What's Included?

You'll have access to all training videos and content for one year. All printable lesson materials and resources are downloadable and are yours to keep.

  • Asynchronous online training

  • All foundational literacy skills: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and sentence level writing

  • Presentation slides for every lesson that can be used with Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides

  • A teacher's manual with lesson plans for each lesson

  • Printable student activity pages

  • Assessment tools and progress checks

  • Student text

See Samples

Click below to see sample lesson materials.

Sample Lessons

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to Sound Start Literacy!

    • Welcome!
  • 2

    Chapter 1: Introduction to Sound Start Literacy

    • The Reading Science

    • Program Materials

    • Check for Understanding

    • PDF of Introduction to Sound Start Literacy
  • 3

    Chapter 2: Instructional Principles

    • Intstructional Principles

    • Check for Understanding

    • PDF of Instructional Principles
  • 4

    Chapter 3: Instructional Strategies

    • Instructional Strategies

    • Check for Understanding

    • PDF of Instructional Strategies
  • 5

    Chapter 4: Assessment and Small Group Instruction

    • Assessment

    • Progress Checks

    • DIBELS 8

    • Small Group Instruction

    • Older and Advanced Students

    • Check for Understanding
  • 6

    Chapter 5: Basic Code Procedures and Demonstrations

    • Video 1 Auditory Connection and Word Building

    • Video 2 Sound Swap

    • Video 3 Handwriting and Listening Game

    • Video 4 Mixed Mapping

    • Video 5 Sentence Reading, Oddball Words, and Special Endings

    • Video 6 Get Ready to Read, Reading Text, Think and Write

    • Video 7 Dictation

    • Video 8 ABC

    • Video 9 Word ladders

    • First Grade Model Lessons
  • 7

    Chapter 6: Advanced Code Procedures and Demonstrations

    • 1 Introduction

    • 2 Word Sorting

    • 3 Reading Multisyllabic Words

    • 4 Spelling Multisyllabic Words

    • 5 Homophones

    • 6 Reading and Think and Write

    • 7 Word Ladders
  • 8

    Chapter 7 Teacher's Manual and Student Printable Pages 2026 Updates

    • Teacher's Manual

    • Basic Code Printables Lessons 1-12

    • Advanced Code Printables Lesson 13-29
  • 9

    Chapter 8 Lesson Slides - 2026 Updates

    • Lesson 1

    • Lesson 2

    • Lesson 3

    • Lesson 4

    • Lesson 5

    • Lesson 6

    • Lesson 7

    • Lesson 8

    • Lesson 9

    • Lesson 10

    • Lesson 11

    • Lesson 12

    • Lesson 13

    • Lesson 14

    • Lesson 15

    • Lesson 16

    • Lesson 17

    • Lesson 18

    • Lesson 19

    • Lesson 20

    • Lesson 21

    • Lesson 22

    • Lesson 23

    • Lesson 24

    • Lesson 25

    • Lesson 26

    • Lesson 27

    • Lesson 28

    • Lesson 29
  • 10

    Chapter 9: Additional Resources

    • 1st Grade Sound Wall Cards

    • Printables, Templates, and Tiles

    • Themed Board Games

    • Roll and Build Game

    • High Frequency Look Alike Words

    • Vocabulary Investigator Template

    • Steps to Decoding Poster

    • Gist Statement Template

    • Home-School Connection