Lay a strong foundation for reading with Primary Phonics, a
solid and comprehensive reading program that provides options for pacing,
additional systematic practice, and reading comprehension. Components include
workbooks, storybooks, optional comprehension workbooks, supplemental practice
workbooks, and teacher guides. Teacher guides include lesson plans, pacing
information, pretests, and more.
Level K begins by teaching consonant sounds and includes cumulative review throughout, along with short printing practice (traditional lowercase) for each letter. Additional supplements include the Consonant Workbook for independent work after the consonant lessons, as well as the More Consonant Workbook with even more practice. Beginning in Level 1, color words are used frequently. If these are unfamiliar, consider the Color Workbook that teaches eight color words as sight words. The recommended Picture Dictionary uses picture-word matches rather than definitions for nearly 2,500 frequently-used words, including most words used in Primary Phonics, and is scheduled for practice in the Level K Teacher Guide.
Levels 1-6 include phonics and comprehension workbooks as well as a storybook set. The Teacher Guide lists components used in each lesson: workbooks, comprehension workbooks, and storybook pages. A separate teacher guide, Thinking About Mac and Tab, is available for comprehension practice and includes discussion questions for each story as well as an answer key to each level’s Thinking About Mac and Tab Comprehension Workbook.
Phonics topics taught per level:
Level 1: Short vowels, six common sight words, and basic color words
Level 2: Long vowels (a, i, o, u) and vowel diagraphs (ie, oe, ee, oa, ai, ea)
Level 3: Plurals, initial and final blends, compound words, two syllable words, and “are”
Level 4: Consonant diagraphs and 4-controlled vowels
Level 5: Additional vowel combinations, qu, three sounds of y, special sounds, and open syllables
Level 6: More plural sounds, two-syllable words, compound
words, soft c, soft g, and diphthongs gu, dge, ph, ie, oi, oy, ight, ow, and au
More Primary Phonics Workbooks and primary Phonics Storybooks are available at some levels to provide systematic practice if needed.
