Im Not Sure Which LA My Young Student Needs — Whats the Difference Between the First Three Language Arts Programs?
Basic Phonics Basic Phonics begins as if the student does not know anything about the alphabet or any of the sounds, yet does not move so slowly that a student would be bored if he knew some of the sounds. Basic Phonics covers all the sounds of the alphabet, all the vowel sounds (short, long and additional) and, at the end of the year, covers some of the two-letter sounds such as ai, and sh, etc. By the end of the year, the student will be reading three to five letter words, or even reading easy sentences, depending on the motivation of the student. Advanced Kindergarten Advanced K starts just as the student has learned most of his phonics sounds and is ready to start putting together and reading three-letter words such as mat, set, and kit. The readers support this goal, and the phonics cards and instruction continue to introduce and reinforce more advanced letter combinations such as ea, ch, tch, and so on. By the end of the year, the student will be reading short paragraphs from eas
