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READING PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

• A research based program with a built-in teaching guide.

• Aligned with national and state standards.

LEVEL 1

¨ Distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters.

¨ Gain critical thinking skills and knowledge of shapes and colors.

¨ Identify the sound of each alphabet.

¨ Recognize and produce a word that begins with a specific letter.

¨ Enhance oral vocabulary and handwriting.

LEVEL 2

¨ Produce and recognize rhymes.

¨ Match print to speech.

¨ Identify, blend, and segment individual phonemes (sounds) in simple and complex words.

¨ Decode irregular words.

¨ Recognize high frequency words.

¨ Create, read, and write sentences.

LEVEL 3

¨ Identify the sounds of consonant and vowel digraphs in a printed word.

¨ Decode r-controlled vowels.

¨ Differentiate between synonyms and antonyms. 

¨ Identify common words, irregular words, compound words, and contractions.

¨ Recognize base words and inflectional endings.

¨ Distinguish between Informational, persuasive, and entertaining text.

LEVEL 4

¨ Decode vowel diphthongs and difficult word patterns.

¨ Identify irregularly spelled words.

¨ Recognize common abbreviations.

¨ Identify and correctly use regular and irregular plurals.

¨ Develop comprehension through context clues, critical thinking, sequencing, and cause and effect.