The Hallway Teacher’s Materials

The Hallway is a comprehensive reading intervention for middle and high school students who have reading and writing difficulties. The Hallway reinforces foundational reading skills within the context of engaging informational text and compelling narrative fiction. Comprehension is enhanced through written responses, summaries, and expository writing (reports). The program is fun and effective.

 

$985.00

Details:
2026 / Teacher's kit contains program guide, teacher guides (4 volumes), map, posters, teacher flashcards, assessments, short videos, and one set of student materials
ISBN:
978-1-59909-116-7
SKU:
116-7
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Authors:
  • Marilyn Sprick
  • Barb Robillard
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Description

The Hallway Teacher’s Materials include everything one teacher or instructor needs to teach The Hallway—Program Guide, Teacher’s Guides (four volumes, with two levels per volume), map, posters, downloadable reproducible materials (including in-program assessments), short informational videos (for students), teacher training videos, and one set of student materials.

WHO IS THE HALLWAY APPROPRIATE FOR?

Middle and High School Struggling Readers (grades 7 through 12 and adults)

  • General education intervention students
  • Special education students
  • Students with dyslexia

Entry Level: 70 to 125 WCPM on a seventh-grade passage; approximately a 3rd to 6th grade reading level

In The Hallway, students study health and social studies topics that are woven into a new fictional quest.

  • Word Recognition is reinforced with encoding, decoding, and morphemes.
  • Fluency: Accuracy, prosody, and rate continue to be built through scientifically based procedures.
  • Vocabulary: Vocabulary is built through explicit instruction and application in writing.
  • Comprehension: Strategies follow recommendations from IES practice guides.
  • Writing in Response to Reading: Students learn to summarize narrative and informational text and write expository reports.
  • Motivation: Motivation is built through sophisticated content and a compelling fiction story.

LEARN MORE
Visit TheThirdQuest.com, or click here to request a free web meeting to learn more about this comprehensive reading intervention and whether it’s a match for your students, schedules, and staffing.

“Hands-down, the most effective curriculum I have had the privilege of implementing.”  –Interventionist, WI

  • Marilyn Sprick

    Marilyn Sprick has been a general education teacher, special education teacher, and Title I learning specialist. As an educational consultant, Marilyn has provided training in literacy, curriculum adaptation, and collaborative instruction for thousands of teachers throughout the United States and Canada. Marilyn’s focus is on scaffolding and differentiating curriculum, explicit instruction, motivating students, and diagnostic prescriptive teaching. She is well respected for her ability to inspire teachers and translate research into classroom practice. As a literacy expert, Marilyn is the lead author of Read Well K-2 (a scientifically based early reading program) and The Third Quest—a reading intervention for adolescent struggling readers. Marilyn is also author of “Preintervention 2: Assessing and Adjusting Academic Support” in Early-Stage Interventions and a coauthor of Meaningful Work; The Tough Kid On-Task in a Box, part of the Tough Kid series; SMART Kids, a social skills curriculum for grades K-1; and First Step NEXT, a Tier 2 behavioral intervention for young children.

  • Barb Robillard

    Barb Robillard is a career educator with a passion for teaching all students to read well. For 30 years, Barb taught in general education classrooms and worked as an intervention teacher. As a consultant for Closing the Achievement Gap and Read to Achieve, as a Reading First Coach, and now as an intervention specialist with Ancora Publishing, Barb provides support to staff members who wish to give students and families the tools they need to help every child succeed. Barb’s success with intervention students provides a special connection with other educators who love teaching and helping students move forward with confidence and enthusiasm. Barb is a coauthor of The Parallel Universe.