When using Read Naturally Live for intervention, each student will progress at their own pace depending on their reading skills and the series/level of material.
Guidelines for pacing (rates at which students should be progressing through the program) include:
Weekly schedule: Student use of Read Naturally Live for 30-45 minutes per day for 3-5 sessions per week (5 days per week preferred for optimal progression).
Estimated pace of story completion: When students are using Read Naturally Live with fidelity, it is likely that they will complete a story in 1-2 sessions. A target goal would be students completing 1-3 stories per week, with 2 stories per week being ideal.
Read Naturally Live Fidelity Checklist
Factors that affect story completion rates: The factors that affect a student’s story completion rate are the reading skills of the student and the series and level in which the student is working. Students demonstrating lower attainment of reading skills may need more sessions to complete stories, while students with higher attainment of reading skills may be able to complete more than 2 stories per week.
In the Phonics series, students practice word lists and engage in spelling activities which may add to the amount of time needed to complete a story. The stories in higher levels are longer and have more comprehension questions which may result in stories taking longer to complete. Multilingual students and students with disabilities may need more processing time for each step. Older students may spend more time writing during the prediction and retell steps. If a student does not meet the expectation for a step or steps, the teacher may assign remedial actions.
Estimated pace of level completion: In the Sequenced and Phonics series, there are 24 stories per level. Therefore, if a student completes 2 stories per week, they could work through an entire level in 12 weeks (not accounting for school holidays and breaks). However, students may be ready to move to a new level before they have completed 24 stories. Read Naturally Live is designed to accelerate students’ reading achievement, and students often complete multiple levels in Read Naturally Live during one school year.
