Pair upper and lowercase letters
Name the highlighted letter with an adult. Compare its lowercase form to the four capital-letter choices.
About 10 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 1Words on a Page and Middle Vowels
Apply pair upper and lowercase letters, count words by spaces, hear a middle vowel, find sentence-ending punctuation using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin
- Recognize a few letters; an adult reads every direction.
Choose by skill rather than age alone. Read with an adult when useful, revisit a lesson, or explore another grade.
Follow the lesson sequence
Count words by spaces
Point to each group of letters once. Move past a space before counting the next group.
About 10 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 2Hear a middle vowel
An adult models the word. Stretch its three sounds and repeat the middle sound before choosing its comparison word.
About 10 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 3Find sentence-ending punctuation
Look at the far right of the sentence. Name the mark, then listen as an adult reads the sentence with suitable expression.
About 10 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 4Review and transfer
After the lessons, try 4 new review cases and a practical task. Each answer has an explanation and a link back to the related lesson.
Open the unit reviewGuest answers are temporary. Keep your own paper or document; this unit does not certify completion or record a school grade.
Topic references
- Common Core State Standards ELA topic references; not certified alignment: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1 — Words on a Page and Middle Vowels
- Common Core State Standards ELA topic references; not certified alignment: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3 — Words on a Page and Middle Vowels
These references informed the topic selection. They do not certify complete standards alignment.