Letter Launchpad

A foundational early literacy unit designed for struggling Kindergarten and 1st-grade readers. This 4-lesson sequence introduces the distinct properties of vowels and consonants using color-coded letters (red vowels, blue consonants), tactile tracing paths, and visual scaffolds. Students apply their learning using hands-on sorting task cards and highly visual decodable mini-books.

HCHeather Cortez

Sound Launch

An introduction to vowels and consonants using the 'Red and Blue' visual rule. Students learn that vowels make open, loud sounds (red) and consonants make closed or blocked sounds (blue), focusing on letters A, M, S, and T.

Short A Safari

Focuses on the short vowel 'a' and blending it with consonant helpers (m, s, t, p, n) to read simple VC and CVC words using color-coded tactile cards and visual mapping.

Short I Investigators

Introduces short vowel 'i', contrasting its sound with short 'a' using red-coded vowels, and guides students to blend CVC words with consonants p, n, t, and d.

Short O Outpost

Introduces short vowel 'o' and contrasts it with 'a' and 'i'. Students build, sort, and read CVC words using hands-on word-building task cards and read a multi-vowel decodable mini-book.