Program Support Materials

Despegando hacia la lectura: FONÉTICA™ teaches phonics in a systematic and explicit process along with five other key components for literacy development: oral language, phonological awareness, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Teaching Units follow the same structure throughout the program. Content is appropriate for the level of the students at each stage in the program.

Scope & Sequence
  • Module One’s nine letters and nine high-utility words are featured in the first set of books.
  • Module Two’s seventeen letters and nine new high-utility words are featured in the second set of books.
  • The full alphabet with nine additional high-utility words are covered in Module Three’s decodable books.

Stage One

Each lesson in the Stage One Units provides instruction on:

  • Oral language and vocabulary development
  • Phonological awareness: identifying and manipulating syllables and phonemes with spoken words
  • Phonics: blending syllables and word building
  • Writing: forming lowercase and uppercase letters and words
  • High-utility words
  • Consolidated learning activities which include dictation
  • Cross-linguistic connections

In Stage One—with the focus on introducing the alphabet—the decodable books are read at the end of each module.

Stage Two

In Stage Two, the basic structure of the lessons continues. The instructional focus is on:

  • Consonants, diphthongs, and complex syllables.
  • Reading longer mutisyllabic and compound words
  • Morphology

In Stage Two, a Module Four or Five decodable book can be read at the end of each Unit. Each book contains words with the syllables the students have just learned in that Unit. Informational texts are introduced in Module Four.

Stage Three

Stage Three focuses on complex syllables, diphthongs, and the hiatus. The hiatus is introduced in Module Seven. These skills allow students to practice their new phonetic knowledge in the context of a sentence and in a longer, connected text.

In Stage Three, a Module Six or Seven decodable book can be read at the end of Each Unit. Each book contains words with the complex syllables, diphthongs, and the hiatus the students have just learned in that Unit.

Teaching Notes

Teaching Notes in Every Book Are Available for downloading from Okapi Digital Literacy!