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How do small groups work?

Every student begins with a comprehensive reading assessment before joining one of our small groups. This assessment helps us identify your child's current strengths, areas for growth, and instructional needs so they are placed in the group that best matches their skill level—not their grade level.

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Our groups are mastery-based, meaning students progress through each level as they demonstrate mastery of the skills being taught. Students meet twice a week for instruction. Every 12 weeks, students complete a progress evaluation to monitor growth and determine whether they are ready to advance to the next level or continue strengthening their current skills.

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Level 2

  • Letter sounds and phonemic awareness

  • Blending and segmenting words

  • Short and long vowel patterns

  • Digraphs and consonant blends

  • Silent E (Magic E)

  • Common vowel teams

  • Six syllable types

  • Common spelling patterns and rules

  • High-frequency "Red Words"

  • Handwriting and letter formation

  • Reading and spelling increasingly complex words

Expected Outcome:

  • Decode unfamiliar words with confidence

  • Spell using common phonics patterns

  • Read more accurately and fluently

  • Build a strong foundation for advanced reading

Level 3

  • Advanced vowel patterns

  • R-controlled vowels (Bossy R)

  • Diphthongs

  • More complex vowel teams

  • Consonant-le syllables

  • Multi-syllable word reading

  • Advanced spelling rules

  • High-frequency Red Words

  • Beginning morphology (prefixes, suffixes, and word parts)

  • Academic vocabulary

  • Continued handwriting and written language

Expected Outcome:

  • Read longer, multi-syllable words confidently

  • Decode unfamiliar vocabulary independently

  • Improve spelling accuracy

  • Build vocabulary through understanding word parts

Level 4

  • Morphology (prefixes, suffixes, roots, and Greek/Latin word parts)

  • Academic vocabulary

  • Reading comprehension

  • Critical thinking and discussion

  • Paragraph and essay writing

  • Written organization

  • Grammar and editing

  • Fluency and expression

  • Applying reading strategies across subjects

Expected Outcome:

  • Understand more complex texts

  • Write organized paragraphs and essays

  • Use academic vocabulary effectively

  • Read with greater confidence and independence

Level 1

  • Review letter identification and sounds

  • Strengthen phonemic awareness skills

  • Blend and segment words

  • Read and spell CVC words

  • Introduce digraphs

  • Read and spell words with beginning blends

  • Build automatic recognition of high-frequency “Red Words”

  • Continue handwriting and letter formation

  • Introduce syllabication and breaking words into syllables

  • Build accuracy and confidence with early decoding and spelling

Expected Outcome:

  • Demonstrate strong letter-sound knowledge

  • Blend and segment words with increasing independence

  • Read and spell CVC, digraph, and beginning-blend words

  • Begin breaking longer words into syllables

  • Build a strong foundation for more advanced phonics patterns

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