A practical guide for teaching reading.
The Teacher’s Edition supports teachers and homeschool parents in delivering clear, systematic phonics instruction. Students learn how English works: connecting sounds to letters, blending and decoding words, spelling accurately, and reading connected text rather than guessing or memorizing sight words.
Used in Kolbe Academy’s online Catholic Second Grade Program and available to families in the traditional homeschool program, this edition provides step-by-step lesson guidance, modeling prompts, and corrective feedback so the instructor knows what to do each day.
Optional: Not required for the course, but helpful instructional support for parents and teachers.
What this resource provides:
• daily lesson guidance and pacing
• teaching scripts and modeling support
• blending and dictation instruction
• review and intervention help
• skill checks and comprehension guidance
Kolbe Academy offers a separate course plan that organizes the year with weekly pacing, daily assignments, exams, and answer keys, allowing parents to teach without creating lesson plans or grading systems.
Students develop:
- phonics and decoding
- blending and spelling
- high-frequency word mastery
- dictation and writing
- reading connected text
- educators teaching second-grade reading
- advancing first graders
- older students needing structured phonics support
This resource helps the teacher or parent teach reading directly and confidently, forming fluent readers prepared for literature, narration, and the wider studies of a classical Catholic education.
Courses this book is used in:
- Phonics 2:
- Homeschool - Optional