About the Program
By providing a comprehensive set of connected resources for all learners in grades K–6, Wonders offers educators the ability to adapt instruction with confidence as students grow.
Combining the work of literacy experts with research on social emotional learning, Wonders helps you strengthen skills, bolster learning, and encourage independence, enhancing the important and inspiring work you do in your classroom, every day.
At the heart of Wonders is teacher and student choice. Teachers have the ability to teach their way by implementing their own instruction, created from a toolkit of resources or calling on a recommended pathway within the programme - ensuring an empowering learning experience for their students.
Wonders acknowledges expertise and supports instruction through workshop-focused, blended learning and project-based learning, serviced by ready-to-go presentations, data dashboard and a customisable digital planner available to support each individual classroom's rhythmn and pacing.
With every print resource accessible digitally, and an on-hand digital workspace including a multitude of readers, games, interactive texts, videos, songs and a digital Writers Notebook, Wonders caters to both traditional and blended learning approaches.
The Impact of Wonders
A study conducted across three Grade 3 classrooms in North Carolina by an independent third party researcher reaped excellent results.
Students who used Wonders showed statistically significant growth by 27% in text reading and comprehension after just one year. A teacher survey also spoke to the positive effect Wonders had on their students.
What's Inside Wonders?
Offers a thorough grounding in foundational skills such as phonemic awareness, academic vocabulary, and advanced morphological analysis, with Tier 2 lessons on hand to fill any knowledge gaps. As they enhance understanding, students are encouraged to listen, speak, write, ask questions, find text evidence and build an extensive set of literacy tools, all the while thinking critically throughout. With this, students are developing their skills each day!
Delivers engaging student experiences through workshop-focused learning, including content aligned to foudational skills and beyond:
- Listening Comprehension
- Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
- Handwriting
- Skill and Strategy Mini Lessons
- Integrated Word Work
- Guided Reading
- Collaborative Practice
- Genre Process Writing
- Literature Circles
- Novel Study
The Writer's Notebook offers a new blended learning option for writing instruction where students have access to a digital toolkit of writing and markup tools to support their writing development.
Progress checks and digital feedback faciliatate independent learning and prompts students to take ownership of the entire online writing process.
Classroom Packages
With all resources available in both print and digital options, Wonders offers a variety of package options to fit your specific needs.
Our Comprehensive Student Package includes the consumable student Reading/Writing Companion (one per year for the length of the subscription), the hardcover Literature Anthology, and the Student Digital Workspace.
If you have used Wonders before or are interested in using the Literature Anthology as an e-book, our Extension Packages include the consumable student Reading/Writing Companion (one per year for the length of the subscription) and the Student Digital Workspace.
For those interested in using the Reading/Writing Companion as a Black-line Master, Wonders can be purchases with a 6-year digital subscription and one year of the print student edition. Wonders is also available in a 100% digital version with the Student Workspace and Teacher Workspace.