Overview
Grade K Quality Review Summary
Rubric Section | Quality Rating |
- Intentional Instructional Design
| 0 / 52 |
- Progress Monitoring
| 2 / 28 |
- Supports for All Learners
| 2 / 30 |
- Phonics Rule Compliance
| 5 / 36 |
- Foundational Skills
| 25 / 129 |
Strengths
- No strengths in this material
Challenges
- 1.1 Course-Level Design: Materials do not include a scope and sequence outlining TEKS, suggested pacing, explanations for unit order, guidance for lesson internalization, or resources to support administrators and instructional coaches.
- 1.2 Unit-Level Design: Materials do not include comprehensive unit overviews with background content knowledge and academic vocabulary, nor do they provide family support suggestions in both Spanish and English.
- 1.3 Lesson-Level Design: Materials do not include comprehensive, structured lesson plans with daily objectives, questions, tasks, required materials, instructional assessments, suggested timing, a list of necessary teacher and student materials, nor guidance for extended practice.
- 2.1 Instructional Assessments: Materials do not include a variety of instructional assessments at the unit and lesson levels, do not define their purposes, lack teacher guidance for consistent administration, are not aligned to TEKS and objectives, nor include standards-aligned items at varying levels of complexity.
- 2.2 Data Analysis and Progress Monitoring: Materials do not include instructional assessments with scoring guidance, do not provide strategies for responding to student performance trends, nor offer tools for students to track their own progress and growth.
- 3.1 Differentiation and Scaffolds: Materials do not include teacher guidance for differentiated instruction, do not provide scaffolded lessons for students below proficiency, lack pre-teaching supports for unfamiliar vocabulary, nor offer enrichment activities for students who have demonstrated proficiency.
- 3.2 Instructional Methods: Materials do not include prompts or guidance for explicit modeling and communication of concepts, lack recommendations for effective lesson delivery using various instructional approaches, and do not support multiple types of practice or provide guidance on implementation structures.
- 3.3 Support for Emergent Bilingual Students: Materials do not include implementation guidance for state-approved bilingual/ESL programs, lack embedded teacher support for developing academic vocabulary and comprehension, nor provide opportunities for metalinguistic transfer in dual language immersion programs.
- 4.1 Explicit (Direct) and Systematic Phonics Instruction: Materials do not include systematic, sequenced phonics instruction, lack daily opportunities for explicit practice, do not provide phonics skills practice in isolation or through decodable texts, nor offer cumulative review of previously taught skills.
- 4.2 Daily Instructional Sequence and Routines: Materials do not include daily lessons with explicit instruction and teacher modeling, lack opportunities for guided instruction with immediate corrective feedback, nor provide varied opportunities for collaborative learning and independent practice.
- 4.3 Ongoing Practice Opportunities: Materials do not include intentional cumulative review or practice activities, do not focus on explicitly taught phonics skills, lack decodable texts incorporating cumulative practice, nor provide opportunities for practice in both isolation and connected text.
- 4.4 Assessment: Materials do not include a variety of developmentally appropriate assessment tools, lack clear directions for accurate administration, do not provide progress monitoring tools that measure students' acquisition of grade-level phonics skills, nor offer assessment opportunities aligned to these tools throughout the school year.
- 4.5 Progress Monitoring and Student Support: Materials do not include data-management tools for tracking individual or whole-class progress, lack specific guidance on determining progress monitoring frequency, nor provide strategies for accelerating learning based on data to reach mastery of concepts.
- 5.B.1 Oral Language Development: Materials do not include explicit or systematic instructional guidance on developing oral language, lack opportunities for social and academic communication, nor provide authentic opportunities in Spanish for active listening, discussion, and idea-sharing.
- 5.C.1 Alphabet Knowledge: Materials do not include a systematic sequence authentic to Spanish for introducing letter names and sounds, lack guidance for explicit instruction in letter identification and formation, nor provide a variety of activities in Spanish for practicing and reinforcing alphabet knowledge.
- 5.C.2 Letter-Sound Correspondence: Materials do not explicitly or systematically introduce letter-sound relationships in Spanish, lack guidance for explicit instruction with feedback on common errors, nor provide a variety of activities to practice and reinforce decoding skills in either isolated or connected text.
