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Foundational Reading

Decoding, phonics, phonological awareness, spelling, syllabication, and automatic word recognition.

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Topics organized by available grade level

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Main Topic

Grade 1

Decoding and Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Decoding unfamiliar words

Phonics

Subtopics and Skills

Consonant blends
Long vowels and silent-e patterns
Short vowels

Phonological Awareness

Subtopics and Skills

Phonemes and phonemic awareness

Spelling and Encoding

Subtopics and Skills

Spelling patterns and word lists

Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Fry word lists
Sight words

Main Topic

Grade 2

Alphabet Knowledge

Subtopics and Skills

English alphabet and letter recognition
Letter names and alphabet sequence

Consonant blends and digraphs

Subtopics and Skills

Complete the sentence with a three-letter consonant blend word
Complete the word with a three-letter consonant blend
Complete the word with the correct digraph: ch, sh, th
Complete the word with the correct digraph: ph, qu, wh
Complete the word with the correct final consonant blend
Complete the word with the correct initial consonant blend
Complete the words with silent letters
Sort by initial consonant blend or digraph
Spell the digraph word: ch, sh, th
Spell the digraph word: ph, qu, wh
Spell the word with a consonant blend

Consonant-l-e

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the correct spelling of the consonant-l-e word
Complete the consonant-l-e words
Spell the consonant-l-e word

Diphthongs: oi, oy, ou, ow

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the diphthong sentence that matches the picture
Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture
Complete the word with the correct diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow

Long vowel patterns

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the words with a given long vowel
Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay
Spell the long e word: ee, ea
Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y
Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow
Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew

Phonics

Subtopics and Skills

Consonant blends
Long vowels and silent-e patterns
Short vowels

R-controlled vowels

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the r-control sentence that matches the picture
Choose the r-control word that matches the picture
Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur
Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur

Rhyming

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the picture that rhymes with the word
Complete the poem with a word that rhymes
Complete the rhyme
Spell rhyming words to answer riddles
Which word does not rhyme?

Short and long vowel patterns

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the short i or long i word that matches the picture
Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture
Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture
Complete the sentence with the correct -ild, -ind, -old, -olt or -ost word
Is the syllable open or closed?
Match the short a and long a words to pictures
Match the short e and long e words to pictures
Sort short and long vowel words
Spell words with open and closed syllables
Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words

Short vowels

Subtopics and Skills

Complete the word with the correct short vowel
Spell the short a word
Spell the short e word
Spell the short i word
Spell the short o word
Spell the short u word

Sight words

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the sight word that you hear
Complete the sentence with the correct sight word
Spell the sight word

Silent e

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the silent e word that matches the picture
Complete the silent e words
Spell the silent e word

Soft g and c

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the soft g or soft c sentence that matches the picture
Pick the soft g or soft c word that matches the picture
Sort soft and hard g words and soft and hard c words
Spell the soft g or soft c word

Spelling and Encoding

Subtopics and Skills

Spelling patterns and word lists

Syllabication

Subtopics and Skills

Counting and dividing syllables

Syllables

Subtopics and Skills

How many syllables does the word have?
Sort by the number of syllables

Two-syllable words

Subtopics and Skills

Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word
Complete the two-syllable words
Put two syllables together to create a word: easier
Put two syllables together to create a word: harder

Variant vowels

Subtopics and Skills

Complete words with variant vowels
Which word has a different vowel sound?

Vowel teams

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word
Choose the vowel team sentence that matches the picture
Complete the vowel team words
Complete the word with the correct vowel team

Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Fry word lists
Sight words

Word Structure

Subtopics and Skills

Compound words

Main Topic

Grade 3

Alphabet Knowledge

Subtopics and Skills

Letter names and alphabet sequence

Blends

Subtopics and Skills

Complete the word with a three-letter consonant blend

Decoding and Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Decoding unfamiliar words

