Orchard’s Reading and Language Art’s award-winning software includes over 8,500 activities, 2,800 skills, and 4,000 hours of instruction for grades Pre-K – 9.
Orchard caters to all students, from nonreaders to fluent readers. Emphasis is placed on phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, comprehension, and fluency. The skills within many of the programs progress through incremental stages, so teachers can be assured that students receive age-appropriate and developmentally sound instruction. Students can work at their own pace through the Orchard assignments, fostering self-sufficiency.
In accordance with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, Orchard provides engaging and innovative ways to intermingle the use of technology and English Language Arts in prekindergarten through grade 12 classrooms, for Foundational Skills, Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language standards. Orchard demonstrates and fully adheres to the portrait of college and career ready English Language Arts knowledge. Through individualized learning paths utilizing targeted instructional activities, assessments and practice questions, Orchard Now offers dynamic and exciting learning opportunities for all English Language Arts learners.
Orchard ELA Includes:
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
In accordance with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Orchard provides engaging and innovative ways to intermingle the use of technology and mathematics in prekindergarten through grade 9 classrooms. Orchard provides individualized learning paths that fully adhere to the Common Core Standards for Mathematics through the use of targeted instructional activities, assessments and practice questions.
Orchard Language Arts Includes:
Orchard Now is an online tool designed to prepare students for state tests in grades 1-9. Math and language arts questions are based on state testing standards so students get realistic practice for real testing success.