- 5.D.1 Phonological Awareness: Materials do not include a systematic and authentic Spanish sequence for introducing phonological awareness activities aligned with grade-level TEKS, lack explicit instruction with feedback on common errors, nor provide a variety of activities to practice and reinforce these skills.
- 5.D.2 Phonemic Awareness: Materials do not include a systematic and authentic Spanish sequence for introducing phonemic awareness activities, lack explicit instruction with feedback on common errors, do not offer guidance on connecting phonemic awareness to the alphabetic principle, nor provide a variety of activities to practice and reinforce these skills.
- 5.E.1 Sound-Spelling Patterns: Materials do not include a systematic sequence for introducing grade-level sound-spelling patterns, lack explicit instruction guidance, nor provide a variety of activities in Spanish to develop, practice, and reinforce these patterns, failing to support decoding and encoding both in isolation and connected text.
- 5.E.2 Decoding and Encoding One-Syllable or Multisyllabic Words including Diphthongs, Hiatus, and Word Types: Materials do not include a systematic sequence for decoding and encoding multisyllabic words, lack explicit instruction guidance in Spanish on syllable division principles, nor provide a variety of activities to practice and reinforce these skills in either isolation or connected text.
Summary
Ono Learning is a Spanish Phonics, K-Grade 3 program that meets 12% of alignment with the IMRA rubric for Kindergarten. The Método Onomatopéyico includes culturally relevant poems, songs, and chants such as Trabalenguas and Rethalias, which are intended to develop oral language and support students in phonics practice through music and movement. Additionally, the program includes routines designed to support word study, mechanics, and punctuation through El Dictado, where the teacher reads words or short phrases, and students write.
Campus and district instructional leaders should consider the following:
- Lessons within the Ono Learning program do not include explicit guidance, scripts, and directions for teacher delivery and structured implementation practices for whole-group and small-group instruction. Additionally, the Kindergarten phonics materials include materials with many errors. For example, Kindergarten rhyming cards in Spanish include words such as "botas" and "pelota", resulting in student misconceptions of foundational phonics concepts. The program would require novice and veteran teachers to determine how to use the materials best to support emergent bilingual students in phonics acquisition. It would require extensive planning time to review materials for accuracy.
- The program does not include a sequence or a continuum to support the teacher in teaching phonics according to research-based practices for Spanish phonics acquisition for Kindergarten. While the program consists of resources to support rhyming and syllable manipulation, the teacher or instructional leaders must determine in what order the materials will be taught to support foundational phonics development.
Grade 1 Quality Review Summary
Rubric Section | Quality Rating |
- Intentional Instructional Design
| 0 / 52 |
- Progress Monitoring
| 2 / 28 |
- Supports for All Learners
| 2 / 30 |
- Phonics Rule Compliance
| 5 / 36 |
- Foundational Skills
| 16 / 124 |
Strengths
- No strengths in this material.
Challenges
- 1.1 Course-Level Design: Materials do not include a scope and sequence outlining TEKS, suggested pacing, explanations for unit order, guidance for lesson internalization, or resources to support administrators and instructional coaches.
- 1.2 Unit-Level Design: Materials do not include comprehensive unit overviews with background content knowledge and academic vocabulary, nor do they provide family support suggestions in both Spanish and English.
- 1.3 Lesson-Level Design: Materials do not include comprehensive, structured lesson plans with daily objectives, questions, tasks, required materials, instructional assessments, suggested timing, a list of necessary teacher and student materials, nor guidance for extended practice.
- 2.1 Instructional Assessments: Materials do not include a variety of instructional assessments at the unit and lesson levels, do not define their purposes, lack teacher guidance for consistent administration, are not aligned to TEKS and objectives, nor include standards-aligned items at varying levels of complexity.
- 2.2 Data Analysis and Progress Monitoring: Materials do not include instructional assessments with scoring guidance, do not provide strategies for responding to student performance trends, nor offer tools for students to track their own progress and growth.
