Educational Materials Based on Research
Explicit Instruction for the Modern Classroom.
EMBRS stands for Educational Materials Based on Research. We develop structured, explicit classroom instruction systems that empower educators and close student learning gaps through two flagship programs: EMBRS Reading and EMBRS Math.
EMBRS Reading
Grounded in the Science of Reading, our explicit, systematic approach empowers students to master foundational skills with genuine confidence and clarity.
EMBRS Math Coming Soon
A complete K-12 math curriculum built on direct instruction, interleaving, and the CRA framework to spark deep conceptual understanding and mastery.
EMBRS Overview
Explicit Instruction for the Modern Classroom.
A Reading Instruction System That Makes a Difference
Grounded in the Science of Reading, our explicit, systematic approach empowers students to master foundational skills with genuine confidence and clarity. Built perfectly for both intervention groups and whole class direct instruction.
- 349 Lesson Scope and Sequence
- Interactive Platform
- Science of Reading Approved
- Easy-to-deliver High Quality Instructional Material
A Curriculum Designed to Spark Understanding and Lead to Mastery Coming Soon
EMBRS Math is more than just a curriculum—it transforms math classrooms. Built on the latest educational research, our structured, direct-instruction approach helps students grasp complex concepts with clarity and confidence.
- 120 lessons per grade designed with the latest in educational research.
- Interactive Powerpoint slides with each lesson
- Auto-marked practice questions embedded in the slides
- Audio translations in 5 different languages.
- A.I. Marking Assistant auto-marks student pencil/paper tasks with weekly reports
What’s in an EMBRS Reading lesson?
What’s in an EMBRS Math lesson? Coming Soon
EMBRS Features Built Into Every Lesson
Learning Goals & Quick Review
Each lesson begins with an explicit naming of the skill mastered, followed by a Quick Review to build confidence and automaticity.
New Learning
New Learning is introduced slowly in bite-sized formats so students consolidate orthographic mapping skills while expanding vocabulary.
Decodable Me
A revolutionary decodable book creation tool that unlocks engaging stories perfectly matched to the student’s scope and sequence.
Speak the Words
Features a multi-sensory blending bar built-in, helping students form a physical connection to phonemes as they read their first words.
Drag the Words
Organizing jumbled words into logical sentences acts as the perfect scaffold from letter sounds to word reading and encoding.
Dictation
Building words sound-by-sound and letter-by-letter forges strong neural pathways required for instant, effortless word retrieval.
EMBRS Features Built Into Every Lesson Coming Soon
CRA Framework
Each concept is structured with a Concrete-Representational-Abstract framework for a true multi-sensory approach.
Interleaving
Structured year-long interleaving enhances retention by spiralling concepts leading to long-term mastery.
Instructional Loops
Our exclusive TEACH > TALK > TRY method adheres to Cognitive Load Theory and maximizes feedback opportunities.
Presenter Mode
Innovative Presenter Controls with built-in guidance make multi-step math lessons exceptionally easy to lead.
Capacity Building
Ready-to-use lessons increase teacher confidence and empower non-math specialists to become expert educators.
Translations
Multi-language learners benefit from embedded audio translations on every slide, ensuring equitable access for all.
Ask Us Anything
While many programs offer a manual or PDF, EMBRS is a fully integrated, interactive digital teaching platform. It seamlessly combines explicit teacher presentation, multi-sensory student practice, spelling dictation, and perfectly matched decodable texts into one zero-prep system.
Both are deeply rooted in the Science of Reading. However, EMBRS eliminates the need for manual prep by providing a dynamic digital platform. Features like interactive drag-and-drop activities, a built-in blending bar, and digital spelling tiles are integrated directly into your daily presentation slides.
Absolutely. Every component of our 349-lesson scope and sequence is built upon the National Reading Panel’s findings and evidence-based structured literacy practices, focusing heavily on phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.
Decodable Me is our built-in decodable reading experience. At the end of a lesson, students unlock engaging stories that are perfectly matched to their exact place in the scope and sequence. They will only ever encounter graphemes and words they have been explicitly taught to decode.
