A typical program looks like in the following: 

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​1. The first step would be to take the Wilson Assessment of Decoding and Encoding (WADE) to get to know your child's reading and writing needs. I will also do an interview with you and your child to fully understand the student's strengths and needs and come up with a tailored lesson plan.

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​2.  After a student finish the WADE, classes will be individualized to suit his/her unique needs.  A typical program has each of the following:​

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         2a. Word Study - Here your child will learn letter sounds, and letter sound combinations, different types of spelling rules, and decoding strategies so that a student can decode and understand the rules of English.  In addition, your child will learn strategies for memorizing sight words, and will learn how to read fluently at the sentence level.  Lastly, during word study, he/she will learn how to break apart words into word parts to comprehend their meanings and increase a student's vocabulary.

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           2b.  Spelling and writing conventions - These lessons focus on using knowledge of letter sounds, letter sound combinations, and decoding rules to help your child universalize knowledge of the English language, which will teach him/her to spell any unknown word.  Your child will also learn how to spell sentences using correct writing conventions, including spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.​

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          2c.  Fluency  - Your child will build his/her ability to read texts fluently, and accurately, through repeated readings, learning how to read with punctuation in mind, and with appropriate speed, phrasing, emphasis, expression, and emotion. 

 

           2d.  Comprehension of Literary Text - Your child will also use strategies to comprehend literary texts by taking picture notes, and then retelling and replaying the stories to help them visualize the stories and describe story elements.  He/she child will also learn how to use context clues and evidence in the text to make inferences about characters, and to comprehend new vocabulary words.  

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          2e.  Comprehension of Informational Text - Your child will learn how to read articles by marking and highlighting texts, taking notes in graphic organizers to organize his/her thoughts.  They will initially learn how to verbalize their meaning, and, as their writing skills increase, they will learn how to write summaries in his/her own words. This will aid your child in learning how to read and write academic texts to increase his/her academic skills at school.​

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3.  Informal Assessments: Your child will be assessed informally before going onto the next lesson, and will be retaught any skills he/she needs to learn.  In this way the tutor can know your child's unique needs, and can adapt the lessons by either reteaching certain words or concepts.  The tutor might also find that she has to enrich the lessons so he/she has more advanced knowledge.  After your child reaches mastery on a concept, they will move onto the next lesson with new concepts to learn. Eventually, he/she will become a more fluent reader and writer who is more confident about completing academic literacy tasks at school.