Phonics (K-2)

Scope & Sequence

The Functional Phonics Scope and Sequence provides an overview of the specific phonics patterns and Heart Words taught each week.

The Scope and Sequence is also used as an easy navigation tool to access the lesson slides, student workbooks, teacher manuals, assessments, Home-School Connections and more!

Access the FULL Scope and Sequence here

Instructional Materials

All lessons are created in Google slides are fully animated for ease of use and include 5 days of instruction and activities. Teacher scripts are included in the notes section of each slide.

Sample Lessons

Early (K) Lesson sample

Link ~ E.2.3 Letter Sounds /p/, /h/, /c/, /n/, short /i/

E.2.3 Letter sounds: /p/, /h/, /c/, /n/, short /i/

Basic (1) Lesson sample

Link ~ B.3.1 Long /ā/ spelled as a_e

B.3.1 Long /a/ spelled as a_e

Advanced (2) Lesson sample

Link ~ A.4.4 /ū/ and /oo/ spelled oo and u

A.4.4 /ū/ and /o͝o/ spelled oo and u

Teacher Manuals

Teacher Manuals are available for purchase or can be accessed digitally. Each lesson includes explicit scripts and allow teachers easy access to the instructional activities that aid in lesson planning and for easy access during instruction.

Sample Teacher Manual

Student workbooks

Student Workbooks are used daily to engage students in multi-modal practice and learning and are available for purchase or can be accessed digitally.

Home-school Connections

Weekly Home-School Connections are available to inform caregivers of new phonics patterns their children are learning and provide students with extra practice opportunites. Home-School Connections are available in English, Hmong, Russian, Somali, and Spanish.

Independent & extended practice

Boost student success with Independent & Extended Practice Pages, designed to give learners more opportunities to apply and reinforce skills independently. These resources support skill mastery through targeted practice while providing teachers with flexible tools to scaffold instruction, differentiate learning, and extend lessons with ease. Perfect for in-class use, homework, or small group support!

Print materials

Articulation and Phoneme-Grapheme Card sets

Articulation and Phoneme-Grapheme card images are embedded into the lesson presentations.

Printed cards are available for teachers to reference and use to build their sound wall.

Articulation cards (5 x 7)
Phoneme-Grapheme Cards - Small (4 x 6)
Phoneme-Grapheme Cards - Large (4.5 x 11)

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Additional Print resources

Add to your teacher toolkit with additional classroom resources that support Functional Phonics lessons:

Consonant Chart Poster
Vowel Valley Poster
Phoneme-Grapheme Poster (differentiated by grade-level)
Student Soundwall Table Tents (differentiated by grade-level)
Student Alphabet Nameplates (differentiated by grade-level)
Alphabet Wall Posters

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Teacher manuals, student workbooks, home-school connections, and assessments are available in digital printable formats to allow districts to utilize resources in the format that works best for teachers and students!

ASSESSMENTS

Teachers using Functional Phonics will collect accuracy and automaticity data to make informed decisions to guide their instruction (differentiation, pacing, re-teaching, etc.).

Functional Phonics includes weekly Formative Assessments, monthly Mixed Review Assessments, an Assessment Manual and Data Tracker to help inform these decisions.

Formative Assessments

Weekly assessment of the phonics pattern taught throughout the lesson

Assesses decoding accuracy & automaticity

Optional spelling formative assessments are available

Mixed Review Assessments

Monthly assessments that include previously taught phonics patterns

Timeline: Approximately every 4 weeks

Assesses retention of accuracy & automaticity of previously taught phonics patterns

Assessment manual

The Assessment Manual includes directions for accessing and administering assessments, a flow chart of how to read and use data as well as additional instruction strategies based on assessment data.

Data Tracker

Functional Phonics provides access to a digital data tracker. Data tracker can be used school-wide or for grade-level teams and provides pre-populated formula's for ease of viewing the student data to make instructional decisions.

Tabs Include:

Early Lessons | Early Overview (Cumulative Display) | Early Heart Word Tracking
Basic Lessons | Basic Overview (Cumulative Display) | Basic Heart Word Tracking
Advanced Lessons | Advanced Overview (Cumulative Display) | Advanced Heart Word Tracking

“Functional Phonics provided me with everything I needed to teach a core Phonics program. My students grew so much at a pace I did not think was possible. Explicit instruction is so important and this program gave me the tools to do that!”

—2nd Grade Teacher

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