Yes. While EMBRS Reading acts as a powerful Tier 1 whole-class curriculum, its highly systematic, diagnostic nature makes it the perfect tool for targeted small-group or one-on-one MTSS interventions.
No. The instructional architecture and explicit presenter notes are built right into the platform. This “turn-key” design allows educators to deliver highly effective, research-backed lessons on day one with zero prep time.
We use a hybrid approach that maximizes efficiency. We leverage the explicit, systematic sequence of Orton-Gillingham while integrating the highly efficient phoneme-to-grapheme mapping strategies found in modern Speech-to-Print methodologies.
It is highly effective as a core curriculum for K-3 foundational reading, and serves as an incredibly powerful Tier 2 or 3 intervention tool for older students (Grades 4-8) who are missing critical decoding skills.
Yes, but we never rely on rote visual memorization. We teach high-frequency irregular words through orthographic mapping, explicitly pointing out the regular sounds while highlighting the irregular “heart” parts that must be learned by memory.
Decoding (reading) and encoding (spelling) are reciprocal skills. Every lesson bridges the two through dictated spelling and word-building activities using our interactive letter tiles, forging the neural pathways required for instant word retrieval.
Assessment is woven into the daily routine. The platform features quick formative checks built directly into the lesson flow, alongside broader benchmark assessments placed strategically throughout the scope and sequence to ensure long-term mastery.
Yes. We seamlessly integrate phonemic awareness into our lessons by pairing it with print. Students practice critical skills like blending, segmenting, substitution, and deletion while always connecting those sounds to letters, reinforcing grapheme-phoneme mapping.
Absolutely. As students progress into the advanced stages of the scope and sequence, we explicitly teach bases, prefixes, suffixes, and Greek/Latin roots. This equips them to decode multi-syllabic words and deepens their vocabulary comprehension.
Yes. Our platform includes a built-in handwriting tool that demonstrates proper stroke patterns. This allows teachers to explicitly model letter formation before students practice on their own, bridging the gap between digital instruction and physical handwriting.
A standard EMBRS Reading lesson takes roughly 30 to 40 minutes. It is highly modular, making it easy to fit into a standard whole-class literacy block or a shorter, focused MTSS intervention window.
The interactive presentation is digital to maximize engagement and minimize teacher prep. However, we provide robust printable companion materials, including decodable readers, practice sheets, and handwriting guides.
Because the program is explicitly systematic, cumulative, and aggressively multi-sensory (integrating visual, auditory, and kinesthetic elements), EMBRS serves as a gold-standard instructional tool for students with dyslexia.
Our on-screen blending bar acts as a multi-sensory scaffold. Students visually and audibly track sounds as they blend graphemes together, providing a physical connection that bridges the gap between isolated sounds and whole-word reading.
Yes. Every student receives a unique login to our dedicated companion app. They can reinforce skills, practice spelling, and read their personalized Decodable Me texts from any device at home.
Yes! While “Decodable Me” provides an engaging on-screen reading experience, we also provide a comprehensive library of standard, printable decodable passages. These are perfect for sending home for practice, running records, or offline in-class reading.
Absolutely. Because the exact instructional sequence and scripts are embedded directly into the presenter screen, a substitute teacher can step in and deliver a high-fidelity lesson with almost zero preparation.
Vocabulary is never left to chance. Every single word introduced in the program comes with a companion definition and explicit instructional strategies detailed right in the teaching guide, ensuring students understand the meaning of the words they decode.
Yes. As legislative mandates increasingly demand evidence-based, Science of Reading-aligned instruction, EMBRS provides a fully compliant, turn-key solution for school districts navigating these shifts.
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EMBRS Math moves away from frustrating “discovery learning” by providing a highly structured path to mastery. By blending explicit direct instruction, multi-sensory manipulatives, and daily interleaved review, students build genuine confidence and deep conceptual understanding.
Our Presenter Mode puts everything a teacher needs on screen. It features built-in presenter notes, clear pacing cues, and step-by-step animations that make leading multi-step, rigorous math lessons exceptionally easy, even for non-math specialists.
