The LevelUp interactive phonics program provides a systematic phonics practice that builds students’ skills in phonemic awareness. Students progress through a fun, effective series of interactive ebooks designed to teach phonics skills following this scope and sequence.
Unit 1: Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
Students are introduced to the lowercase and uppercase letters of the alphabet and their phoneme sounds. In addition, students practice writing the letters and focus on identifying words that begin with these phoneme sounds.
Level 1: Kindergarten
• The Letter Cc
• The Letter Mm
• The Letter Tt
• The Letter Aa
Level 2: Kindergarten
• The Letter Rr
• The Letter Ss
• The Letter Pp
• The Letter Ii
Level 3: Kindergarten
• The Letter Bb
• The Letter Ff
• The Letter Gg
• The Letter Oo
Level 4: Kindergarten
• The Letter Hh
• The Letter Jj
• The Letter Ll
• The Letter Ee
Level 5: Kindergarten
• The Letter Dd
• The Letter Ww
• The Letter Qq
• The Letter Uu
Level 6: Kindergarten
• The Letter Kk
• The Letter Nn
• The Letter Vv
• The Letter Xx
• The Letter Yy
• The Letter Zz
Unit 2: CVC Words
Students are introduced to short vowel phonemes, mainly in CVC words. In addition, students will learn about building short vowel words, letter sounds at the beginning and ending ofwords, and word families.
Level 1: Kindergarten/First Grade
The Short Vowel /a/ with word families:
–at, –am, –an, –ap, and –ad
Level 2: Kindergarten/First Grade
The Short Vowel /i/ with word families:
–ig, –in, –ip, –ill, and –id
Level 3: Kindergarten/First Grade
The Short Vowel /o/ with word families:
–op, –ob, –ox, –ot, and –og
Level 4: Kindergarten/First Grade
The Short Vowel /e/ with word families:
–ed, –ell, –en, –et, and –em
Level 5: Kindergarten/First Grade
The Short Vowel /u/ with word families:
–up, –ut, –un, –ub, and –ug
Level 6: Kindergarten/First Grade
The Short Vowels:
Review of Levels 1–5
Unit 3: Consonant Blends and Consonant Digraphs
Students are introduced to initial consonant blends in CCVC words, final consonant blends in CVCC words, and final consonant digraphs. Students learn how to sound out, blend, pronounce, and create words with consonant blends.
Level 1: First Grade
Initial Consonant Blends
• The /bl/ Blend
• The /cl/ Blend
• The /fl/ Blend
• The /gl/ Blend
• The /pl/ Blend
• The /sl/ Blend
Level 2: First Grade
Initial Consonant Blends
• The /br/ Blend
• The /cr/ Blend
• The /dr/ Blend
• The /gr/ Blend
• The /fr/ Blend
• The /pr/ Blend
• The /tr/ Blend
Level 3: First Grade
Initial Consonant Blends
• The /sk/ Blend
• The /sm/ Blend
• The /sn/ Blend
• The /sp/ Blend
• The /st/ Blend
• The /sw/ Blend
• The /tw/ Blend
Level 4: First Grade
Initial Consonant Blends
• The /scr/ Blend
• The /spl/ Blend
• The /str/ Blend
• The /thr/ Blend
Level 5: First Grade
Final Consonant Blends
• The Final Blend /nd/
• The Final Blend /nt/
• The Final Blend /st/
• The Final Blend /sk/
• The Final Blend /mp/
• The Final Blend /lk/
• The Final Blend /lt/
• The Final Blend /ft/
• The Final Blend /ck/
• The Final Blend /dge/
Level 6: First Grade
Final Consonant Blends
• The Final Blend /ng/
• The Final Blend /nk/
Level 7: First Grade
Consonant Digraphs
• The /ch/ Digraph
• The /sh/ Digraph
• The /th/ Digraph
• The /wh/ Digraph
• The /tch/ Digraph
• The /ph/ Digraph
Unit 4: CVCe Words
Students are introduced to long vowel phonemes in silent final e (CVCe) words. In addition, students will learn about building and pronouncing long vowel words with the silent final e, and word families using long vowel/silent e combinations.
Level 1: First Grade
The Long Vowel /a_e/ and word families:
–ate, –ake, –ane, –ale, and –ame
Level 2: First Grade
The Long Vowel /i_e/ and word families:
–ime, –ine, –ive, –ire, and –ide
Level 3: First Grade
The Long Vowel /o_e/ and word families:
–ose, –one, –obe, –ope, and –ole
Level 4: First Grade
The Long Vowel /u_e/ and word families:
–ube, –ute, –ume, –une, and –uge
Level 5: First Grade
The Long Vowel /e_e/ and word families:
–ete and –eme
Unit 5: Long Vowels and Vowel Digraphs
Students are introduced to long vowels and vowel digraphs. Students will learn about pronouncing and building words with the spelling-sound correspondences for common vowel team conventions representing long vowel sounds.
Level 1: First Grade
The Long Vowel /a/:
AI and AY
Level 2: First Grade
The Long Vowel /e/:
EE, EA, and EY
Level 3: First Grade
The Long Vowel /o/:
OA, OW, and OE
Level 4: First Grade
The Long Vowel /i/:
IE and IGH
Level 5: First Grade
The Long Vowel /u/:
UE
Level 6: First Grade
The Long Y Sound
Level 7: First Grade
The Long Vowel /e/:
IE
Unit 6: r-Controlled Vowels
Students are introduced to r-controlled vowels. Students learn how to sound out, pronounce, and identify words with r-controlled vowels in them.
Level 1: First Grade
The r-Controlled Vowel:
/ar/
Level 2: First Grade
The r-Controlled Vowels:
/er/, /ir/, and /ur/
Level 3: First Grade
The r-Controlled Vowel:
/or/
Level 4: First Grade
The r-Controlled Vowels:
Review of Levels 1–3
Unit 7: Vowel Diphthongs
Students are introduced to vowel diphthongs. Students will learn about pronouncing and identifying words with vowel diphthongs.
Level 1: First Grade
The /aw/ Sound:
AU and AW
Level 2: First Grade
The /ow/ Sound:
OU and OW
Level 3: First Grade
The /oi/ Sound:
OI and OY
Level 4: First Grade
The Long /oo/ Sound
The Short /oo/ Sound
The Long /oo/ and Short /oo/ Sounds
Level 5: First Grade
The /ew/ Sound:
UI and EW
Unit 8: Multisyllabic Words
Students are introduced to a progressive list of phonemic awareness and skills including identifying a variety of multisyllabic words. Students will learn about adding affixes to root words, syllables, secondary sounds for consonant letters, how to build compound words, the use of apostrophes, and homophones.
Level 1: First Grade
Prefixes:
un–, re–, mis–, and dis–
Level 2: First Grade
Inflectional Endings:
–s, –es, –ing, and –ed
Level 3: First Grade
Multisyllabic words ending with –le
Level 4: First Grade
Closed Syllables
Level 5: First Grade
Open Syllables
Level 6: Second Grade
The Soft Letter C
The Soft Letter G
Level 7: Second Grade
Suffixes:
–ful, –less, –able, and –ish
Level 8: Second Grade
Compound Words
Level 9: Second Grade
Contractions
Level 10: Second Grade
Possessives
Level 11: Second Grade
Homophones