1st Grade:
- Handwriting review
- Decoding and reading words that follow the "floss" rule
- Encoding (spelling and writing) words that follow the "floss" rule
2nd Grade:
- Building words with the -ng and -nk pattern
- Marking words with the -ng and -nk pattern
- Decoding and reading words and sentences for meaning
- Lowercase cursive review
3rd Grade:
- Decoding and reading 1 syllable words with v_e.
- Charting nonsense words
- Encoding (spelling and writing) 1, 2, and 3 syllable/closed syllable words and 1 syllable v_e words
- Cursive practice lowercase t
- Introduction of the "closed" syllable type (where y is finally a vowel!) - a-acorn-/ā/, e-me-/ē/, i-hi-/ī/, o-no-/ō/, u-pupil-/ū/, u-flu-/oo/, y-cry-/ī/, y-baby/ē/
5th Grade:
- Reading passage-"April Fish, April Fools"
- Reading and comprehension strategies for fiction passages
- Vocabulary work with the "WordWeb" app for iPad