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The Read Live suite includes these programs to address your students' phonics and fluency needs:

• Read Naturally Live, which works on fluency and phonics and supports vocabulary and comprehension.
• Word Warm-ups Live, which teaches phonics, syllable, and affix patterns.

To decide which of these Read Live program(s) to assign, you need to determine the student's instructional needs via assessment and placement.

Assessing Phonics Needs and Determining a Phonics Intervention

If you have students with phonics needs, watch this video to learn how to conduct the Read Live phonics assessment. This assessment allows you to easily pinpoint the exact phonics and word analysis skills each student needs. Using the student’s assessment data, Read Live will recommend a placement assignment for the student in a Read Naturally Live phonics level, a Word Warm-ups Live section, or a Read Naturally Live sequenced level in combination with a Word Warm-ups Live section. If the teacher accepts the program’s recommendation, the student’s placement assignment will update automatically.

Placing Students in Read Naturally Live

Placing a student in Read Naturally Live involves determining the following:

• Level: Which level of material is most appropriate for this student?
• Series: Which series (Sequenced or Phonics) would most benefit this student?
• Goal: Which goal rate will challenge but not frustrate the student?

Before placing your students in Read Naturally Live, we recommend watching this recorded webinar in order to:

• Learn how to determine a Read Naturally Live level, select a series, and set a goal for your students before they begin using the program.
• Learn how to identify students’ earliest phonics needs.
• View a live demonstration of the placement process in Read Naturally Live.
• ​​​​​​​Receive free resources that will help you implement your current curriculum more effectively.

As always, we are here to help! If you have questions about the assessment and placement process, please reach out.