These free, downloadable resources were created to support the Essentials curriculum.
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To evaluate curriculum, you need to know what skills are taught. A scope and sequence is like the nutrition label for curriculum.
With three differentiated levels of spelling analysis and vocabulary instruction in each unit, use this assessment to determine the best level for your students. It will also determine if students need to begin with the Pre-Lessons or if they are ready to jump into Unit 1. Essentials Pre-Lessons include a short course to strengthen blending and segmenting skills, learn the sounds of a-z, and teach systematic handwriting.
Practice all the phonograms from Essentials with Denise Eide! These videos are perfect for adding an interactive component or extra practice to your phonics lessons.
Join the author of Uncovering the Logic of English, Denise Eide, as she brings you spelling analysis videos from the Essentials curriculum!
Spelling Analysis for Levels A and B are free on Youtube.
Spelling Analysis for Level C is found online in Essentials Online.
Adding the Essentials Online can enhance your students’ learning experience while making your life easier.
For extra reading practice, use this chart to determine when and where to incorporate readers from the Foundations curriculum into the appropriate place for your Essentials student!
This tool helps classroom teachers monitor students' progress through Essentials.
Logic of English has created some sample take-home phonogram game sets designed to help students practice the phonograms in fun ways outside of the scripted lessons. Each sample set falls at a particular point in Foundations or Essentials. You can use these sets as a take-home resource at that point in the lessons, but also as a model for other take-home practice activities assigned throughout the year.
Print off these free certificates to celebrate students who have completed Essentials levels.