Every concept is introduced using the proven Concrete-Representational-Abstract framework. Students first explore math using physical manipulatives (Concrete), transition to visual drawings (Representational), and finally solve problems using standard numbers and algorithms (Abstract).
Traditional math programs teach a unit (like fractions) and then ignore it for months. EMBRS uses Interleaving—regularly spiraling older concepts into daily warm-ups. Research shows this drastically improves long-term retention and flexible problem-solving.
Our methodology is built on the TEACH > TALK > TRY loop. The teacher explicitly models a concept, students discuss it using mathematical language, and then they immediately try it. This adheres to Cognitive Load Theory and maximizes immediate feedback.
No, and that is a key strength of EMBRS. While math specialists will appreciate the rigorous pedagogical research, general educators will find that the built-in presenter notes and clear instructional loops help them lead high-level math instruction with total confidence.
Absolutely. The curriculum is designed to support all learners. Built-in “On-Ramps” seamlessly bridge gaps for students needing extra support, making it an incredibly effective tool for MTSS and tiered intervention.
On-Ramps provide just-in-time prerequisite support. If a student struggles with a new concept, the On-Ramp gives the teacher a pre-built, 5-minute mini-lesson to review the exact foundational skills needed to access that day’s main objective.
Advanced students utilize our embedded “Accelerators.” Instead of simply assigning more of the same busy work, Accelerators challenge students to apply the day’s core concept to highly rigorous, abstract problem-solving scenarios.
Supporting English Language Learners is a priority. Every student-facing slide, word problem, and activity includes an embedded, one-click audio translation in five major languages, ensuring equitable access to the mathematics.
We are building a cohesive, uninterrupted mathematical journey. EMBRS Math provides a fully mapped and continuous curriculum spanning from Kindergarten through Grade 12.
Yes. Fact fluency is systematically built into our daily interleaving and warm-up routines. We also incorporate focused, timed fluency checks to ensure students are developing the automaticity needed to free up working memory for complex problem-solving.
We reduce cognitive overload by removing the guesswork. By providing low-floor/high-ceiling entry points, explicit vocabulary instruction, and highly predictable lesson structures, students feel safe taking risks when tackling difficult concepts.
To guarantee the highest level of instructional fidelity and structural consistency, the core lesson slides are locked. However, teachers have full access to robust presentation tools (like digital ink and highlighters) to differentiate live instruction on the fly.
Our curriculum is meticulously designed to meet and exceed major educational standards, offering tailored pacing guides and specific alignments for both the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the Ontario Mathematics Curriculum.
Digital manipulatives are embedded directly into the presentation slides for teacher modeling. We also provide clear, lesson-by-lesson guidance on exactly which physical manipulatives students should use at their desks during the “Concrete” phase of learning.
Yes. Each grade level is mapped out into 120 strategic, interconnected lessons. This allows ample time in a 180-day school year for review days, benchmark assessments, and unexpected school events without the stress of falling behind.
Yes. The “TALK” portion of our instructional loop mandates peer-to-peer discourse. Students are prompted to explain their reasoning, respectfully critique others, and articulate their mathematical thinking out loud using precise vocabulary.
Comprehensive assessment is native to the platform. Teachers have access to daily formative checks, mid-unit quizzes, and summative benchmark assessments, all designed to closely mirror standardized testing formats to prepare students for success.
Word problems aren’t treated as an afterthought at the end of a unit. Contextual scenarios and math stories form the “Hook” of almost every lesson, teaching students how to pull mathematics out of real-world situations from day one.
Yes, extending learning beyond the classroom is a core part of the system. Students receive secure access to our digital platform, allowing them to review key concepts and complete interactive practice assignments at home.
Following the “TEACH” and “TALK” portions of the lesson, the “TRY” phase engages students in scaffolded independent practice. Students use paper and pencil to answer strategically sequenced questions that feature embedded checks for understanding, consolidating the day’s learning.
EMBRS Math is currently in active development and extensive pilot testing in real classrooms. Join our early-access waitlist today to receive timeline updates, launch news, and exclusive previews.
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