If you’d like your child or students to be a better reader then Fast ForWord Reading Comprehension program could help.
The exercises work on the underlying skills of Working Memory, Attention,Processing and Sequencing this helps all learning becomes easier.
What to expect from Reading Comprehension
- A concentrated focus on reading comprehension and the sub-skills that build it, from fluent decoding and grammar skills, to comprehension strategies
- Practice in reading for understanding with a wide range of texts, including fiction, expository prose, tables, instructions, diagrams, and flowcharts—the kinds of texts that students encounter when reading to learn across the subject areas
- A new look and feel, with graphics age-appropriate for secondary learners and motivational features to keep students engaged and learning
- Improved adaptivity and responsiveness, so that individual students get the content they need at the right level of challenge
- Just-in-time supports, to help students work more independently and stay motivated
- A safe learning environment, where students can take chances without fear of judgment by their peers
- The same research-driven design and content that have made Fast ForWord a reliable, evidence-based solution for over 20 years.
Here's a preview of the new exercises and skills they target:
1. Art Walk
Goal: Develop reading comprehension skills by manipulating grammatical forms and structures to construct sentences about visual information.
Language/Reading Skills | Cognitive Skills |
English Grammar | Memory |
Word Structure & Knowledge | Attention |
Fluency | Processing |
Word Learning Strategies | Sequencing |
Academic Language | |
Independent Reading | |
Monitoring Comprehension | |
Interpreting Visual Information |

Fast ForWord goes deeper than other reading and literacy programs by simultaneously building language/reading skills and the cognitive skills underlying them. Learn more by watching this short video.
2. Cognobot
Goal: Develop reading comprehension skills by answering literal, cause-and-effect, relationship, and inferential questions about fiction and nonfiction texts.
Language/Reading Skills | Cognitive Skills |
Following Directions | Memory |
Fluency | Attention |
Word Learning Strategies | Processing |
Academic Language | Sequencing |
Key Ideas & Details | |
Independent Reading | |
Monitoring Comprehension | |
Craft & Structure | |
Drawing Inferences | |
Interpreting Visual Information |
3. Data Stream
Goal: Develop reading comprehension strategies for both fiction and nonfiction by working with graphic organizers and summaries.
Language/Reading Skills | Cognitive Skills |
Fluency | Memory |
Word Learning Strategies | Attention |
Academic Language | Processing |
Key Ideas & Details | Sequencing |
Independent Reading | |
Monitoring Comprehension | |
Craft & Structure | |
Drawing Inferences | |
Interpreting Visual Information |
4. Print Shop
Goal: Develop reading comprehension skills by selecting the correct paraphrase of a narrative text.
Language/Reading Skills | Cognitive Skills |
English Grammar | Memory |
Word Structure & Knowledge | Attention |
Fluency | Processing |
Key Ideas & Details | Sequencing |
Independent Reading | |
Monitoring Comprehension |
5. Road Trip
Goal: Develop reading comprehension skills by selecting the best word to complete a sentence.
Language/Reading Skills | Cognitive Skills |
Phonics/Decoding | Memory |
Word Structure & Knowledge | Attention |
Fluency | Processing |
Word Learning Strategies | Sequencing |
Academic Language | |
Independent Reading | |
Monitoring Comprehension |