What will my student learn in Level 1?
Phonological Awareness
Learn techniques for syllable counting
Isolate sounds in three- and four-letter words
Practice phonemic substitution
Decoding (Phonics)
Learn phonograms A-Z, plus TH, SH, CH, CK, NG, NK
Read short vowel words containing the new phonograms, such as man, set, pup, quack, class, bench,trunk, king,and gasp
Read words ending in FF, LL, and SS, as in hill and kiss
Read words with initial blends, as in step and flag
Read words with final blends, as in next and lost
Decoding (Structural Analysis)
Read plural words with suffix s or es, such as pigs and lunches
Read compound words, such as windmill
Vocabulary
Discuss new words in the context of the story and one’s own life
Connect new words to familiar words
Fluency
Read with accuracy
Read with meaningful expression
Read with natural phrasing
Comprehension
Connect text to own experiences
Understand dialogue
Give and discuss opinions
Set a purpose for reading
2nd. Edition Changes
Four new lessons in the Teacher’s Manual and over 100 pages of new teaching material
Over 150 additional pages in the activity book including 30 new activities and 52 new Warm-Up Sheets
Seventeen all-new, fully decodable stories