Diphthongs and r vowel patterns

Subtopics and Skills

Spell words with r vowel patterns
Spell words with vowel diphthong patterns

Irregular words

Subtopics and Skills

Spell the sight word

Multisyllabic words

Subtopics and Skills

Spell consonant-l-e words
Spell words with open and closed syllables

Phonics

Subtopics and Skills

Consonant blends
Long vowels and silent-e patterns
Short vowels

Short and long vowels

Subtopics and Skills

Spell rhyming words to answer riddles
Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay, ea, ey, eigh
Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y, igh, ind, ild
Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow, old, ost, olt
Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui
Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words

Spelling and Encoding

Subtopics and Skills

Double consonants
Spelling patterns and word lists

Syllabication

Subtopics and Skills

Counting and dividing syllables

Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Fry word lists
High-frequency words
Sight words

Word Structure

Subtopics and Skills

Compound words
Multisyllabic words

Main Topic

Grade 4

Alphabet Knowledge

Subtopics and Skills

English alphabet and letter recognition

Decoding and Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Decoding unfamiliar words

Phonics

Subtopics and Skills

Consonant blends
Consonant digraphs and trigraphs
Long vowels and silent-e patterns
Open and closed syllables
Short vowels

Phonological Awareness

Subtopics and Skills

Phonemes and phonemic awareness
Rhyming words

Spelling and Encoding

Subtopics and Skills

Spelling patterns and word lists

Syllabication

Subtopics and Skills

Counting and dividing syllables

Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Fry word lists
High-frequency words
Sight words

Word Structure

Subtopics and Skills

Compound words
Multisyllabic words
Words with silent letters

Main Topic

Grade 5

Alphabet Knowledge

Subtopics and Skills

English alphabet and letter recognition

Decoding and Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Decoding unfamiliar words

Phonics

Subtopics and Skills

Consonant blends
Long vowels and silent-e patterns
Short vowels

Phonological Awareness

Subtopics and Skills

Rhyming words

Spelling and Encoding

Subtopics and Skills

Spelling patterns and word lists

Syllabication

Subtopics and Skills

Counting and dividing syllables

Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Fry word lists
High-frequency words
Sight words

Word Structure

Subtopics and Skills

Compound words
Multisyllabic words
Words with silent letters

Main Topic

Grade 6

Alphabet Knowledge

Subtopics and Skills

Letter names and alphabet sequence

Phonics

Subtopics and Skills

Consonant blends
Long vowels and silent-e patterns
Short vowels
Soft c and soft g

Phonological Awareness

Subtopics and Skills

Rhyming words

Spelling and Encoding

Subtopics and Skills

Double consonants
Spelling patterns and word lists

Syllabication

Subtopics and Skills

Counting and dividing syllables

Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Fry word lists
Sight words

Word Structure

Subtopics and Skills

Compound words
Multisyllabic words
Words with silent letters

Main Topic

Grade 7

Phonics

Subtopics and Skills

Consonant blends
Long vowels and silent-e patterns
Short vowels

Spelling and Encoding

Subtopics and Skills

Double consonants
Spelling patterns and word lists

Syllabication

Subtopics and Skills

Counting and dividing syllables

Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Fry word lists
Sight words

Word Structure

Subtopics and Skills

Multisyllabic words
Words with silent letters

Main Topic

Grade 8

Phonics

Subtopics and Skills

Consonant blends

Spelling and Encoding

Subtopics and Skills

Spelling patterns and word lists

Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Fry word lists
High-frequency words
Sight words

Word Structure

Subtopics and Skills

Compound words
Words with silent letters

Main Topic

Grade 9

Alphabet Knowledge

Subtopics and Skills

English alphabet and letter recognition

Decoding and Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Decoding unfamiliar words

Phonics

Subtopics and Skills

Consonant blends
Consonant digraphs and trigraphs
Long vowels and silent-e patterns
Open and closed syllables
Short vowels

Phonological Awareness

Subtopics and Skills

Rhyming words

Spelling and Encoding

Subtopics and Skills

Double consonants
Spelling patterns and word lists

Syllabication

Subtopics and Skills

Counting and dividing syllables

Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Fry word lists
High-frequency words
Sight words

