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In mainstream K-3 classrooms using Reading Horizons Discovery, the Flex model is not likely used, unless students are engaged in an after-school program. In K-3 intervention settings, however, the Flex model may be used by Reading Horizons Discovery teachers who are collaborating and streamlining instruction between different instructional settings, specifically instruction between the Special Education teachers and the mainstream classroom teachers. The Flex model would more likely be found to be part of the middle school and high school curriculum of which Reading Horizons Elevate is a part. A La Carte Model The A La Carte model refers to a course that a student takes online while attending a brick-and-mortar school. This model is the most common type of blended learning employed at the high school level. Online courses, such as foreign language classes that are not offered at the brick-and-mortar school, are taken by high school students during study hall or after school. Although there is no face-to-face component associated with the online course, this approach is considered a blended learning model because students are engaged in a blend of both online learning and brick-and-mortar schooling. (See Figure 7.) FIGURE 7 A LA CARTE MODEL Adapted from Horn and Staker, 2015 15

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