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FastTrack Phonics is part of
our program for beginning readers, but it can also be
used as an intervention for older students who are reading
below grade level. The program is fast-paced to get
students back on track quickly to achieve AYP.
FastTrack
Phonics is a fun, fast-paced, and systematic phonics
program that builds students’ skills in phonemic
awareness, letter-sound correspondence, word-level blending
and segmenting, and beginning spelling.
 FastTrack
Phonics is designed for classrooms in which students
are just beginning to read. The sequence of lessons
starts with the phonemic awareness skills of hearing
initial sounds, and auditory blending and segmenting.
Detailed lesson plans guide teachers as they teach phonemes
and letter-sound correspondences. Beginning word structure
skills, including adding endings and recognizing compound
words, are also introduced. The lessons are appropriate
for a variety of age groups, and they are flexible enough
to be customized to the needs of a particular student,
class, or group. Group response routines and cooperative
learning activities engage all students in the lessons.
Frequent assessment guides instruction so that teachers
can ensure student mastery. A supplement is available
when additional phonics instruction is warranted.
FastTrack Phonics program includes:
- Manuals
- A set of manuals that provide daily lessons and
assessment materials. One volume for kindergarten
level, three volumes for first grade level.
- Key
Cards - 6” by 8” color key cards
that link sounds and letters together to cement letter/sound
correspondences in students’ minds.
- Student
Partner Practice Booklets – Powerful
interactive practice activities to build mastery.
- Letter-Blending
Decks - 3” by 4” letter and letter-combination
cards teachers use to demonstrate sound blending.
- Phonics
Picture Card Set - 6” by 8” color
picture cards used in phonemic awareness and phonics
activities.
- Media
Support - Engaging video series that reinforces
letter/sound correspondence, and models reading skills
and partner learning activities using puppets and
animations.
Use the following link(s) to browse sample lessons from
FastTrack Phonics.
FastTrack
Phonics - scope and sequence
FastTrack
Phonics - sample lesson from Teacher's Manual, Volume
1
FastTrack
Phonics - sample lesson from Teacher's Manual, Volume
2
FastTrack
Phonics - sample lesson from Teacher's Manual, Volume
3
 Your
SFAF Coach builds a partnership with your school through
training sessions, onsite coaching, scheduled telephone
meetings, and informal telephone support. The professional
development provided by the SFAF staff is designed to
support school leaders and teachers as they make substantial
changes in their approach to classroom instruction.
The one-day onsite initial training prepares teachers
to implement FastTrack Phonics. The training will focus
on:
- Phonemic awareness, decoding, and
word recognition strategies.
- Elements of lessons that provide
engaging images, routines, and practice needed to
ensure success for each student.
- Assessment processes, and adaptations
to lessons based on assessments, to meet individual
and group needs.
- Training in beginning levels of
cooperative learning.
- Support for administrators
on monitoring and improving program implementation.
Goal-focused achievement planning sets the stage for
success. School leaders and your SFAF Coach develop
specific goals and monitor student progress.
- Your SFAF Coach works with teachers
to review student data, set goals for progress, and
develop plans for achieving those goals.
- Every quarter, teachers, school
leaders, and your SFAF Coach review student progress
data.
- Goals and interventions for
the following quarter are planned based on the data.
As the year progresses, your SFAF Coach will have a
variety of ways to work with you to review your progress,
refine your goals, and strengthen your instruction.
- Following initial planning, telephone
meetings to answer questions and troubleshoot will
be scheduled.
- Your SFAF Coach will visit your
school at least twice during the year to observe classes,
meet with teachers and administrators, review data
on student progress, and review and set goals.
- Each quarter, a telephone meeting
will be scheduled to allow you, your coach, and school
leaders to discuss students’ progress, troubleshoot,
and reset goals.
- Unlimited, informal telephone
support is available for all staff members.
Do you want to learn more about FastTrack Phonics? Please
call and talk to one of our staff members at 1-800-548-4998,
ext.2372, or fill out the information
request form online.
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