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Advanced Kindergarten is designed for students who show readiness to learn the alphabetical sounds, or have begun to learn, but not mastered, most of the phonetic sounds. This program includes the items listed below, and the guidebook will offer creative suggestions that coordinate with “Animals and Their Worlds” and “The American Story 1.”

Advanced K begins with a three-week review of the phonograms learned in the "Basic Phonics" program. After that, students begin to decode readers with short three-letter words or less. These readers usually have one short sentence per page. Students also work on word families, building their decoding skills. The program brings the student to the point that he is reading short paragraphs by the end of the year.

Your student will enjoy the resources in this program. The "Word Family Activity Book" has fun illustrations that give additional reading and decoding practice with fun cartoons and activities. Wonderful drawings accent the readers they'll work through as they're learning, and "Read and Write Mini-Books" gives them a chance to make small books of their own to add to their reading vocabulary. As always, handwriting and spelling are included in your program.

Here are some examples of students who will use this program effectively, and how:

• Parents of younger learners, such as a five-year-old who has learned his alphabet and is a motivated student may be able to use this program if the parent is willing to spend more than three weeks on the initial review (using the phonics cards) to really ground the student before moving on.  
• Parents of average kindergartners who have fully mastered the alphabet and are ready to decode (or are just now reading) three-letter words will find this program will work perfectly using the program as it is.  
• Parents of older students who are not "motivated" readers may find that this is a safe, handleable program for students who haven’t effectively made the leap from decoding simple words to reading. Usually such students reach a certain point where all of a sudden the "key turns" in their heads, and they suddenly make reading progress at an incredibly rapid rate, catching quickly up to their more "motivated" peers. This may mean parents will not be able to use this program for an entire year as their student suddenly "outgrows" the program, and parents may find they need to supplement the program, or move on to the next level. This may seem like an additional expense, however, the step from decoding to rapid reading is a vital part of reading instruction, and cannot be missed.

If you'd like additional help with placement, use our Language Arts Placement Evaluation by clicking here.

 

Just Starting to Read Program Guide | LAK-01 | $39
Includes a 36-week schedule, helps on how to review the basic phonic sounds, writing paper originals to copy and use, advanced phonics activities and games, and creative writing projects for beginners. Click here to see a sample of this program guide.

Word Family Activity Book | LAK-02 | $13
Your student will enjoy these fun reproducible activities that will help them recognize key word patterns. Each word family (such as -ake: bake, take, fake, wake, make, lake, rake, etc.) has its own page with word puzzles, and an easy four-box comic strip to read, using the words introduced on the page.

Explode the Code: Book 1* | LAK-03 | $ 8
Explode the Code: Book 2* | LAK-04 | $ 8
Explode the Code: Book 3* | LAK-05 | $ 8
These books slowly take students from reading three letter words with soft vowels, to short paragraphs.

Just Starting Readers Set | LAK-06,7,8,9 | $68
Cute drawings and good stories enhance these readers and draw kids into reading. Perfect for the beginning reader who is just starting to read three-letter words. This is a good value for sequential, decodable readers. There are 40 books in all, which take the student from three-letter words to several sentence paragraphs.

NEW! Read & Write Mini-Books| LAK-10 | $11
These reproducible books have wonderful artwork and a limited vocabulary to really help students move forward with their sight reading and reading speed. Each book has eight pages with blanks to fill in and sentences to read that utilize words from the same word family. A fantastic reproducible resource!

Necessary Resources for Advanced K Language Arts

Phonics Cards | LAP-01 | $21
EVEN MORE!! Hands-On Phonics Activity Pack | LAP-02 | $19

* Starred resources are consumable.

You'll Want to Consider This Optional Resource:
The GeoSafari Phonics Pad
#PPAD - $159 -- OR --
#PAD - $139 with any Language Arts Program Purchase

A resource so fun, kids won't realize they're learning to read! 128 learning games teach beginning to
advanced phonics that directly correlate to phonics introduced in all our early language arts programs.
Just place a lesson card on the touch-sensitive surface, and Phonics Pad "magically" recognizes the lesson
and immediately downloads its game play, speech, and sounds. In an instant, lights begin flashing along
the sides and a voice explains what to do next. It is easy enough for even young children to use. We have
scheduled the games right in our guides for Pre-K/K Basic Phonics, Advanced Kindergarten, Accelerated
Reading, Fast-Track Phonics and 1st Grade Language Arts. Click here to see this incredible resource.