Reading K

How a book works, then all 26 letters, big and little, with the sound each makes. Vowels, Q and U, and a first look at blending. Practice days every week, and a whole-alphabet celebration on Day 30.

• 1 · Welcome to Reading K!
• 2 · Meet the Letter M
• 3 · Meet the Letter A
• 4 · Meet the Letter T
• 5 · Meet the Letter S
• 6 · Meet the Letter P
• 7 · Meet the Letter I
• 8 · Meet the Letter N
• 9 · Meet the Letter O
• 10 · Letter Review: A Look Back
• 11 · Letter D — Dog, Dad, Duck
• 12 · Letter C — Cat, Cup, Cow
• 13 · Letter G — Goat, Gum, Dog
• 14 · Letter B — Bat, Bug, Ball
• 15 · Letter H — Hat, Hen, Hop
• 16 · Letter E — Egg, Elephant, Hen
• 17 · Letter R — Rat, Run, Red
• 18 · Letter W — Wag, Web, Wet
• 19 · Practice Day: D, C, G, B, H, E, R, W
• 20 · All Our Letters — and Our First Blend!
• 21 · Letter Ff: The Sound of F
• 22 · Letter Jj: The Sound of J
• 23 · Letter Kk: The Sound of K
• 24 · Letter Ll: The Sound of L
• 25 · Practice Day: F, J, K, L
• 26 · Letter Uu: The Sound of U
• 27 · Letter Qq: Q and U Are Best Friends
• 28 · Letter Vv: The Sound of V
• 29 · Letter Xx: The Ending Sound of X
• 30 · Letter Zz and Our Whole Alphabet Celebration!

Stretching and blending short words in families such as -at, -an, -it, -op and -ug, then the first sight words (the, a, I, is, see, my, like, you, we, he, she). Review days after each set of families.

• 31 · Stretch and Blend: The –at Family
• 32 · More –at Words and Your First Blending Sentence
• 33 · Stretch and Blend: The –an Family
• 34 · Listening for –an vs. –at
• 35 · Stretch and Blend: The –it Family
• 36 · Stretch and Blend: The –op Family
• 37 · Stretch and Blend: The –ig Family
• 38 · Blending Practice: Five Word Families
• 39 · Blending Challenge: Words and Silly Sentences
• 40 · Big Blending Review
• 41 · Stretch and Blend: The –en Family
• 42 · Stretch and Blend: The –ug Family
• 43 · Stretch and Blend: The –ot Family
• 44 · Stretch and Blend: The –ut Family
• 45 · Stretch and Blend: The –ed Family
• 46 · Blending Practice: Five More Word Families
• 47 · Sight Words: “the” and “a”
• 48 · Sight Words: “I” and “is”
• 49 · Sight Word: “see” — Four Sight Words Together
• 50 · Big Review: Word Families and Sight Words
• 51 · Stretch and Blend: The –ad Family
• 52 · Stretch and Blend: The –am Family
• 53 · Stretch and Blend: The –ap Family
• 54 · Stretch and Blend: The –ip Family
• 55 · Big Blending Review: Fourteen Word Families
• 56 · Sight Words: “my” and “like”
• 57 · Sight Words: “you” and “we”
• 58 · Sight Words: “he” and “she”

The first tiny decodable stories, more families (-un, -ub, -et, -ox, -ell), sight words was, to, go, and, and adding -s to make plurals. Includes a halfway checkpoint and a celebration on Day 90.

• 59 · My First Story: My Dad and the Pig
• 60 · My Second Story: He and the Red Hen
• 61 · Word Family: -un (run, fun, sun, bun)
• 62 · Word Family: -ub (cub, rub, tub, sub)
• 63 · Word Family: -et (pet, jet, net, wet, get)
• 64 · Word Family: -id (kid, lid, hid)
• 65 · Sight Words: was and to
• 66 · Sight Words: go and and
• 68 · Story Time: The Pig in the Sun
• 69 · Story Time: The Wet Hen
• 70 · Story Time: The Kid and the Cub
• 71 · Word Family -ox: Fox, Box, Ox
• 72 · Word Family -ax: Wax, Ax, Tax
• 73 · Word Family -ell: Bell, Sell, Tell, Well, Yell
• 74 · More Than One: Adding -s to Make Plurals
• 75 · Plural Practice: Hats, Pots, and Nets
• 77 · Decodable Story: The Fox and the Box
• 78 · Story Time: Retelling The Fox and the Box
• 79 · Decodable Story: The Kids and the Bell
• 80 · Story Time and Cycle Review: The Kids and the Bell
• 81 · Sight Words: For and Have
• 82 · Sight Words: Are and Of
• 83 · Sight Word Review: For, Have, Are, Of
• 84 · Story Time: The Fox and the Hen
• 85 · Retell the Story: The Fox and the Hen
• 86 · Story Time: The Pet Cub and the Bell
• 87 · Retell the Story: The Pet Cub and the Bell
• 88 · Halfway Phonics Checkpoint, Part 1: Word Families
• 89 · Halfway Phonics Checkpoint, Part 2: Word Families and Celebration
• 90 · Celebration Day: 90 Days of Reading K!

