Unit 1 – Language PrepThis unit covers an overview of the alphabet, capital versus lowercase letters, knowing left from right, the M sound and the short A sound, reading from left to right, and the sight words "we," "I," and "can." This unit introduces the career option of being a chef.Unit 2 – Language ReadinessThis unit discusses sorting objects, the phoneme blend M-Short A, the initial S and P sounds, and the sight words "are" and "for." This unit introduces the career option of being a scientist.Unit 3 – NounsThis unit discusses common nouns for people and animals, the five senses, the sight words "you," "and," "this," and "do," phoneme blending S and P sounds, the T sound, and a similar sound in a series of words. This unit introduces the career option of being a veterinarian.Unit 4 – More NounsThis unit covers common nouns for things and places, the short I sound, sorting short I sound pictures, phoneme blending of the short I and the T sound, rhyming words with the short A sound, plural nouns, and an introductory example of expository text. This lesson introduced the career option of being a pilot.Unit 5 – VerbsThis unit discusses verbs, including what verbs are and past tense verbs, examples of verbs in writing, the N sound, phoneme blending with the N sound, picture sorting the middle sounds A or I, picture sorting the initial and final N sound, and more expository text. This unit introduces the career option of being a musician.Unit 6 – More VerbsThis unit discusses the initial C sound; phoneme blending of C, N, and Short I; phoneme blending of short A, C, and N; sight words "what," "little," "a," "like," and "the;" using verbs; is and was; are and were; and sorting initial C sound pictures. This unit introduces the career option of firefighter.Unit 7 – SentencesThis unit discusses the short O sound; the initial F sound; picture sorting the short O sound, the O, C, P, and M sounds, and the F, T, and P sounds; what makes a sentence, phoneme blending F with short A or I; sight words "look" and "has;" writing complete sentences; and making a telling sentence. This unit introduces the career option of being an author.Unit 8 – More SentencesThis unit discusses the initial H, D, and R sounds, phoneme blending and picture sorting with D, H, and R sounds, writing and punctuating questions and exclamations, asking words, and the sight words "go" and "see." This unit introduces the career option of being an actor.Unit 9 – Writing PrepThis unit discusses prepositions, homonyms, the pronouns "you" and "I," sight words "to" and "have," initial L, B, and E sounds, and picture sorting and phoneme blending with B and L. This unit also introduces the career option of Archeology.Unit 10 – Tools for WritingThis unit discusses prefixes, suffixes, antonyms, the initial K sound, the final K, CK sound, the short U sound, picture sort with the B sound, picture sort with B, L, or short E, phoneme blending and picture sort with K and CK sounds. This unit introduces the career option of being a police officer.Unit 11 – Additional Writing PracticeThis unit discusses the related words, phoneme blending and picture sorting with the short U sound, more examples of expository text, using color words to describe objects, sight words "is," "play," "with," and "my," the initial W sound, and picture sorting K, U, and B sounds. This unit introduces the career option of being an artist.Unit 12 – Tools for ReadingThis unit discusses identifying characters and plot, the final X sound, initial V sound, the G sound, sight words "me," "where," picture sorting the G sound, picture sorting and phoneme blending with W and V sounds, picture sorting the G sound, picture sorting the final G and X sounds, and another example of expository writing. This unit introduces the career option of being a detective.Unit 13 – Storytelling SkillsThis unit discusses identifying setting, retelling a story, using illustrations, the initial J, Y, Z, and QU sounds, picture sorting J and Y sounds and QU and Z sounds, and the sight words "she" and "he." This unit introduces the career option of being a farmer.
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