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Tier 2: Intervention

95 Phonics Skill Series™: Short Vowels

This versatile program helps students across all grade levels proficiently read Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC) words through daily, 20-minute lessons that reinforce the closed syllable pattern.

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Everything you need to teach short vowels

Fill gaps and enrich phonics skills with this program designed for all grade levels. The 30, 20-minute, daily lessons make it easy to deliver explicit instruction on word sorting, sound-spelling mapping, fluency, word chains, dictation, decodable passages, and more.

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Aligned across your Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)

This classroom-ready program delivers explicit instruction for multiple student levels. It supplements Tier 1 instruction in grades 1-3 and provides strategic, systematic lessons for Tier 2 small group instruction in K-8 and beyond. It also meets a range of student needs, from English Learners to students in special education.

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Teacher’s Edition

Discover the benefits of a fully-prepared, all-inclusive program for short vowels. The teacher’s edition contains sound-spelling cards and access to digital materials on our platform.

Sound spelling cards

Includes 5 double-sided, colorful sound-spelling cards printed on firm cardstock and a sturdy chip and sound spelling insert.  Durable designs allow for frequent use and display during instruction.

Instructional dialogue

Easy-to-follow, guided lessons begin with an explanation of the phonics concept and provide student application at the word, phrase, sentence and passage level, leading to mastery.

Digital presentation files

Animate classroom or remote instruction with ready-made opportunities to practice and apply skills with our digital presentation files.

Convenient training

A 30-minute training video provides an overview of the program and tips for teaching the lessons.

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Student Workbook Package

Student workbooks pair with instruction in the Teacher’s Edition for in-class practice or remote learning. Student manipulatives include a sound-spelling mat and chips.

Comprehensive workbooks

Everything a student needs for short vowel lessons, with targeted pages for sorting words, word chaining, and writing dictated sentences and decodable passages.

Colorful manipulatives

Help students discover the joy of learning phonics patterns as they map sounds and move colored chips and writing letters into sound boxes.

Designed for every child

Materials are designed to serve every child, including English learners, students developing targeted IEP skills, preK and kindergarten enrichment, and tutoring and after-school programs for all grade levels.

After implementing a structured literacy approach, I hear from teachers all the time that they didn’t believe their students could learn so well and so quickly. They tell me, for instance, that the things their Kindergarten children are doing are far and above what they’ve ever been able to do before. Teachers love seeing their students experience this joy of accomplishment in reading.

Emily Hanford


Senior Producer and Correspondent, American Public Media

Explore outcomes from the field

High-quality, easy-to-implement, fully-prepared lessons and materials mean faster, better results for our school customers and their students. Get to know the efficacy study data.

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149%


increase in first graders’ Nonsense Word Fluency scores in just four months.

One powerful solution for multi-tier reading instruction

One powerful solution for multi-tier reading instruction

As educators, we understand the profound impact of effective literacy instruction. That’s why we designed the One95 literacy ecosystem to empower you with the best resources to develop the strongest readers possible. It begins with proven literacy instruction products — then the knowledge, resources, and support to make them work.

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95%


or more of students can learn to read with high quality, evidence-based instruction

Use 95 Phonics Skill Series in your classroom

Literacy is one of the most important skills we can give the next generation. Discover why more teachers love and trust 95 Phonics Skill Series: Short Vowels—and experience the reading improvement in your own classroom.

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