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1. Provides practical, proven, and effective strategies to ensure that all students master important reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills.

2. Includes strategies that can be used with students of all ages and ability levels - strategies that help students meet or exceed local and state standards in all subject areas.

3. Promotes and supports reading and writing across content areas.

4. Makes teaching and learning literacy skills easy. Strategies are taught using multi-sensory, hands-on, explicit instruction. Students receive visual tools, grade level models, and useful scoring guides.

5. Builds students' confidence, sets high standards, and prepares students for high stakes assessments.

6. Can be used on its own or to support other programs, materials, and curriculums provided by a school or school district.