I am very thankful for the cooperation… I am very thankful for the cooperation and I would like to recommend

Reading Horizons is the best!! The Reading Horizons program is the best!!! I have been using the RH program for years, and I have not found any other phonics program out there that is better. When I went to my first training on RH, I learned rules about the English language that I never knew before! I enjoy teaching the RH program because it is direct instruction that can be given to multiple types of learners. My students stay engaged, and love to play the games too!!

Great Program Reading Horizons helps me to monitor my students reading fluency for the skills taught that week. I'm able to create groups for specific skills and monitor their progress. I can create reports to see my class progress, group progress, or individual progress. Its kid friendly and great for tier groups. I love using it.

Finally, a Tier 1 program! I am so grateful for Reading Horizons for my students. Not only can it be used for Tier 2 and Tier 3 instruction, but it can be implemented beautifully for Tier 1 instruction. My students' reading scores have jumped at all levels. I love how easy and simple it is to implement. Professionally, I have learned so much about reading and decoding. I am a much better reading teacher now that I use Reading Horizons. I wish I had this when I started teaching 25 years ago!

Teacher of 30 years The further I move through the chapters the less I like the program. It is gimmicky. The lessons take longer than the manual states. The 62% of students that do not need this approach to be strong readers and writers are able to follow and understand the more complicated lessons, however the 38% of students that struggle continue to struggle, even with Reading Horizons. If I have to read and reread and reread a lesson to understand it, I doubt 7 and 8 year olds are going to follow it. My students might be able to mark 1 guardian star or two in the isolated lesson, but in “real life” writing or reading they are not applying it. As a veteran primary grade teacher I have seen many trends come and go. It will be no different with reading horizons. They say “but it’s researched based”, well you can find research to lean in whichever way you want. I wish my district wouldn’t waste the money on it. But it’s what’s trendy in education at the moment.