Fast ForWord Reading

Fast ForWord Reading is a dynamic and adaptive reading program that provides personalized instruction in an engaging and interactive format, aimed at enhancing learners' reading skills academically.

Fast ForWord Reading covers a wide array of skills, including comprehension strategies, vocabulary acquisition, word analysis, punctuation, capitalization, sequencing, memory, attention, and other essential components of literacy through a range of fun, interactive exercises.

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5 Reading Programs


Fast ForWord Reading Readiness
Fast ForWord Reading 1
Fast ForWord Reading 2
Fast ForWord Reading 3
Fast ForWord Reading Comprehension
 

Fast ForWord Reading Readiness

Suitable for learners in Pre-Prep - Year 1 depending on their reading ability. Teacher Judgement and knowledge of the student is essential when deciding this level.

  • Coaster

    Build phonemic awareness and letter-sound association skills by selecting the letter that matches the initial sound of a spoken CV syllable.

  • Houdini

    Build phonemic awareness and decoding skills by identifying words with a different initial, medial, or final sound than other words.

  • Hungry Tummy

    Build skills in following directions and basic vocabulary by identifying objects of various colours, shapes, and sizes, in response to verbal instructions.

  • Inside the Tummy

    Build fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination by matching objects by shape and/or colour.

  • Packing Pig Goes to Work

    Build letter recognition and naming skills for uppercase and lowercase letters by identifying uppercase and lowercase letters.

  • Packing Pig Has Lunch

    Build letter recognition and naming skills for uppercase and lowercase letters by identifying and selecting matching pairs of uppercase and lowercase letters in a grid.
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Fast ForWord Reading 1

Suitable for learners in Year 1 - 3 depending on their reading ability. Teacher Judgement and knowledge of the student is essential when deciding this level.

  • Bear Bags

    Build phonological awareness and phonics/decoding skills by sorting words based on initial, medial, and final sounds.

  • Bedtime Beasties

    Build listening and reading comprehension skills by selecting the correct picture, word, letter, or punctuation mark to complete a sentence.

  • Buzz Fly

    Build listening comprehension skills by answering multiple choice questions about fiction and nonfiction passages that have been read aloud.

  • Flying Fish

    Build high-frequency word recognition and phonics / decoding skills by rapidly matching spoken words to written words.

  • Magic Rabbit

    Build spelling and phonics skills by selecting the correct letters to complete the spellings of spoken words.

  • Quail Mail

    Build vocabulary skills by sorting words into different categories, such as conceptual, semantic, and grammatical.
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Fast ForWord Reading 2

Suitable for learners in Year 2 - 4 depending on their reading ability. Teacher Judgement and knowledge of the student is essential when deciding this level.

  • Ant Antics

    Build reading comprehension skills by selecting the sentence that best describes a given picture.

  • Bear Bags: More Lunch

    Build phonemic awareness and decoding skills by identifying and matching initial, medial, and final sounds in words, including consonant blends.

  • Dog Bone

    Build passage comprehension skills by reading and/or listening to both fiction and nonfiction passages and answering comprehension questions.

  • Fish Frenzy

    Build high-frequency word recognition and decoding skills by rapidly matching spoken words to written words.

  • Leaping Lizards

    Build reading comprehension and vocabulary skills by selecting the correct word, letter, or punctuation mark to complete a sentence.

  • Magic Bird

    Build spelling and phonics skills by selecting the correct letters to complete the spellings of spoken words.
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Fast ForWord Reading 3

Suitable for learners in Year 3 - 8 depending on their reading ability. Teacher Judgement and knowledge of the student is essential when deciding this level.

  • Book Monkey

    Build reading comprehension skills by answering questions that address literal meaning, cause and-effect relationships, and inferential comprehension in fiction and nonfiction passages.

  • Chicken Dog

    Build spelling and phonics skills by selecting the correct letters to complete the spellings of spoken words.

  • Scrap Cat

    Build vocabulary, grammar, and decoding skills by sorting words into appropriate categories.

  • Twisted Pictures

    Build reading comprehension skills by selecting the sentence that best describes a given picture.
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Fast ForWord Reading Comprehension

Suitable for learners in Year 4 - 12 depending on their reading ability. Teacher Judgement and knowledge of the student is essential when deciding this level.

  • Art Walk

    Develop reading comprehension skills by manipulating grammatical forms and structures to construct sentences about visual information.

  • Cognobot

    Develop reading comprehension skills by answering literal, causeand-effect, relationship, and inferential questions about fiction and nonfiction texts, schedules, instructions, and tables.

  • Data Stream

    Develop reading comprehension strategies by answering questions about fiction and nonfiction texts, and working with graphic organizers and summaries.

  • Print Shop

    Develop reading comprehension skills by selecting the correct paraphrase of a narrative text.

  • Road Trip

    Develop reading comprehension skills by selecting the right word to complete a sentence.

Who is it for?

Fast ForWord Reading is designed to accommodate primary students aged 5 years and older, extending its benefits to adult learners as well. This program is suitable for various groups, including academically challenged learners, English language learners, learners with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia and auditory processing, learners in special education, and individuals considered At Risk.

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What is included?

  • ✔ Monthly access to Fast ForWord Reading training (recommended training time is 3 months)
  • ✔ 30 - 50 minute training session per day / 5 days a week (depending on your chosen package)
  • ✔ Suitable for 5+ year old and above including adults
  • ✔ Daily student progress scores and weekly training summary report
  • ✔ Progress Monitoring by Specialist
  • ✔ Fortnightly or Monthly coaching call with an Education Learning Specialist (depending on your chosen package)
  • ✔ Unlimited Email support
  • ✔ 15% Discount on renewals
  • ✔ 10% Discount on multiple family member enrolments

What technology is required?

  • ✔ Fast ForWord programs can be used on most Windows and Mac computers through your internet browser (we recommend Google Chrome browser), as well as on iPad with iOS 11.3 or later.
  • ✔ Headphones are recommended to help you concentrate (we recommend stereo headphones that cover the whole ear, such as these ones from Altronics).
  • ✔ Parents supervising their children should use a headphone with y-adaptor so two headphones can be connected at the same time for coaching and monitoring purposes.
  • ✔ Wired headphones are always recommended and essential.

Fast ForWord program has been helping learners for over 25 years to succeed.

  • Over 3,000,000 students have used Fast ForWord

  • More than 15,000 schools have used Fast ForWord

  • Fast ForWord has served more than 250,000 educators
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