ALPHABET KNOWLEDGE: A VITAL STEP IN LEARNING TO READ

Letter Learning

Lessons help readers identify letters, sounds, and words using pictures that allow them to explore the world around them.

• Explicitly teaches each letter’s name, sound, and form

• Develops graphemephoneme correspondences

• Provides the foundation for hearing sounds in words and recognizing words to decode

Meaning Making Connected Text

Lessons target specific story elements, helping students practice recall of the text while strengthening connections between letters, words, and ideas.

• Strengthens children’s attention to story element

• Develops their oral language as they discuss the stories

• Centers on a socialemotional habit that connects to the plot

Each student letter book is built with connected text, providing students with systematic letter and phonics patterns.

• Includes a mix of target letter-sound words, decodable words, sight words, and story words

• Stories with characters, settings, and plots that drive students’ thoughts and discussions

• Shared reading opportunities to get children to attend to print, letters, words, and ideas