The CRSL Way
Building Confident Readers through Structured Literacy
Strong instruction. A clearer path forward.
Teaching children to read is demanding work.
You bring the knowledge, dedication, and commitment your students need. Your instructional materials should support that work, not make it more complicated.
The CRSL Way brings foundational reading, spelling, and writing instruction together in a coordinated approach, with connected materials and resources designed to make planning and teaching more manageable.
30/30/30: A 90-Minute Teaching Plan
Three connected components. One integrated approach.
🕧 First 30: Core Phonetic Code Instruction
Give your students a strong foundation in reading and spelling with explicit, systematic, and cumulative phonetic instruction. With CRSL structured lessons and a multisensory approach, you can help students develop phonemic awareness and sound-symbol knowledge, building on what they’ve learned as they progress.
Explore Jump Start (Preschool), First Steps (Kindergarten), and Streamlined Level 1 and Streamlined Level 2 (1st and 2nd grades)
🕥 Second 30: Reading Application and Comprehension
Help your students put their phonetic knowledge to work through meaningful reading. With systematically sequenced decodable stories and accompanying lesson plans, you can guide students as they apply sound-spelling relationships while strengthening word recognition, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.
Explore CR Success Decodable Readers and their accompanying lesson plans
🕜 Third 30: Associated Word Skills and Handwriting
Help your students strengthen their vocabulary, spelling, and handwriting skills while reinforcing what they’ve learned in foundational reading instruction. With lessons aligned to the core programs, you can extend and deepen their learning through connected word study and handwriting instruction.
Explore Wordsmith (Grades 1–5) and Home Run Handwriting (Kindergarten–Grade 2)
Designed for Integration. Flexible in Implementation.
Support for the Work You Do Every Day
Hands-On Teaching Tools
Engage Students
in Active Learning
Bring phonetic concepts to life with Magnetic Folders that help students see, hear, and manipulate sounds and symbols. Give students hands-on opportunities to build and apply their knowledge while keeping instruction organized.
Explore Magnetic Folders
Online Teaching Resources
Spend less time preparing. More time teaching.
Access instructional materials and guidance designed to simplify planning, preparation, and classroom delivery.
Explore Online Manuals and Teacher Guides, Animated Videos, Posters, Letters in Motion, and the CRSL Teacher Resource Library
Professional Development
Build confidence in your instruction.
Strengthen your understanding of the CRSL approach with practical training and instructional guidance. Interactive seminars, on-site classroom training, and Mastering the Method protocols help you develop familiarity with the methods and routines that support consistent instruction.
Contact us for more information.
One System ~ Different Points of View
Administrators, educators, and literacy professionals all use the same CRSL framework, but it is scaled and accessed differently depending on context.
Administrators & School Leaders
A structured literacy system that scales, systematically orients to multi-year education, supports teachers, and adapts to your school.
Teachers
Clear lessons, practical tools, and materials that work together, with teacher scripts, Black Line Masters, and methods for teaching.
Literacy Coaches & Tutors
Structured instruction without overwhelm or guesswork, providing long-term consistency and familiarity across grade levels.
Curious how the CRSL programs fit together?
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Watch Structured Literacy in action in the classroom
