A comprehensive weekly plan and set of activities to master essential phonics patterns and high-frequency sight words.
A comprehensive phonics lesson introducing the 'ai' and 'ay' spellings for the long /ae/ sound, including tricky word practice and decodable reading.
A comprehensive week of instruction covering the introduction of ai and ay, multisensory practice, heart words, and connected text reading.
A guided reading lesson focused on how characters' actions and dialogue impact others' feelings, using the story of The Three Little Pigs.
Students will sequence three major events in a story using the signal words 'first', 'next', and 'last'.
Students will identify characters (who) and settings (where) in simple narratives using visual cues and foundational descriptive language.
A focused activity on identifying and distinguishing between vowels and consonants using the visual style of plastic reading rods.
Recognition and awards for students as they master each detective-themed phonics level.
Investigating vowel teams and their distinct sounds in multi-syllabic and complex words.
Cracking the code of the silent e and its effect on long vowel sounds.
Exploring complex trigraphs (tch, dge) and three-letter blends (str, spl) as high-level evidence.
Mastering consonant blends through investigative word work and center activities.
