ENABLE: Enhancing Attainment in Basic Literacy

Enable is a literacy booster programme for pupils experiencing difficulties with comprehension, spelling and reading accuracy, which can be delivered by Teaching Assistants. Refined over 10 years by the Inclusion Support team in Sandwell Local Authority, Enable can help transform childrens reading, as well as giving a firm, proven platform to ensure you are using your Newly Qualified Teachers and Teaching Assistants to their peak effectiveness. The Enable programme teaches synthetic phonics and the acquisition of sight vocabulary to support comprehension and fluency. It then embeds these skills by reading meaningful texts. Featured in Greg Brooks 2007 publication What Works for Children with Literacy Difficulties , Enable has been shown to increase significant gains in reading and spelling for children using the scheme. Moreover it is now updated to conform to Letters and Sounds guidance. Enable uses explicit systematic instruction, based on scripted lesson plans. A key feature of Direct Instruction is the process of MODEL LEAD TEST REVIEW. The lessons are delivered with pace and with efficient and systematic instruction so that pupils gain mastery of basic skills as soon as possible. Your teaching assistants are too important to waste, so why not release their full potential and help them to seriously support children with reading difficulties. You ll be able to transform not only the children s school lives, but also your schools overall performance! Includes: Lever arch file with full teacher manual, word banks, record and progress sheets to model and support the reading of quality books. Plus Teacher Training CD Rom with Powerpoint training slides and real-time video clip classroom demonstrations.