D
DIRECT & EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION: teacher-directed instruction; lesson is made crystal clear and is presented in a structured manner.
H
HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS: known as 'memory words' at The Reading Academy, these words make up approximately 50% of the words that we read.
M
MULTI-SENSORY: simply put, to use more than 1 sense simultaneously.
R
READING AGE: child's reading ability expressed as an age at which comparable ability is generally found.