Getting Started:

Use this chart to identify and open various instructional materials to use for differentiated instruction. In the table below:

First, find the microphase of the student or group of students who need differentiated instructional materials (e.g., Late Partial Alphabetic).
Click on the hyperlinked "C" and the cycle number to access a specific cycle of lessons (e.g., C11 in Late Partial Alphabetic). Use these lessons as a guide for instruction or use full lessons for differentiated instruction if time allows.
Click on the hyperlinked "Grade X Decodable Student Reader", right under a given microphase heading (e.g., "Grade 1 Decodable Student Readers" under Late Partial Alphabetic) to access a collection of all Decodable Student Reader texts from that grade level. Find the text for a specific cycle to use for differentiated instruction.
Click on the hyperlinked letters or spelling patterns taught in a given cycle to access a student-facing word list for that cycle (e.g.,“wh” and “-ck” in C8 of Late Partial Alphabetic). This word list can be used for small group instruction or independent practice (e.g., sorting).

Early Pre-Alphabetic

Middle Pre-Alphabetic

Late Pre-Alphabetic

Kindergarten Handwriting Sheets and Poems

Not applicable*

Not applicable*

KM1, C1–4:

GKM2, C5–11:

Early Partial Alphabetic

Kindergarten Decodable Student Readers

Middle Partial Alphabetic

Kindergarten Decodable Student Readers

Late Partial Alphabetic

Grade 1 Decodable Student Readers

GKM3, C12–18:

C12: “sh,” “ch,” “th”
C13: /a/ words
C14: /i/ words
C15: /u/ words
C16: /o/ words
C17: /e/ words
C18: compare all short vowel words

GKM4, C19–22:

C19: all short vowels; words with digraphs
C20: “-am” and “-an” words
C21: “-ank” and “-ink” words
C22: “floss” words (double consonants)

GKM4, C23-25

G1M1, C 1-4 are kindergarten review cycles

G1M2, C5–6:

G1M2, C7–11:

Early Full Alphabetic

Grade 1 Decodable Student Readers

Middle Full Alphabetic

Grade 1 Decodable Student Readers

Late Full Alphabetic

Grade 1 Decodable Student Readers

Grade 2 Decodable Student Readers

G1M3, C12–17:

G1M3, C18:

C18: CVC (2-syllable and with suffixes “-ing,” “-s,”
and “-ed”)

G1M4, C19–20:

G1M4, C21–24:

G1M4, C25:

C25: 2-syllable words with long vowel patterns

G2M1, C1–6:

C1: open and closed syllables and CVCe
C2: “ay” vs. “ai”
C3: “ee” vs. “ea” vs. “y” (as /ē/)
C4: “igh” vs. “ie”
C5: “oa” vs. “ow” and remaining vowel teams

G2M2, C6:

C6: r-controlled vowels

Early Consolidated Alphabetic

Grade 2 Decodable Student Readers

Middle Consolidated Alphabetic

Grade 2 Decodable Student Readers

Late Consolidated Alphabetic

Grade 2 Decodable Student Readers

G2M2, C7–C12:

G2M3, C13–C19:

G2M4, C20–C26:

*Students currently in the Early and Middle Pre-Alphabetic phase cannot yet identify letters. In the K–2 Continuum of whole group lessons, there are no lessons that explicitly address the needs of these students. Instead, in the Kindergarten lessons, the differentiated small group instruction includes suggestions for Activity Bank activities and some possible differentiation of the whole group content.

Adapted from EL Education under CC BY license. All adaptations copyright 2022 Imagine Learning

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