About The Program

Grades K-6      

A Multisensory Curriculum for Teaching Reading, Spelling, and Handwriting

PAF is a comprehensive three-year program for teaching reading, writing and spelling in the primary grades using multisensory techniques.  PAF is designed to prevent reading failure in children with learning disabilities when begun in kindergarten or first grade.  But, it can also be used as an effective beginning reading program for all children and incorporates the reading practices supported by scientific research.

PAF Teacher Handbook  

The PAF Handbook is the key to the PAF program.  It is a detailed guide to using all the materials in a sequence of unified lessons.      

Features of the handbook include:
  • Clearly written, step-by-step instructions for teaching reading, spelling, and handwriting using multisensory techniques
  • A sequence of over 200 lessons that includes reading material for fluency and comprehension, as well as words and sentences for spelling instruction
  • Assessment tests to monitor progress


PAF Stepping Up Student Practice Books

The Stepping Up Student Practice Books provide word, phrase and sentence lists for developing word recognition, reading fluency and comprehension.  They are a critical component of PAF and can also be used as a fluency program in conjunction with any beginning reading program.


Merrill Readers

Eight decodable narrative and informational texts are coordinated with PAF lessons and Stepping Up Student Practice Books to develop fluency and comprehension. 

Merrill Skills Books

Each of the eight Merrill Readers has an accompanying Skills Book that provides additional practice with decodable text.  Comprehension skills include work on main idea and details, cause and effect and making inferences.   Mastery Tests are included for each level.


Order Now: Merrill Readers and Merrill Skills Books — Complete Set
To order a complete set of Merrill Readers and Merrill Skills Books visit McGraw-Hill Education at https://www.mheonline.com/program/view/1/1/102/0076020606


PAF Handwriting Program

Writing easily and legibly is possible for all students, even those with graphomotor weaknesses, by using these books for  print, numerals and cursive writing.   They are an important part of the PAF reading program and can also be used as a stand-alone classroom handwriting program.


Card Packs

Alphabet Picture Cards
 These cards contain illustrations of words corresponding to the sound of each letter and handwriting models for the upper and lower case print letters (7.5" x 9").


Keyword Picture Cards
These cards contain illustrations of words corresponding to the sounds of over 80 letter/sound associations, including vowel teams, consonant blends, silent letters and digraphs
(5.5" x 8.5").



Review Packs
Used for daily review, these cards contain phonograms, sight words, suffixes and homonyms.   Review Pack I is used with Levels 1-129 in the PAF sequence and Review Pack II is used with Levels 130-202.”(5" x 8").






Pocket Chart Alphabet Cards
This card pack contains two alphabet sets (vowels are color-coded) for teaching phonemic awareness, sound symbol associations, and spelling, and is used with a pocket chart (3" x 4").

Cursive Alphabet Picture Cards
Ideal for older and remedial readers! These cards contain handwriting models for the upper and lower case cursive letters with illustrations of words corresponding to the sound of each letter (5.5"x 8.5").

Cursive Wall Strip
 Upper - and lower-case cursive handwriting models (15' 2" x 6").

 

Program Overview

PAF

Teacher Instructions

Print and Numerals Cursive

Sample Lesson

Daily Lesson Sample

Research Paper

Research Paper