secondary:
Grades 6–12

ARC Accelerator® secondary is an intervention program designed to provide targeted instruction and practice for secondary students not yet reading on grade level.

ARC Accelerator's Approach

ARC's Secondary Accelerator keeps it simple: the right tools, the right moves, right when students need them. The goal of ARC Accelerator is to rapidly increase the complexity of text each student can read and understand on their own.

1

Teach all students high-utility skills/strategies for handling any text.

ARC Accelerator's Approach Step 1
2

Screen students for phonics and vocabulary gaps, and provide simple tools for teachers, students, and families to support growth and track progress.

ARC Accelerator's Approach Step 2
3

Provide explicit, systematic, and sequential instruction in the specific skills each reader needs.

ARC Accelerator's Approach Step 3
4

Ensure essential reading practice builds fluency, expands vocabulary, and grows background knowledge.

ARC Accelerator's Approach Step 4

ARC Accelerator is designed to provide targeted instruction and practice for secondary students who are not yet reading at grade level. Scripted, easy, and fast, it's perfect for your intervention, MTSS, or RTI space.

Daily Lesson Structure
5-10 minutesDo NowTeacher displays a focus task; students enter class and begin reading.
High-Utility
Skills/Strategy		Teacher introduces or reviews a skill, strategy, or habit essential for reading success.
15-30 minutesDifferentiated
Instruction		Teacher uses the IRLA and Toolkits to provide scripted intervention to groups based on shared phonics and/or vocabulary needs. Students participate in intervention groups and deliberate reading practice.
5–10 minutesAccountable
Talk		Students discuss how the high-utility skill/strategy applies to their reading as oral rehearsal for the Exit Ticket.
Exit TicketStudents log their reading and complete an Exit Ticket, demonstrating their current command of the high-utility skill/strategy.

Materials

Teacher Guide
IRLA Framework & Guide to IRLA Coaching with Multilingual Learners
arc accelerator
SchoolPace & ARC Reads Digital Logbook
1R ARC Accelerator | Secondary Hook Book Basket
2R ARC Accelerator | Secondary Hook Book Basket
Wt ARC Accelerator | Secondary Hook Book Basket
Bk ARC Accelerator | Secondary Hook Book Basket
Or ARC Accelerator | Secondary Hook Book Basket
Pu ARC Accelerator | Secondary Hook Book Basket
Accelerator Library
IRLA Toolkit for Secondary Grades 1R
IRLA Toolkit for Secondary Grades 2R
IRLA Toolkit for Secondary Grades Wt
IRLA Toolkit Or
IRLA Toolkits
Scope and Sequence of Lessons
Lessons
High-Utility Skill/Strategy
All Students
Differentiated Instruction
By IRLA Skill
1Text Complexity Matters
2Volume of Practice
3DecodingPhonics Screener
4Determining the Meaning of New WordsAcademic Vocabulary Screener
5Word Attack Strategies
6-11FluencyDetermine Instructional Groups Using IRLA Baseline Levels
12-15Context CluesBegin Targeted Instruction Using Toolkits
16-17Shades of Meaning

Accelerate Reading Growth*

Each student/group engages in sufficient reading practice and receives Toolkit instruction to accelerate reading growth as quickly as possible:

  • 1B–2B: Meet with daily.
  • 1R–2R: Meet with every other day.
  • Wt–Pu: Meet one or two times each week.
  • 1Br+: Meet with every other week.

Check in with each student regularly to monitor progress. Students working at:

  • 1R and below: Assess every 7–10 days.
  • 2R–Wt: Assess every 2–3 weeks.
  • Bk and above: Assess every 3–4 weeks.

Adjust intervention groups as students are ready for the next IRLA level.

86+
Scripted, Whole
Group Lessons
176
Differentiated
Skill Lessons
18-26Introduce to Morphology
27–35Word Parts as Clues
36-40Affixes as Clues
Science Success
41Domain-Specific Vocabulary
42-46Roots as Clues
47-62Science Expansion
Social Studies Success
71American History Time Line
72–87World History Time Line
73-82Denotation & Connotation
Genre Expansion
83Literary Elements
84-85What is Genre?
86+Developing Expertise in a New Genre
*This guidance can be adjusted based on number of students and intervention groups.

High-Utility Skill or Strategy Instruction
for All Students

Grounded in the Science of Reading, Accelerator supports middle and high school students in rapidly developing the skills needed for grade-level reading and beyond. Whole-class lessons pair clear, research-based instruction with studentfriendly resources to build essential, transferable skills—like understanding word roots and academic vocabulary that unlock complex texts across all content areas.

High-Utility Skill Image 1
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Differentiated Instruction
by IRLA Skill

Each Accelerator lesson delivers targeted, personalized instruction to meet students where they are. Focused small-group or one-on-one support helps close skill gaps efficiently, while meaningful practice solidifies learning and accelerates progress toward reading independence and academic success.

Differentiated Insruction Image 1
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