SIPPS for Older Readers Digital Sample Kit

Overview

• Scope and Sequence
• Placement Assessment
• SIPPS Plus Sample Lessons
• SIPPS Challenge Sample Lessons
• Additional Resources
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Scope and Sequence

SIPPS® Plus and Challenge work together to support older readers in grades 4–12 who have lingering gaps in foundational skills or an underdeveloped ability to decode and understand polysyllabic words.

• SIPPS Plus provides age-appropriate foundational skills intervention for students in grades 4–12 who are reading at a first- or second-grade level. It addresses the simple alphabetic and spelling-pattern phases of foundational skills
• SIPPS Challenge Level addresses the polysyllabic/morphemic phase of decoding. Differentiated word lists make it easy to adapt each lesson for readers in elementary, middle, or high school.

Placement Assessment

Taking just 3–8 minutes to administer, the Placement Assessment makes grouping decisions simple by capturing
the data to gauge each student’s point of instructional need precisely. Students will be placed in either SIPPS Plus or Challenge.

Placement Assessment, Grades 4–12

SIPPS Plus

SIPPS Plus includes Dreams on Wheels, an anthology of short, decodable texts designed to engage intermediate and higher-grade students with a variety of text types, particularly nonfiction.

The 70+ selections in Dreams on Wheels align with the SIPPS Plus scope and sequence, allowing students to apply their foundational reading skills to age-appropriate, high-interest texts intentionally crafted for striving older readers.

Dreams on Wheels

SIPPS Plus, Lesson 35, Sunset with the Herd

SIPPS Plus, Lesson 12, Fish Tank

Dreams on Wheels, Review Selection: Rock Climbing

SIPPS Challenge

For students who have mastered the spelling-pattern phase, Challenge Level focuses on syllabic patterns, including open and closed syllables and consonant/vowel patterns, and morphological units, including common prefixes, roots, and suffixes. 

Differentiated word lists make it easy to adapt each lesson for readers in elementary, middle, or high school.

In addition, Challenge Level offers a Vocabulary Supplement, which contains 75 lessons in morphemic analysis to help students identify and use meaningful word parts to infer word meanings. Vocabulary Supplement lessons align with the sight syllables taught in Challenge Level and are designed to reinforce and extend learning.

SIPPS Challenge, Lesson 27

SIPPS Challenge Vocabulary Supplement, Lesson 27

SIPPS Challenge, Lesson 35

SIPPS Challenge Vocabulary Supplement, Lesson 35

Additional Resources

The SIPPS Brochure (40 pages) provides a convenient overview of the program, SIPPS professional learning, essential digital resources, and tech features.

The SIPPS Sampler (124 pages) brings together:

• sample lessons and accompanying texts
• the scope and sequences for all SIPPS levels
• grade-level-specific placement assessments and student cards for placement assessments

SIPPS Brochure

SIPPS Sampler

Research and Evidence Base

Standards Correlations Tool