Word Structure

Subtopics and Skills

Compound words
Multisyllabic words
Words with silent letters

Main Topic

Grade 10

Phonics

Subtopics and Skills

Consonant blends
Long vowels and silent-e patterns

Phonological Awareness

Subtopics and Skills

Phonemes and phonemic awareness

Spelling and Encoding

Subtopics and Skills

Double consonants
Spelling patterns and word lists

Syllabication

Subtopics and Skills

Counting and dividing syllables

Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Sight words

Word Structure

Subtopics and Skills

Compound words
Words with silent letters

Main Topic

Grade 11

Alphabet Knowledge

Subtopics and Skills

Letter names and alphabet sequence

Decoding and Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Decoding unfamiliar words

Phonics

Subtopics and Skills

Consonant blends

Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Fry word lists
High-frequency words
Sight words

Main Topic

Grade 12

Spelling and Encoding

Subtopics and Skills

Spelling patterns and word lists

Main Topic

Grade 2

Alphabet Knowledge

Subtopics and Skills

English alphabet and letter recognition
Letter names and alphabet sequence

Consonant blends and digraphs

Subtopics and Skills

Complete the sentence with a three-letter consonant blend word
Complete the word with a three-letter consonant blend
Complete the word with the correct digraph: ch, sh, th
Complete the word with the correct digraph: ph, qu, wh
Complete the word with the correct final consonant blend
Complete the word with the correct initial consonant blend
Complete the words with silent letters
Sort by initial consonant blend or digraph
Spell the digraph word: ch, sh, th
Spell the digraph word: ph, qu, wh
Spell the word with a consonant blend

Consonant-l-e

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the correct spelling of the consonant-l-e word
Complete the consonant-l-e words
Spell the consonant-l-e word

Diphthongs: oi, oy, ou, ow

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the diphthong sentence that matches the picture
Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture
Complete the word with the correct diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow

Long vowel patterns

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the words with a given long vowel
Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay
Spell the long e word: ee, ea
Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y
Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow
Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew

Phonics

Subtopics and Skills

Consonant blends
Long vowels and silent-e patterns
Short vowels

R-controlled vowels

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the r-control sentence that matches the picture
Choose the r-control word that matches the picture
Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur
Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur

Rhyming

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the picture that rhymes with the word
Complete the poem with a word that rhymes
Complete the rhyme
Spell rhyming words to answer riddles
Which word does not rhyme?

Short and long vowel patterns

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the short i or long i word that matches the picture
Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture
Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture
Complete the sentence with the correct -ild, -ind, -old, -olt or -ost word
Is the syllable open or closed?
Match the short a and long a words to pictures
Match the short e and long e words to pictures
Sort short and long vowel words
Spell words with open and closed syllables
Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words

Short vowels

Subtopics and Skills

Complete the word with the correct short vowel
Spell the short a word
Spell the short e word
Spell the short i word
Spell the short o word
Spell the short u word

Sight words

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the sight word that you hear
Complete the sentence with the correct sight word
Spell the sight word

Silent e

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the silent e word that matches the picture
Complete the silent e words
Spell the silent e word

Soft g and c

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the soft g or soft c sentence that matches the picture
Pick the soft g or soft c word that matches the picture
Sort soft and hard g words and soft and hard c words
Spell the soft g or soft c word

Spelling and Encoding

Subtopics and Skills

Spelling patterns and word lists

Syllabication

Subtopics and Skills

Counting and dividing syllables

Syllables

Subtopics and Skills

How many syllables does the word have?
Sort by the number of syllables

Two-syllable words

Subtopics and Skills

Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word
Complete the two-syllable words
Put two syllables together to create a word: easier
Put two syllables together to create a word: harder

Variant vowels

Subtopics and Skills

Complete words with variant vowels
Which word has a different vowel sound?

Vowel teams

Subtopics and Skills

Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word
Choose the vowel team sentence that matches the picture
Complete the vowel team words
Complete the word with the correct vowel team

Word Recognition

Subtopics and Skills

Fry word lists
Sight words

Word Structure

Subtopics and Skills

Compound words