Primary Reading (K-2)

Skills Strand & Heggerty Phonics

The Skills Strand, a product of Engage New York, teaches the mechanics of reading–students are taught systematic and explicit phonics instruction as their primary tool for decoding written English. By the end of grade 2, students will have learned all of the sound‐spelling correspondences in the English language and are able to decode written material they encounter. In addition to phonics, students also are taught spelling, grammar, and  some basics of writing during the Skills Strand. 

Heggerty daily lessons, focus on eight phonemic awareness skills, along with two additional activities to develop Letter and Sound recognition, and Language Awareness. The lessons are designed to delivered in a whole group setting. 

Reading Comprehension Strand 

Engage New York Listening and Learning Strand is utilized for students to acquire language competence through listening, specifically building a rich vocabulary, and broad knowledge in history and science by being exposed to carefully selected, sequenced, and coherent read‐alouds.