What Students Learn in Grade 1

LEVEL 3
Lessons 146-226

Level 3: Adventures of the Superkids

Variability of letter-sounds (digraphs, long vowels)
Structural analysis (endings, contractions, compound words)
Decoding and encoding using phonetic and structural patterns
Reading and spelling 88 new Dolch words* (155 total, including those taught in kindergarten) and 104 Sitton words**
Comprehension skills and strategies applied to longer decodable stories
Vocabulary and fluency skills
Shared and individual writing; using the writing process
Grammar, usage, and mechanics skills

LEVEL 4
Lessons 227-300

Level 4: More Adventures of the Superkids

Variability of vowels (y as a vowel; aw, all, oi, oy, ou, ow, oo; r-controlled vowels)
Structural analysis (endings, contractions)
Decoding and encoding using phonetic and structural patterns
Reading and spelling 65 new Dolch words* (220 total in grades K–1) and 104 new Sitton words** (208 total)
Comprehension skills and strategies applied to longer decodable stories
Vocabulary and fluency skills
Shared and individual writing; using the writing process
Grammar, usage, and mechanics skills

*	The Dolch list has 220 high-frequency words.
**	The Sitton list has 1,200 high-frequency words. Students read and spell 760 of these words in Levels 3–6.