Theme-based reading lessons designed specifically for special schools.
Rockerbox Reading Ladders allows you to bring reading into the real world, with theme-based lessons teaching functional reading, oracy, and life skills alongside vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension.
Significantly reduce teacher workload.
Easy-to-follow lesson plans outline key learning objectives and criteria. Lesson packs are scaffolded 6 ways, including a level with Widgit symbols to support text.
Easily teach functional reading as part of your curriculum.
Every Rockerbox lesson plan includes a functional text where readers learn vocabulary in order to apply it in a hands-on activity, bringing reading into the real world.
Support ASDAN life skills development.
Every Rockerbox lesson plan includes life skills objectives that align with ASDAN’s Personal and Social development units, connecting reading to becoming confident and responsible individuals.
Get the flexibility you need.
Rockerbox reading lessons can be completed offline or online through the Rockerbox system. Lessons offer options for challenge level, communication style, and accessibility needs.
Set the same activity at 6 different levels, for reading ages 5-11.
Every Rockerbox lesson plan comes with all of the texts and activities scaffolded to 6 different levels. British accent read alouds and translation tools empower digital independence in our online reading environment.
Download ready-made colourful semantics resources.
We create additional resources to support colourful semantics on our quizzes so you don't have to! We also provide photographs and videos so you can teach background knowledge and explore a topic through different mediums.
The option for hands-on application gives reading meaning.
Every Rockerbox lesson includes the option for a hands-on activity. This could be anything from following written instructions for a recipe to writing a CV, bringing reading into the real world and encouraging social interaction whenever possible.
Meaningful insights support your teaching.
Every Rockerbox text is accompanied by a quiz, with questions shaped by Bloom's Taxonomy. Monitor progress over time with our easy-to-use teacher dashboards. Deep dive with Question Level Analysis.
