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The Teaching of Reading & Spelling:
Starting from Square One
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Recently Revised!
The Only Handwriting/Keyboarding Curriculum that
Teaches Reading & Spelling
AS
the Alphabet is being Taught with
All Decodable Words.
Starting at Square One is intended for
K-1 students, or those who need additional help
with phonemic awareness and/or word attack
skills. After completing Starting at
Square One, students move on to
Sequential
Spelling 1.
by
Don McCabe
Currently FREE
as an e-book with
membership in the AVKO Foundation.
It is available now in book form for $59.95
Sample (PDF) of
Starting at Square One |
Rationale Behind
Starting at Square One |
All AVKO materials
Contents
- Unit 1
Mastering the A, B, C, and D
- Unit 2 Mastering
the R, S, and T plus the br, cr, dr, sc, scr, tr,
st, and str blends
- Unit 3
Mastering the Y plus the vowel Y as a long i
sound and the ay vowel digraph
- Unit 4
Mastering the E (and EE, EA, ER, EY and
the -ED ending)
- Unit 5
Mastering the F plus the fr blend and the ft
ending
- Unit 6
Mastering the G plus the ge and dge digraphs
- Unit 7
Mastering the H plus ch, sh, and th consonant
digraphs
- Unit 8
Mastering the W plus wh, aw and ew
- Unit 9
Mastering the I plus the ai, ie, ei, igh, and
eigh vowl digraphs
- Unit 10
Mastering the J and K plus the ck digraph and
the sk blend
- Unit 11Mastering
the L plus the cl, fl, and gl blends and the rl
endings
- Unit 12
Mastering the M plus the sm blend and the rm and
sm endings
- Unit 13
Mastering the N plus the sn blend and nd, nce,
and nt ending
- Unit 14
Mastering the O plus the oa, oi, and ow vowel
digraphs
- Unit 15
Mastering the P plus the pl, spl, sp, pr, spr
blends
- Unit 16
Mastering the QU plus the-sque (sk) and -que (k)
trigraphs
- Unit 17
Mastering the V plus the f/v switches
- Unit 18
Mastering the X
- Unit 19
Mastering the Z
Appendix:
- Rationale for AVKO’s Concept of Teaching
Reading, Writing, Keyboarding and Spelling AS
the Alphabet is Taught Rather than AFTER
- Rationale for AVKO’s Sequence of Letters to be
Taught: ABCD (RST Y) EFGH (W) I J K L M N O P Q
U V X Z.
- AVKO Techniques for Teaching Phonics
as manuscript and cursive is
taught.....................
- Rationale for Exposing Students
Immediately to a Variety of Fonts Including
Cursive
- Teaching with “Flashcards (Letters of
the Alphabet, Single Words, Phrases)
- Teaching with Sentences
- Teaching Comprehension with Jokes and
Riddles
- Decodable Words Available by Units and Lessons
- General Lesson Plans
- Units and Lessons for Learning the Alphabet,
manuscript and cursive
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