Plus 2 review days, not listed.

Families like -ill, -ock, -ick, -ack, -ump and -ing, sight words from they and said through now and come, and longer stories. Each story is followed by retelling it in order and talking about what happened.

• 91 · Word Family –ill: bill, dill, fill, hill, mill, pill, will
• 92 · Word Family –ock: dock, lock, rock, sock, mock
• 93 · Word Family –ick: kick, lick, pick, sick, tick, wick
• 94 · Sight Words: they, said
• 95 · Sight Words: with, on
• 97 · Decodable Story: The Pig and the Hen Go to the Mill
• 98 · Retell: The Pig and the Hen Go to the Mill
• 99 · Decodable Story: The Fox, the Cub, and the Dock
• 100 · 100 Days of Reading! Retell: The Fox, the Cub, and the Dock
• 101 · Word Family -ack: Pack, Sack, Back
• 102 · Word Family -ump: Jump, Bump, Pump
• 104 · Sight Words: what and all
• 105 · Sight Words: from and one
• 107 · Story: The Cat and the Sack (Part 1)
• 108 · Let's Retell: The Cat and the Sack
• 109 · Story: The Pig Can Jump (Part 1)
• 110 · Let's Retell: The Pig Can Jump
• 111 · New Word Family: -ing (ring, king, sing, wing, ding)
• 112 · Practice: -ing Words
• 113 · New Sight Words: do and did
• 114 · New Sight Words: here and there
• 115 · New Sight Word: little
• 116 · Practice: do, did, here, there, little
• 117 · Story: The King and the Little Wing
• 118 · Let's Think About: The King and the Little Wing
• 119 · Story: The Little Pig and the Big Hat
• 120 · Let's Think About: The Little Pig and the Big Hat
• 121 · Sight Words: Now and Come
• 122 · Sight Words: Into and Some
• 124 · Story: The Pig on the Big Hill
• 125 · Let's Think About: The Pig on the Big Hill
• 126 · Story: The King's Big Box
• 127 · Let's Think About: The King's Big Box
• 128 · The Kid's Big Day, Part One
• 129 · The Kid's Big Day, Part Two
• 130 · 130 Days of Reading K!

Plus 4 review days, not listed.

About three new sight words most days (so, her, look, help, want, good, how, who, many), each week with a review day. A new decodable story with the same five characters, then a deeper look at it the next day.

• 131 · So and No: Two New Sight Words
• 132 · Her and Him: Two New Sight Words
• 133 · As and Day: Two New Sight Words
• 134 · Six New Words Review
• 135 · The Pig and the Fox on the Rock
• 136 · Story Time: What Happened on the Rock?
• 137 · The King and the Kid Get a Pet
• 138 · Story Time: What Happened with the Pet?
• 139 · Sight Word and Word Family Round-Up
• 140 · Reading Review: All Our Stories
• 141 · New Words: Look and Help
• 142 · New Words: Eat and Make
• 143 · New Words: Four and Five
• 145 · The Kid and the Hen Look for the Fox
• 146 · Story Time: Looking on the Hill
• 147 · The King Can Not Eat
• 148 · Story Time: Helping the King Eat
• 149 · Sight Word and Family Round-Up
• 150 · Reading Review: Twenty-Four Stories
• 151 · Sight Words: Want and Good
• 152 · Sight Words: New and Find
• 153 · Sight Words: Three and Two
• 154 · Sight Word Review: Want, Good, New, Find, Three, Two
• 155 · The Pig Wants a New Hat
• 156 · Story Deep Dive: The Pig Wants a New Hat
• 157 · The Kid Can Not Find the Ring
• 158 · Story Deep Dive: The Kid Can Not Find the Ring
• 159 · Sight Word and Family Round-Up: Fifty-Four Sight Words
• 160 · Reading Review: Twenty-Six Stories
• 161 · New Sight Words: how and who
• 162 · New Sight Words: away and way
• 163 · New Sight Words: many and much
• 164 · Decodable Story: How Many Hats?
• 165 · Story Deep-Dive: How Many Hats?
• 166 · Decodable Story: Who Ran Away?
• 167 · Story Deep-Dive: Who Ran Away?

Plus 1 review day, not listed.

A reading yearbook (favorite story, letter, word family and sight word), the longest story of the year read three days running, and a final review of every word family and sight word.

• 168 · Starting My Reading Yearbook
• 169 · My Favorite Story
• 170 · Retelling My Favorite Story
• 171 · My Reading Yearbook: My Favorite Letter
• 172 · My Reading Yearbook: My Favorite Word Family
• 173 · My Reading Yearbook: My Favorite Sight Word
• 174 · My Reading Yearbook: I Am a Reader!
• 175 · The Big Day for All Five
• 176 · Digging Deep Into Our Big Day
• 177 · Read It Again, Even Better!
• 178 · Word Family Review: All 27!
• 179 · Sight Word Review: The Big Sample
• 180 · Congratulations! You Completed Reading K!