4th Edition LANGUAGE! Overview

National RecognitionAs a research-based, data-driven curriculum, LANGUAGE! has earned praise from leadingliteracy scholars and research centers such as the Florida Center for Reading Research(FCRR), whose reviews are widely followed in the industry because of the high standards thecenter sets for educational products. LANGUAGE! has also been endorsed by researchersand organizations in the field of special education for its ability to differentiate instruction andempower students with special needs to achieve literacy success.Evaluated by Educational Research CentersThe Florida Center for Reading Research’s mission is“to conduct basic research on reading, reading growth,reading assessment, and reading instruction that willcontribute to the scientific knowledge of reading andbenefit students ... throughout the nation.”LANGUAGE! earned top honors!According to the FCRR report:“LANGUAGE! is an extremely thorough presentationof numerous reading, writing, and language artsstrands, taught systematically in parallel fashionto children of all ages with delays in reading,writing, and/or language.”“I cannot say enough positive things aboutthe phonics components of the LANGUAGE!Third Edition within the EL classroom. Mystudents have made great strides with clarityof speech, decoding, and word recognition.I find the pre-writing strategies, especiallythe Blueprint”for Writing, easy to scaffold forthe beginners.—Micaela Dimos, TeacherSheldon High SchoolElk Grove Unified School DistrictSacramento, California46 LANGUAGE! Overview www.sopriswest.com/language