- 3.1 Differentiation and Scaffolds: Materials do not include teacher guidance for differentiated instruction, do not provide scaffolded lessons for students below proficiency, lack pre-teaching supports for unfamiliar vocabulary, nor offer enrichment activities for students who have demonstrated proficiency.
- 3.2 Instructional Methods: Materials do not include prompts or guidance for explicit modeling and communication of concepts, lack recommendations for effective lesson delivery using various instructional approaches, and do not support multiple types of practice or provide guidance on implementation structures.
- 3.3 Support for Emergent Bilingual Students: Materials do not include implementation guidance for state-approved bilingual/ESL programs, lack embedded teacher support for developing academic vocabulary and comprehension, nor provide opportunities for metalinguistic transfer in dual language immersion programs.
- 4.1 Explicit (Direct) and Systematic Phonics Instruction: Materials do not include systematic, sequenced phonics instruction, lack daily opportunities for explicit practice, do not provide phonics skills practice in isolation or through decodable texts, nor offer cumulative review of previously taught skills.
- 4.2 Daily Instructional Sequence and Routines: Materials do not include daily lessons with explicit instruction and teacher modeling, lack opportunities for guided instruction with immediate corrective feedback, nor provide varied opportunities for collaborative learning and independent practice.
- 4.3 Ongoing Practice Opportunities: Materials do not include intentional cumulative review or practice activities, do not focus on explicitly taught phonics skills, lack decodable texts incorporating cumulative practice, nor provide opportunities for practice in both isolation and connected text.
- 4.4 Assessment: Materials do not include a variety of developmentally appropriate assessment tools, lack clear directions for accurate administration, do not provide progress monitoring tools that measure students' acquisition of grade-level phonics skills, nor offer assessment opportunities aligned to these tools throughout the school year.
- 4.5 Progress Monitoring and Student Support: Materials do not include data-management tools for tracking individual or whole-class progress, lack specific guidance on determining progress monitoring frequency, nor provide strategies for accelerating learning based on data to reach mastery of concepts.
- 5.B.1 Oral Language Development: Materials do not include explicit or systematic instructional guidance on developing oral language, lack opportunities for social and academic communication, nor provide authentic opportunities in Spanish for active listening, discussion, and idea-sharing.
- 5.C.2 Letter-Sound Correspondence: Materials do not explicitly or systematically introduce letter-sound relationships in Spanish, lack guidance for explicit instruction with feedback on common errors, nor provide a variety of activities to practice and reinforce decoding skills in either isolated or connected text.
- 5.D.1 Phonological Awareness: Materials do not include a systematic and authentic Spanish sequence for introducing phonological awareness activities aligned with grade-level TEKS, lack explicit instruction with feedback on common errors, nor provide a variety of activities to practice and reinforce these skills.
- 5.D.2 Phonemic Awareness: Materials do not include a systematic and authentic Spanish sequence for introducing phonemic awareness activities, lack explicit instruction with feedback on common errors, do not offer guidance on connecting phonemic awareness to the alphabetic principle, nor provide a variety of activities to practice and reinforce these skills.
- 5.E.1 Sound-Spelling Patterns: Materials do not include a systematic sequence for introducing grade-level sound-spelling patterns, lack explicit instruction guidance, nor provide a variety of activities in Spanish to develop, practice, and reinforce these patterns, failing to support decoding and encoding both in isolation and connected text.
- 5.E.2 Decoding and Encoding One-Syllable or Multisyllabic Words including Diphthongs, Hiatus, and Word Types: Materials do not include a systematic sequence for decoding and encoding multisyllabic words, lack explicit instruction guidance in Spanish on syllable division principles, nor provide a variety of activities to practice and reinforce these skills in either isolation or connected text.
- 5.E.3 Morphological Awareness: Materials do not include a systematic sequence for introducing grade-level morphemes, lack explicit instruction guidance in Spanish for recognizing and using morphemes to support decoding, encoding, and comprehension, nor provide a variety of activities to practice and reinforce these skills in either isolation or connected text.
