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LEVEL 7A
LEVEL 6A
LEVEL 5A
LEVEL 4A
LEVEL 3A
LEVEL 2A
LEVEL AI
LEVEL AII
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LEVEL BI
LEVEL BII
LEVEL CI
LEVEL CII
LEVEL DI
LEVEL DII
LEVEL EI
LEVEL EII
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LEVEL F
LEVEL G
LEVEL H
LEVEL I
LEVEL J
LEVEL K
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LEVEL: 7A
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DESCRIPTION:
Enjoyable “look, listen and repeat” exercise and colorful illustrations help beginning readers build a sight
word vocabulary and make the connection between spoken and written language.
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ACTIVITY:
- Familiar Words
- Familiar Words Review
- Word Stories
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LEVEL: 6A
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DESCRIPTION:
Students continue to build a sight word vocabulary, adding longer phrases
and more advanced words. Students recite familiar words from memory in
preparation for phonics study.
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ACTIVITY:
- Vocabulary Review
- Simple Phrases
- Familiar Sentence Structure
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LEVEL: 5A
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DESCRIPTION:
Phonics exercises help students learn individual letter sounds and consonant-short
vowel combinations. Students increase concentration, improve hand-eye
coordination, and develop writing skills.
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ACTIVITY:
- Letter Tracing - single consonants, short vowels
- Sound Parts - single consonant, single short vowel combinations
- Word Tracing
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LEVEL: 4A
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DESCRIPTION:
More sound parts, including consonant clusters, are introduced. Students
trace words and begin freehand letter writing by filling in missing letters
within word. These exercises help develop students’ spelling skills.
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ACTIVITY:
- Familiar Letter Combinations –double consonants, consonant clusters
- Rhyming Skills
- Sentence Tracing
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LEVEL: 3A
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DESCRIPTION:
Students develop greater pencil control by writing properly proportioned
and spaced letters within box guidelines. Exercised focusing on syllables
help students read longer words. Spelling skills and reading comprehension
are also developed.
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ACTIVITY:
- Spelling Patterns – vowel-vowel combinations, long vowel
- Take the Tail – Letter sound review
- Syllables
- Sentence Copying
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LEVEL: 2A
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DESCRIPTION:
Students identify nouns, verbs and adjectives, and use them within sentences.
Students learn the singular and plural forms of nouns and verbs, and the
comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.
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ACTIVITY:
- Sound – Part Puzzle
- Function of Words
- Reading Aloud
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LEVEL: AI
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DESCRIPTION:
Students study the structure of simple sentences and learn expressions
which convey attitude or intention, such as “can”, “must”,
“may” and “should”. Students learn to write negative
sentences, questions and sentences using the past tense.
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ACTIVITY:
- Simple Sentences – subjects, predicates
- Basic Expressions
- Story 1
- Making Short Sentences
- Vocabulary Review
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LEVEL: AII
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DESCRIPTION:
Through reading stories and answering questions, students improve reading
comprehension and writing skills. Punctuation, spelling and capitalizations
are also solidified. Students learn to recognize a sequence of thoughts
developed within a short paragraph.
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ACTIVITY:
- Writing from Memory
- Sentence Topics
- Thought Sequence
- Vocabulary Review
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LEVEL: BI
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DESCRIPTION:
Students refine their ability to identify subject and predicate in longer
sentences containing modifiers such as adjectives and adverbs. Students
conjugate irregular verbs, as well as study pronouns, prepositions and
irregular plurals of nouns.
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ACTIVITY:
- Subject and Predicate
- Expressions in the Past
- Modifiers
- Making Statements
- Vocabulary Review
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LEVEL: BII
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DESCRIPTION:
Students learn to define words using context clues in the stories; to identify main ideas
within the story as a whole; and to compare and contrast actions, characters and information
a passage.
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ACTIVITY:
- Defining Words
- Identifying Ideas
- Comparing and Contrasting
- Vocabulary Review
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LEVEL: CI
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DESCRIPTION:
Students refine their ability to identify subjects, verbs and objects, and learn how to conjugate
the future, progressive and perfect tenses. Students continue studying punctuation. Students begin
writing complete sentences independently.
