Fast ForWord Reading Level 3

Fast ForWord Reading Level 3 has three themes: reading comprehension, reading fluency and reading fundamentals.

The reading comprehension exercises include missing word and sentence/picture matching tasks that help students learn to think while reading. The fluency exercises focus on recognizing word sounds, word forms, and vocabulary, building language dexterity. Reading Level 3 also includes important spelling conventions, syntax and language structure exercises that make text more expected and predictable, making reading easier. Specifically, Reading Level 3 exercises include:

• Advanced knowledge of letter-sounds
• Phonology and spelling
• Structure of written language vocabulary
• Cause and effect relationships in written text
• Paragraph Comprehension

Fast ForWord Reading Level 3 consists of six exercises:

Book Monkeys A library group of monkeys are hanging in the library. As participants help organize disheveled books, the exercise builds reading comprehension using literal, inferential, and organizational knowledge.
Canine Crew The dogs in the construction crew challenge students to pick the rhyming words. The exercises develop vocabulary, spelling, decoding, and automatic word recognition.
Chicken Dog A fine-feathered hot dog vendor helps students build phonics and spelling skills as they see a word presented with missing letters, and must choose the letters that complete the word.
Hog Hat Zone  In a busy construction zone, this Hog needs help. Paragraphs from classic children’s literature are presented with missing words. Finding the correct missing words requires a high level of morphological complexity while building vocabulary skills.
Scrap Cat Amid the trash and treasures of a junkyard, the junkyard cat operates a machine which asks students to select the correct answers to the questions. Students sort words into linguistic and semantic categories, building the decoding and vocabulary skills necessary for fluent reading. This exercise also develops spelling.
Twisted Pictures By picking the sentence that correctly describes an aspect of the picture presented, students develop syntax and vocabulary skills. This exercise incorporates a high level of syntactic complexity for successful completion of the content.

Language and Reading Skills Developed by Fast ForWord Reading Level 3:

• Decoding
• Phonological awareness
• Decoding
• Vocabulary
• Spelling
• Syntax & morphology
• Automatic word recognition
• Letter-sound association
• Sentence and paragraph comprehension
• Comprehension strategies
• Logical reasoning
• Ability to make inferences 

Cognitive Skills Developed by Fast ForWord Reading Level 3:

• Working memory and long term memory
  
• Selective attention and attention stamina
  
• Long-term recall of vocabulary
  
• Auditory processing, linguistic and visual processing
  
• Sequencing