Beginner Letter Sounds A to Z
Hear the sounds in words, then match every letter of the alphabet to its sound…
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Kindergarten
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Beginner First Sight Words
Learn the 40 little words that show up in almost every book, so early reading…
Beginner Blending CVC Words
Turn letter sounds into real words: blend consonant-vowel-consonant words like cat, pig, sun and bed.
Beginner Story Talk: Listening and Understanding
Build early comprehension through read-alouds: characters, setting, retelling, predicting and asking great questions.
Beginner Rhyming and Phonemic Awareness
Listening games that build the sound skills every reader needs: rhyming, syllables, first and last…
Grades 1-2
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Beginner Short Vowels and Word Families
Master all five short vowels and read whole word families like -at, -en, -ig, -op…
Beginner Digraphs and Consonant Blends
Read sh, ch, th, wh and ck, then blend two- and three-letter consonant clusters like…
Intermediate Long Vowels: Silent E and Vowel Teams
Learn when vowels say their names: magic silent e, ai and ay, ee and ea,…
Beginner Sight Words for Grades 1 and 2
Free starter: 80 more high-frequency words, taught in sound-linked sets with games and quick daily…
Beginner Spelling Basics for Grades 1 and 2
Spell by sound: segmenting words, short vowel rules, ck, the floss rule, silent e, plurals…
Intermediate Reading Fluency for Beginning Readers
Go from word-by-word reading to smooth, expressive reading with phrasing, punctuation and repeated reading.
Beginner R-Controlled Vowels and Diphthongs
Bossy R (ar, or, er, ir, ur) and sliding vowels (oi, oy, ou, ow, au,…
Grades 3-5
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Intermediate Big Words: Syllables and Advanced Phonics
Break long words into syllables, master r-controlled vowels and diphthongs, and decode words like fantastic…
Intermediate Spelling Patterns and Rules, Grades 3 to 5
The rules that make spelling predictable: doubling, drop the e, y to i, plurals, i…
Intermediate Reading Fluency and Expression, Grades 3 to 5
Read with pace, phrasing and expression: reader's theatre, poetry, dialogue and reading longer texts smoothly.
Intermediate Reading Comprehension Strategies, Grades 3 to 5
Free starter: the strategies strong readers use, from main idea and inference to summarizing and…
Intermediate Prefixes, Suffixes and Base Words
Grow vocabulary fast: un-, re-, dis-, pre-, mis-, -ful, -less, -able, -ly and more, with…
Intermediate Context Clues and Word Meaning
Figure out new words like a detective: definition, example, synonym and antonym clues, and multiple-meaning…
Intermediate Writing About Reading
Turn reading into clear writing: complete sentences, responses, book reviews, comparisons and short research answers.
Grades 6-8
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Advanced Reading Nonfiction and Informational Texts
Middle school reading skills: text structure, central idea, author's purpose, claims and evidence, and comparing…
Advanced Literary Analysis: Theme, Character and Point of View
Read stories and poems like a critic: plot structure, character, theme, point of view, figurative…
Advanced Greek and Latin Roots
Open up thousands of academic words: bio, graph, tele, port, rupt, dict, spect, struct and…
Advanced Advanced Spelling and Commonly Confused Words
Middle school spelling: homophones, commonly confused words, tricky suffix rules and proofreading.
Advanced Poetry and Figurative Language
Read and analyze poems: sound devices, imagery, figurative language, form, structure and speaker.
Advanced Test-Taking Reading Skills
Calm, smart strategies for reading tests: understanding question types, eliminating wrong answers, evidence questions, timing…