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.

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!

Reading Horizons in the Resource Class Room I am a special education teacher. I really enjoy Reading Horizons. I like how the lessons dive into the phonic skill that is being practiced. I also like how the lesson give enough practice but do not go on and on. I am grateful for the online resources because they let my kids be able to go at their own pace and practice the skills they need to be successful.

The BEST phonics program… Reading Horizons is by far the BEST program I have ever used to teach phonics! Using Reading Horizons makes reading make sense! My students every year make huge growth using this program and become excellent decoders. I myself even learned things about reading after using it. I honestly and truly feel like this program helps ensure students don’t have “holes” in their phonics learning and become strong readers. Before using this program, many of our school’s first grade students were not performing well on the DIBELS test. After implementing this program our scores have drastically changed and our students are much stronger readers. I am so grateful to use this wonderful program!

Reading Horizons is an excellent… Reading Horizons is an excellent program. I have seen amazing growth from the time they entered second grade to present in my students decoding, and reading and phonics skills. This is a direct instruction program where everything is well explained for the teacher. Students may go online and complete lessons such as reading high frequency words and read books from the library. There is an assessement for students to take too.