What's Included?

You'll have access to all training videos and content for one year. All 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 a one page lesson plan 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

    • Chapter 1 Handout of Presentation Slides

    • The Reading Science

    • Program Materials
  • 3

    Chapter 2: Instructional Principles

    • Chapter 2 Handout of Presentation Slides

    • Intstructional Principles
  • 4

    Chapter 3: Instructional Strategies

    • Chapter 3 Handout of Presentation Slides

    • Instructional Strategies

    • Older and Advanced Students

    • Tier 3 Instruction

  • 5

    Chapter 4: Assessment and Small Group Instruction

    • Chapter 4 Handout of Presentation Slides

    • Video 4 Assessment and Small Group Instruction

    • Diagnostic Assessment Tools
  • 6

    Chapter 5: Basic Code Procedures and Demonstrations

    • Chapter 5 Basic Code Activities Written Procedures

    • Video 1 Auditory Connection and Word Building

    • Video 2 Sound Swap

    • Video 3 Handwriting and Listening Game

    • Video 4 Mixed Mapping

    • Video 5 Build Automaticity

    • Video 6 Sentence Reading and High Frequency Words

    • Video 7 Get Ready to Read, Reading Text, Think and Write

    • Video 8 Dictation

    • Video 9 ABC

    • Video 10 Word ladders

    • Video 11 Review Lists
  • 7

    Chapter 6: Advanced Code Procedures and Demonstrations

    • Chapter 6 Advanced Code Activities Written Procedures

    • 1 Introduction

    • 2 Word Sorting

    • 3 Reading Multisyllabic Words

    • 4 Spelling Multisyllabic Words

    • 5 Making Meaning

    • 6 Homophones

    • 7 Reading and Think and Write

    • 8 Say, Segment, Spell

    • 9 Syllable Swap
  • 8

    Chapter 7: Core Lesson Materials & Model Lessons

    • 1st Grade Lesson Plans

    • Lesson Presentation Slides

    • Printable Student Pages

    • 1st Grade Text

    • Basic Code Model Lesson 1

    • Basic Code Model Lesson 2

    • Advanced Code Model Lesson 1
  • 9

    Chapter 8: Additional Resources

    • Directions for Downloading Documents

    • 1st Grade Sound Wall Cards

    • Printables, Templates, and Tiles

    • Common Spellings Sound Chart

    • Common Spellings by Grapheme

    • Home-School Connection

    • Additional Word Sorts for Vowel Sounds

    • Additional Sound Swap and Word Ladder Lists

    • Chomp Cards

    • Themed Board Games

    • High Frequency Tic-Tac-Toe

    • High Frequency Look Alike Words

    • Vocabulary Investigator Template

    • Steps to Decoding Poster

    • Steps to Decoding Poster

    • Parent/Guardian Letter

    • Gist Statement Template