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HERU Foundations

The first instructional portal of the HERU ecosystem. A comprehensive Structured Literacy platform that prepares students to enter the Rodriguez Text-Tagging Method (RTTM) comprehension framework.

Placement Assessment

Begin with a short placement screening to find the right starting stage.

The Adaptive Pathway

Stage 1

Sound Awareness

Phonological awareness — rhyming, syllables, sound matching, and auditory discrimination. The listening foundation for all later decoding.

Stage 2

Alphabet Mastery

Rapid, automatic letter-name and letter-sound recall in both isolated and sequence form, including letter formation.

Stage 3

Phonics

Systematic sound–symbol correspondence: blending and segmenting consonants, vowels, digraphs, blends, and common patterns.

Stage 4

Word Building

Morphological awareness — syllables, affixes, roots, and spelling generalizations — to read and spell multisyllabic words.

Stage 5

Reading Fluency

Accuracy, rate, and prosody at the phrase, sentence, and connected-text level with appropriate scaffolding.

Stage 6

Bridge to RTTM

Transition from foundational decoding into the comprehension demands of the Rodriguez Text-Tagging Method — sentence-level meaning, main idea, and basic RTTM entry skills.

Bridge to RTTM Readiness

Complete the Bridge to RTTM stage to unlock the HERU Reader comprehension pathway.

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Kojo, your instructional reading coach

Kojo guides students through every Foundations stage with adaptive prompts, sound-and-word support, and encouragement — then transitions seamlessly into the comprehension coaching role once RTTM begins.