Phonological Awareness
Segment phonemes (up to four phonemes) and identify medial short vowel sounds /ă/, /ŏ/.
Our Spectrum of Literacy
A Systematic Continuum of Early Literacy Development
This interactive Spectrum of Literacy is provided to summarize the skills, strategies, and processes that are systematically and explicitly taught in Flyleaf's Foundational Skills and Close Reading Teacher's Guide instruction. Click on any color band to preview a summary of that portion of our Scope & Sequences.
Emergent Reader Series
Reading Series One
Reading Series Two
Reading Series Three
Emergent Reader Series: Indigo
Foundational Skills
Target Letter-Sound Correspondences
/s/ spelled s
/m/ spelled m
/ă/ spelled a
/k/ spelled c
/n/ spelled n
/k/ spelled k, ck
/t/ spelled t
/p/ spelled p
/ŏ/ spelled o
High-Frequency Words
yes, I, and, like, you, all, we, a, on, see, in, to, is, it
Decoding
Read closed-syllable VC and CVC words; read contractions; read words with double consonants.
Decoding Strategy
Use sound-by-sound blending.
Print Concepts
Apply knowledge of punctuation, directionality, and one-to-one correspondence.
Morphology
Read words with inflectional endings -s, 's.
Close Reading
Comprehension Strategy
Make inferences; connect text and illustrations; make text-to-text connections; retell texts.
Vocabulary Strategy
Use context clues from the text and illustrations; activate background knowledge to identify unfamiliar words.
Vocabulary
Learn academic vocabulary and multiple-meaning words.
Fluency
Read with prosody, word stress, and pauses; reread texts to recognize words automatically.
Print Concepts
Identify the book cover, title, author, illustrator, and punctuation.
Genre Study
In fictional texts, name, identify, and describe the main characters and setting.
Text Features
Identify text title; read text with speech bubbles.
Oral Language
Listen to and speak with complex noun phrases, complete sentences, and descriptive language.
Response
Orally share responses and annotate texts.
Our Scope & Sequences
These documents provide book-by-book details of the early literacy skills, strategies, and processes that are systematically taught, applied, and assessed using our instructional materials.
Spectrum of Literacy
Our color-coded Spectrum of Literacy represents a continuum of early literacy development and makes a visual connection between our products and our Foundational Skills and Close Reading Scope & Sequences.
Emergent Reader Series
Grades pre-K, K & 1 or Intervention
Reading Series One
Grade 1 or Intervention
Reading Series Two
Grades 1 & 2 or Intervention
Reading Series Three
Grade 2 or Intervention
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