Level K (Kindergarten)

Focus on introducing the foundations of print and sound.
Students learn:

• All letters: name, keyword, and sound

• How to hold a pencil and form letters correctly

• Identifying and producing rhyming words

• Counting and blending sounds to make words

• Separating words into individual sounds (beginning, middle, end)

• Reading and spelling simple consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words (ex: cat, map, fun)

Instruction is playful and interactive, helping students build readiness and confidence as beginning readers.

Level 1 (Grade 1)

Students begin applying more consistent phonics patterns to reading and writing.
Students learn:

• Digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh, ck)

• Bonus letters (ff, ll, ss)

• Blends (st, bl, cr, etc.)

• Welded sounds (am, all, ing, ang, ong, ung)

• Short and long vowel patterns

• Spelling and reading increasing high-frequency words

• Building fluency by reading connected text and short stories

Students begin to shift from simply identifying sounds to using them to decode and spell independently.

Level 2 (Grade 2)

Reading and spelling become more complex as students work with longer and more varied words.
Students learn:

• More vowel teams (ai, oa, ee, ie, oi, ou, aw, etc.)

• R-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur)

• Syllable types and how syllables affect vowel sounds

• Adding endings (-s, -es, -ed, -ing)

• Spelling rules (when to double a letter, drop the e, etc.)

• Increased reading fluency and expression

Students practice applying these skills in longer sentences and connected text to strengthen accuracy and comprehension.

Level 3 (Grades 3 & 4)

Students move from “learning to read” toward “reading to learn.”
This level focuses on applying phonics skills to multisyllabic and more complex words.

Students learn:

• Reading and spelling multisyllabic words using syllable division

• Advanced vowel patterns and spelling rules

• Prefixes and suffixes (un-, re-, -ment, -ful, -tion, etc.)

• Silent letter combinations (kn, wr, -tch, -dge)

• Strategies for independent word solving and self-correction

• Reading with stronger fluency, pacing, and expression

At this stage, students are developing accuracy, efficiency, and confidence in reading grade-level text.