Summary
Ono Learning is a Spanish Phonics program for K–3 that meets 9% alignment with the High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) Rubric in Grade 1. The Método Onomatopéyico includes culturally relevant poems, songs, and chants such as Trabalenguas and Rethalias, which are intended to develop oral language and support students in phonics practice through music and movement. Additionally, the program includes routines designed to support word study, mechanics, and punctuation through El Dictado, in which the teacher reads words or short phrases and students write.
Campus and district instructional leaders should consider the following:
- Materials include a misalignment to the TEKS for grade 1 that would be evident when engaged in instructional walks. Materials in grade 1 include similar and identical lessons found in Kindergarten, grade 2, and Grade 3, which do not support differentiation and alignment to the grade-level Spanish Language Arts TEKS for phonics instruction. The lessons for grade 1 would need to be adjusted and adapted to meet the needs of emergent bilingual students according to the state standards and learning outcomes.
- The materials need more opportunities for progress monitoring to assess student progress and address common misconceptions. Purchase of this program would result in the need for campus or district creation of checks for understanding and assessments through a separate system or platform to track student growth and progress.
Grade 2 Quality Review Summary
Rubric Section | Quality Rating |
- Intentional Instructional Design
| 0 / 52 |
- Progress Monitoring
| 2 / 28 |
- Supports for All Learners
| 2 / 30 |
- Phonics Rule Compliance
| 5 / 36 |
- Foundational Skills
| 10 / 99 |
Strengths
- No strengths in this material.
Challenges
- 1.1 Course-Level Design: Materials do not include a scope and sequence outlining TEKS, suggested pacing, explanations for unit order, guidance for lesson internalization, or resources to support administrators and instructional coaches.
- 1.2 Unit-Level Design: Materials do not include comprehensive unit overviews with background content knowledge and academic vocabulary, nor do they provide family support suggestions in both Spanish and English.
- 1.3 Lesson-Level Design: Materials do not include comprehensive, structured lesson plans with daily objectives, questions, tasks, required materials, instructional assessments, suggested timing, a list of necessary teacher and student materials, nor guidance for extended practice.
- 2.1 Instructional Assessments: Materials do not include a variety of instructional assessments at the unit and lesson levels, do not define their purposes, lack teacher guidance for consistent administration, are not aligned to TEKS and objectives, nor include standards-aligned items at varying levels of complexity.
- 2.2 Data Analysis and Progress Monitoring: Materials do not include instructional assessments with scoring guidance, do not provide strategies for responding to student performance trends, nor offer tools for students to track their own progress and growth.
- 3.1 Differentiation and Scaffolds: Materials do not include teacher guidance for differentiated instruction, do not provide scaffolded lessons for students below proficiency, lack pre-teaching supports for unfamiliar vocabulary, nor offer enrichment activities for students who have demonstrated proficiency.
- 3.2 Instructional Methods: Materials do not include prompts or guidance for explicit modeling and communication of concepts, lack recommendations for effective lesson delivery using various instructional approaches, and do not support multiple types of practice or provide guidance on implementation structures.
- 3.3 Support for Emergent Bilingual Students: Materials do not include implementation guidance for state-approved bilingual/ESL programs, lack embedded teacher support for developing academic vocabulary and comprehension, nor provide opportunities for metalinguistic transfer in dual language immersion programs.
- 4.1 Explicit (Direct) and Systematic Phonics Instruction: Materials do not include systematic, sequenced phonics instruction, lack daily opportunities for explicit practice, do not provide phonics skills practice in isolation or through decodable texts, nor offer cumulative review of previously taught skills.
- 4.2 Daily Instructional Sequence and Routines: Materials do not include daily lessons with explicit instruction and teacher modeling, lack opportunities for guided instruction with immediate corrective feedback, nor provide varied opportunities for collaborative learning and independent practice.
- 4.3 Ongoing Practice Opportunities: Materials do not include intentional cumulative review or practice activities, do not focus on explicitly taught phonics skills, lack decodable texts incorporating cumulative practice, nor provide opportunities for practice in both isolation and connected text.
- 4.4 Assessment: Materials do not include a variety of developmentally appropriate assessment tools, lack clear directions for accurate administration, do not provide progress monitoring tools that measure students' acquisition of grade-level phonics skills, nor offer assessment opportunities aligned to these tools throughout the school year.