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ACTIVITY:
- Parts of a Sentence
- Expressions of Language
- Constructing Sentences Independently
- Vocabulary Review
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LEVEL: CII
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DESCRIPTION:
Students learn to construct and respond to questions using who, what, where, when, why and
how; to interpret information in charts; to organize information from passages into a chart
format and to write answers independently.
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ACTIVITY:
- Elements of Statements
- Organizing Information
- Synthesizing Ideas
- Vocabulary Review
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LEVEL: DI
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DESCRIPTION:
Students focus on combining simple sentences to create compound and complex sentences. In
this level, students learn to identify a statement as a unit of thought in exercises that
ask them to extract statements from paragraphs.
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ACTIVITY:
- Combining Sentences
- Statements from Paragraphs
- Vocabulary Review
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LEVEL: DII
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DESCRIPTION:
Students learn to identify the topic and main idea of paragraphs, as well as supporting
statements and details within a paragraph. Students develop a better understanding of the
relationship between paragraphs.
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ACTIVITY:
- Topic
- Main Idea
- Understanding Paragraphs
- Vocabulary Review
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LEVEL: EI
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DESCRIPTION:
Students learn complex sentences by studying different clauses, as well as direct and indirect
speech. They also continue to study a paragraph's main idea. Students learn to analyze paragraphs
by organizing main ideas and important points into diagrams and charts.
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ACTIVITY:
- Clauses
- Graphing and Charting
- Vocabulary Review
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LEVEL: EII
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DESCRIPTION:
Students learn to identify the sequence of events, imagery and description in a passage.
Underlining exercises further develop students' reading comprehension. Students also learn
logical reasoning ability and how events in a passage effect a certain result.
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ACTIVITY:
- Sequence and Imagery
- Underlining
- Reason and Result
- Vocabulary Review
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LEVEL: F
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DESCRIPTION:
Paraphrasing and concision show students how to combine, condense and rewrite information
found in a reading passage. The ability to identify the main topic and elements of a
paragraph is emphasized and practiced. Vocabulary exercises also assist students in
paraphrasing.
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ACTIVITY:
- Sentence Analysis
- Paraphrasing
- Definition
- Concision
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LEVEL: G
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DESCRIPTION:
Students learn to condense important information from a passage into a summary one third of
the length od the original passage. Students are formally introduced to story elements such
as plot, character and setting.
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ACTIVITY:
- Point Making
- Theme
- Story Elements
- Summary
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LEVEL: H
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DESCRIPTION:
Students develop greater sensitivity to author's use of descriptive language. Summation
exercises help students focus specific points within passages. Vocabulary exercises
introduce Greek and Latin suffixes, prefixes and roots.
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ACTIVITY:
- Fact and Opinion
- Passage Organization
- Interpretation of Language
- Summation
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LEVEL: I
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DESCRIPTION:
Students analyze the persuasive writing style found in speeches, advertisements and political
documents. They also learn the components and strategies of the more formal "argument". The
level concludes with a study of précis, the most complex form of summary.
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ACTIVITY:
- Persuasion
- Argument
- Description
- Précis
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LEVEL: J
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DESCRIPTION:
With exercises focusing on structure, theme and character, students are introduced to a
closer reading of text than in previous levels. Students develop an understanding of how a
writer's intentions are reflected in various aspects of the work under consideration.
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ACTIVITY:
- An Introduction to Critical Reading
- Passage Structure
- Character Analysis
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LEVEL: K
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DESCRIPTION:
Students deepen their understanding of the elements of literature, such as plot, setting
atmosphere, irony and comedy, to improve their ability to read critically. Students also
enhance their ability to read critically by writing comments about excerpts of novels poetry
and plays.
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ACTIVITY:
- Plot
- Setting and Atmosphere
- Irony
- Comedy
- Content Evaluation
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