
• ISBN-10 0075693380
• ISBN-13 978-0075693383
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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Science Research Associat; 1st edition (April 29, 2002)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0075693380
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0075693383
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.04 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.1 x 0.8 x 12.3 inches
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