Reading
Instructors guide students through lessons that address the National Reading Panel’s five key areas of instruction and include:
• direct instruction
• modeling
• guided practice
• independent practice and application activities
• engaging students in narrative and expository text selections

Mathematics
National Research Council and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics based programs move students from the concrete to the abstract and include:
• manipulatives
• reinforcement of basic math skills
• guided and independent practice of concepts through word problems
• data collection
• effective questioning techniques