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Level 1

What's Taught in Level 1

Your student will learn encoding skills, reliable spelling rules, and multisensory strategies for spelling, along with exciting new concepts, including phonograms, consonant teams, segmenting, syllables, consonant blends, initial blends, final blends, and plurals. Phonological awareness and encoding skills are taught throughout Level 1. Below is a sampling in each area:

Encoding

Learn phonograms A-Z, plus TH, SH, CH, CK, NG, NK
Spell words with short vowel sounds containing new phonograms, such as bath, dog, cash, wing, and such
Spell words ending in FF, LL, and SS, as in cliff, will, and miss
Spell words with initial blends, as in frog and swim
Spell plural words with suffix s or es, such as cups and lunches
Spell compound words, such as cobweb and bathtub

Phonological Awareness

Learn techniques for syllable counting
Identify the first and last sounds in words
Segment words with two and three sounds

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Level 2

What's Taught in Level 2

In Level 2, your student will continue to learn encoding skills, reliable spelling rules, and multisensory strategies for spelling, along with exciting new concepts including 11 new phonograms, vowel teams, syllable division rules, Silent E and Vowel-Consonant-E words, blends, and R-controlled syllables. Phonological awareness and encoding skills are taught throughout Level 2. Below is a sampling in each area:

Encoding

Learn phonograms WH, EE, ER, AR, OR, OU, OY, OI, AW, AU, and OW
Spell one-syllable words ending in Y, such as fly
Spell words with I or O followed by two consonants, such as find or gold
Spell words with blends at beginning and end, such as twist
Spell words containing soft C and soft G, such as race and page
Spell words ending in the sound of /v/ and /u/, such as give and glue
Spell words containing the third sound of A and the third sound of U, such as wash and push
Spell Vowel-Consonant-E (VCE) words
Spell words with two closed syllables
Spell words with with open and closed syllables
Learn to pluralize words ending in Silent E