A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n
Child Opportunities and K-3
to grasp and master the alphabetic principle in reading and writing
kindergarten instruction
- practice with the sound structure of words
- recognition and production of letters
first grade instruction
- explicit instruction and practice with sound structures that lead to phonemic awareness, spelling-sound correspondences/common spelling conventions and their use, and ?sight? recognition of frequent words