Alphabet, Sounds, and First Reading

Identifying Uppercase and Lowercase Letters A–Z — Identify and name all 26 English letters A–Z in both uppercase and lowercase forms.

Common Consonant and Short-Vowel Sounds A–Z — Produce the most common consonant and short-vowel sounds for the letters A–Z, including clear /p/–/b/ and /f/–/v/ contrasts.

Reading and Spelling CVC Words — Read and spell simple consonant-vowel-consonant words by blending and segmenting their sounds.

Reading Short Decodable Sentences — Read three- to five-word sentences made from learned decodable and high-frequency words.