- 4.5 Progress Monitoring and Student Support: Materials do not include data-management tools for tracking individual or whole-class progress, lack specific guidance on determining progress monitoring frequency, nor provide strategies for accelerating learning based on data to reach mastery of concepts.
- 5.B.1 Oral Language Development: Materials do not include explicit or systematic instructional guidance on developing oral language, lack opportunities for social and academic communication, nor provide authentic opportunities in Spanish for active listening, discussion, and idea-sharing.
- 5.C.2 Letter-Sound Correspondence: Materials do not explicitly or systematically introduce letter-sound relationships in Spanish, lack guidance for explicit instruction with feedback on common errors, nor provide a variety of activities to practice and reinforce decoding skills in either isolated or connected text.
- 5.E.1 Sound-Spelling Patterns: Materials do not include a systematic sequence for introducing grade-level sound-spelling patterns, lack explicit instruction guidance, nor provide a variety of activities in Spanish to develop, practice, and reinforce these patterns, failing to support decoding and encoding both in isolation and connected text.
- 5.E.2 Decoding and Encoding One-Syllable or Multisyllabic Words including Diphthongs, Hiatus, and Word Types: Materials do not include a systematic sequence for decoding and encoding multisyllabic words, lack explicit instruction guidance in Spanish on syllable division principles, nor provide a variety of activities to practice and reinforce these skills in either isolation or connected text.
Summary
Ono Learning is a Spanish Phonics program for K–3 that meets 8% alignment with the High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) Rubric in Grade 2. The Método Onomatopéyico includes culturally relevant poems, songs, and chants such as Trabalenguas and Rethalias, which are intended to develop oral language and support students in phonics practice through music and movement. Additionally, the program includes routines designed to support word study, mechanics, and punctuation through El Dictado, in which the teacher reads words or short phrases and students write.
Campus and district instructional leaders should consider the following:
- The program does not include a scope and sequence or guidance for when the materials are to be implemented throughout the year to ensure proper pacing and adherence to the TEKS for grade 2 phonics instruction. Campus or district leaders would need to create a pacing calendar to provide clear guidance for the implementation timeline of each product component.
- Materials include trademark words and phrases such as "onogramas", "onemas", and "onofonos" that do not allow students to use and develop the academic language used in phonics instruction, including fonemas and homófonos. This practice does not support emergent bilingual populations in the acquisition of academic vocabulary.
Grade 3 Quality Review Summary
Rubric Section | Quality Rating |
- Intentional Instructional Design
| 0 / 52 |
- Progress Monitoring
| 2 / 28 |
- Supports for All Learners
| 2 / 30 |
- Phonics Rule Compliance
| 5 / 36 |
- Foundational Skills
| 10 / 125 |
Strengths
- No strengths in this material
Challenges
- 1.1 Course-Level Design: Materials do not include a scope and sequence outlining TEKS, suggested pacing, explanations for unit order, guidance for lesson internalization, or resources to support administrators and instructional coaches.
- 1.2 Unit-Level Design: Materials do not include comprehensive unit overviews with background content knowledge and academic vocabulary, nor do they provide family support suggestions in both Spanish and English.
- 1.3 Lesson-Level Design: Materials do not include comprehensive, structured lesson plans with daily objectives, questions, tasks, required materials, instructional assessments, suggested timing, a list of necessary teacher and student materials, nor guidance for extended practice.
- 2.1 Instructional Assessments: Materials do not include a variety of instructional assessments at the unit and lesson levels, do not define their purposes, lack teacher guidance for consistent administration, are not aligned to TEKS and objectives, nor include standards-aligned items at varying levels of complexity.
- 2.2 Data Analysis and Progress Monitoring: Materials do not include instructional assessments with scoring guidance, do not provide strategies for responding to student performance trends, nor offer tools for students to track their own progress and growth.
- 3.1 Differentiation and Scaffolds: Materials do not include teacher guidance for differentiated instruction, do not provide scaffolded lessons for students below proficiency, lack pre-teaching supports for unfamiliar vocabulary, nor offer enrichment activities for students who have demonstrated proficiency.
