participate in daily phonemic awareness skill building activities learn a new letter, letter cluster, or spelling concept every day participate in daily reviews of previously taught concepts to ensure sufficient exposure to, and mastery of, each concept begin blending sounds to read and unblending sounds to spell after learning two letters learn to spell by applying spelling rules rather than by relying only on memorization learn common suffixes and selected prefixes develop fluency by reading text (fluency readers) written with high-frequency words receive explicit handwriting instruction (print) be assessed regularly to monitor progress in phonics and spelling participate in games and activities that motivate, reinforce, and remedia
participate in daily phonemic awareness skill building activities