![]() Some of these are repeated daily other concepts are incorporated on various days each week. Weekly lesson components include: phonemic awareness, sound-spelling/blending, high-frequency words, reading connected text, word sorts, dictation, word building, print concepts, word study, independent practice, cumulative review, writing extension, and cumulative assessment. Instructional words are provided (scripted) and activities are described in a straight-forward manner. These steps repeat through the various days with a weekly pattern. Each day provides simple steps with the amount of time needed for each. It’s a wraparound book which means there are reduced copies of the student pages with all the teaching information you need provided “around the edges.” This support material is extensive but even more importantly it is understandable. Day in, day out, the lesson plans are there to support you and provide exactly what you need when you need it. There’s simply no other way to describe it. ![]() Embedded review and repetition encourages mastery plus there is a focus on movement into real reading and writing rather than only isolated skill work. Identifying and incorporating seven characteristics of strong phonics instruction, the author’s goal is to lay a very solid educational foundation. But (and this is an important “but”), that aspect is not overwhelming and the teacher instructions are well designed and easy to follow. The program is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and incorporates its terminology.
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