Research-Based Phonics Programs
Our progressive curriculum is aligned with Common Core Standards and designed to meet children at their developmental stage, guiding them to reading success through systematic phonics instruction.
Preschool
- Ages 3-4
Build foundational phonemic awareness through engaging activities that prepare children for reading success.
Learning Goals:
- Phonemic awareness development
- Letter recognition (uppercase & lowercase)
- Rhyming and sound patterns
- Print awareness concepts
Key Skills Developed:
- Recognizing and producing rhyming words
- Identifying beginning sounds in words
- Understanding that spoken words are made up of sounds
- Recognizing letters of the alphabet
Assessment Method:
Simple recognition tasks and verbal responses
Kindergarten
- Ages 5-6
Systematic phonics instruction focusing on CVC words and essential sight word recognition.
Learning Goals:
- Master letter-sound correspondences
- Decode CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words
- Recognize high-frequency sight words
- Develop reading fluency with simple texts
Key Skills Developed:
- Recognizing and producing rhyming words
- Identifying beginning sounds in words
- Understanding that spoken words are made up of sounds
- Recognizing letters of the alphabet
Assessment Method:
Word reading assessments and simple comprehension checks
1st Grade
- Ages 6-7
Advanced phonics patterns including blends, digraphs, and long vowels with reading fluency focus.
Learning Goals:
- Master consonant blends and digraphs
- Understand long and short vowel patterns
- Develop reading fluency and expression
- Build reading comprehension strategies
Key Skills Developed:
- Decoding words with blends (bl, cr, st, etc.)
- Reading words with long vowel patterns (CVCe, CVVC)
- Reading with appropriate rate and expression
- Answering literal comprehension questions
Assessment Method:
Fluency checks and comprehension assessments
2nd Grade
- Ages 7-8
Master multisyllabic words, morphology, and develop independent reading with text analysis skills.
Learning Goals:
- Decode multisyllabic words accurately
- Understand prefixes, suffixes, and root words
- Achieve grade-level reading fluency
- Analyze text structure and meaning
Key Skills Developed:
- Reading words with common prefixes and suffixes
- Identifying syllable patterns and word parts
- Reading grade-level text with 90+ accuracy
- Making inferences and connections in text
Assessment Method:
Advanced fluency measures and text analysis tasks
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