- 3.2 Instructional Methods: Materials do not include prompts or guidance for explicit modeling and communication of concepts, lack recommendations for effective lesson delivery using various instructional approaches, and do not support multiple types of practice or provide guidance on implementation structures.
- 3.3 Support for Emergent Bilingual Students: Materials do not include implementation guidance for state-approved bilingual/ESL programs, lack embedded teacher support for developing academic vocabulary and comprehension, nor provide opportunities for metalinguistic transfer in dual language immersion programs.
- 4.1 Explicit (Direct) and Systematic Phonics Instruction: Materials do not include systematic, sequenced phonics instruction, lack daily opportunities for explicit practice, do not provide phonics skills practice in isolation or through decodable texts, nor offer cumulative review of previously taught skills.
- 4.2 Daily Instructional Sequence and Routines: Materials do not include daily lessons with explicit instruction and teacher modeling, lack opportunities for guided instruction with immediate corrective feedback, nor provide varied opportunities for collaborative learning and independent practice.
- 4.3 Ongoing Practice Opportunities: Materials do not include intentional cumulative review or practice activities, do not focus on explicitly taught phonics skills, lack decodable texts incorporating cumulative practice, nor provide opportunities for practice in both isolation and connected text.
- 4.4 Assessment: Materials do not include a variety of developmentally appropriate assessment tools, lack clear directions for accurate administration, do not provide progress monitoring tools that measure students' acquisition of grade-level phonics skills, nor offer assessment opportunities aligned to these tools throughout the school year.
- 4.5 Progress Monitoring and Student Support: Materials do not include data-management tools for tracking individual or whole-class progress, lack specific guidance on determining progress monitoring frequency, nor provide strategies for accelerating learning based on data to reach mastery of concepts.
- 5.B.1 Oral Language Development: Materials do not include explicit or systematic instructional guidance on developing oral language, lack opportunities for social and academic communication, nor provide authentic opportunities in Spanish for active listening, discussion, and idea-sharing.
- 5.C.2 Letter-Sound Correspondence: Materials do not explicitly or systematically introduce letter-sound relationships in Spanish, lack guidance for explicit instruction with feedback on common errors, nor provide a variety of activities to practice and reinforce decoding skills in either isolated or connected text.
- 5.E.1 Sound-Spelling Patterns: Materials do not include a systematic sequence for introducing grade-level sound-spelling patterns, lack explicit instruction guidance, nor provide a variety of activities in Spanish to develop, practice, and reinforce these patterns, failing to support decoding and encoding both in isolation and connected text.
- 5.E.2 Decoding and Encoding One-Syllable or Multisyllabic Words including Diphthongs, Hiatus, and Word Types: Materials do not include a systematic sequence for decoding and encoding multisyllabic words, lack explicit instruction guidance in Spanish on syllable division principles, nor provide a variety of activities to practice and reinforce these skills in either isolation or connected text.
Summary
Ono Learning is a Spanish Phonics program for K–3 that meets 7% alignment with the High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) Rubric in grade 3. The Método Onomatopéyico includes culturally relevant poems, songs, and chants such as Trabalenguas and Rethalias, which are intended to develop oral language and support students in phonics practice through music and movement. Additionally, the program includes routines designed to support word study, mechanics, and punctuation through El Dictado, in which the teacher reads words or short phrases and students write.
Campus and district instructional leaders should consider the following:
- Of the four grade levels in the Ono Learning program, grade 3 has the fewest teacher and student resources, and many materials are aligned with Kindergarten and Grade 1 foundational skills. For example, materials include resources to support instruction of letter-sound correspondence and provide visual examples of students in Pre-Kindergarten engaged with sound cards. Ono Learning resources are misaligned with the TEKS for grade 3 and would result in a loss of student achievement as grade 3 skills are not addressed.
- Lessons include minimal directions for teachers to implement instruction effectively and ask students to complete tasks before receiving direct instruction. Several resources also include no teacher implementation directions to support student understanding of grade 3 phonics skills. Teachers or instructional leaders would need extensive planning time to create lesson plans and pacing documents using the materials provided.