WRS Materials FAQs

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• What materials are needed for implementation?
• What’s the difference between the WRS Introductory Set, WRS Advanced Set, and WRS Advanced Set Plus?
• Are the 4^th edition materials compatible with 3^rd edition?

What materials are needed for implementation?

The 4^th Edition WRS Introductory Set (Steps 1-6) provides the materials needed to teach Steps 1-6 of the program. It includes one set of student materials.

In a group setting, each student requires their own materials, including:

• Student Readers
• Magnetic Journal with Letter Tiles
• Student Portfolio
• End-of-Step Assessment materials for students, including a Student Progression Recording Form and a My Step Progress Booklet

The following Steps 1-6 consumable student materials will need to be replaced each year:

• End-of-Step Assessment Steps 1-6 Student Pack (includes six consumable Student Progression Recording Forms and six consumable My Step Progress Booklets)
• Student Portfolio for Steps 1-6 (includes the Student Notebook Steps 1-6 and Student Dictation Notebook Steps 1-6)

The WRS Advanced Set and WRS Advanced Set Plus include the teacher and student materials necessary to teach Steps 7-12. Each item is also sold separately. As with Steps 1-6, consumable student materials will need to be replaced each year.

What’s the difference between the WRS Introductory Set, WRS Advanced Set, and WRS Advanced Set Plus? 

The WRS Introductory Set includes material needed to teach Steps 1-6 of the program, including:

• Instructor Manual (Steps 1-6)
• Dictation Book (Steps 1-6)
• Rules Notebook (Steps 1-12)
• Student Readers 1-6 (one Reader for each Step)
• Letter-Sound Cards
• Word Cards (Steps 1-6)
• Word Element & Syllable Cards (Steps 1-6)
• High Frequency Word Cards (Steps 1-6)
• End-of-Step Assessment Set (Steps 1-6)
• Wilson Assessment of Decoding and Encoding (WADE)
• Student Portfolio (Steps 1-6), which includes:
  • Student Notebook (Steps 1-6)
  • Student Dictation Notebook (Steps 1-6)
  • A-Z tabs
• Magnetic Journal with Letter Tiles
• WRS Tote Bag

The WRS Advanced Set includes teacher and student materials necessary to teach Steps 7-12 of the program, including:

• Instructor Manual (Steps 7-12)
• Baseline and Step Assessment Set (Steps 7-12)
• Dictation Book (Steps 7-12)
• Word Cards (Steps 7-12)
• Word Element & Syllable Cards (Steps 7-12)
• High Frequency Word Cards (Steps 7-12)
• Student Readers 7-12
• Student Portfolio for Steps 7-12 (includes Student Notebook for Steps 7-12 and Student Dictation Notebook for Steps 7-12)
• WRS Tote Bag

The WRS Advanced Set Plus includes all the materials in the Advanced Set in addition to the the 4th Edition Magnetic Journal with Phoneme Tiles, WADE, Rules Notebook, and WRS Letter-Sound Cards.

Are the 4^th edition materials compatible with 3^rd edition?

The third and fourth editions are compatible because the scope and sequence remains largely the same with a few minor changes. However, the fourth edition’s greater emphasis on a systematic approach toward teaching morphology, explicit guidance for fluency and comprehension (see Block 3), and revised progress criteria make the updated edition’s Instructor Manual and End-of-Step Assessment materials essential. Likewise, because there are significant changes with the addition of high frequency words and a focus on core vocabulary, the wordlists and connected text resources have been updated significantly in the Readers and Dictation Books.

It is recommended, at a minimum, that the following fourth edition Steps 1-6 materials are purchased:

• Instructor Manual (Steps 1-6)
• Student Readers 1-6
• Dictation Book (Steps 1-6)
• WADE and End-of-Step Assessment materials

If you are teaching Steps 7-12, you will also need the corresponding materials for Steps 7-12 instruction. 

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