Level Up Phonics, Level 1: Sound Start (Letters & Sounds) Science of Reading Curriculum

Curriculum unit · Grades Pre-K–1, intervention · PDF, 177 pages · $12

Level Up Phonics is a systematic, explicit phonics program built on the Science of Reading. Level 1 teaches all 26 letters and their sounds in a blend-early order (s, a, t, p, i, n first), with a verbal handwriting path for every uppercase and lowercase letter and a daily phonemic awareness warm-up that grows from rhyme to syllables, first sounds and blending.

Every lesson follows the same Level Up Loop (about 30 minutes): phonemic awareness warm-up, Meet the Letter, Handwriting Path, Sound Hunt, picture mini-book read-aloud and Letter Run. From Lesson 4, a Word Builder has students blend real words with the letters they know.

The same diverse crew of friends from the later levels appears on the cover and word wall. Every letter comes with a Spanish-transfer tip, and every home note is in English and Spanish.

What's included

• 26 teacher lesson plans with phonemic awareness items, letter introduction, handwriting paths, sound hunt word lists, Word Builder and small group differentiation
• 26 Letter Lab handwriting pages (trace and write uppercase and lowercase, circle the letter)
• 26 Sound Hunt picture pages
• 26 picture mini-books with a repeating pattern ("I see a ___.")
• 26 Letter Run fluency pages and 26 bilingual (English/Spanish) home connection notes
• 26 letter cards with key pictures, scope and sequence, daily routine guide and mini-book folding guide
• Letter name and sound pre-test and post-test with teacher record sheets, class progress tracker and a Level 1 certificate

How teachers use it

• Daily phonics block in pre-K, kindergarten or early first grade
• Small group or RTI/MTSS intervention for letter-sound knowledge in pre-K to grade 1
• Dyslexia-friendly structured literacy practice and ESL/EB support

Topics: phonics, reading, foundational, skills, literacy, science, of, handwriting, penmanship, tracing, fine, motor, bilingual, spanish, ell, esl, intervention, rti, mtss, sped, kindergarten, prek, elementary, grade, 1