Here is an overview of the skills students in K-2nd grade will practice using Magpie Literacy.
Kindergarten
Magpie Units and Lessons (Kindergarten) |
Lessons |
# of Lessons |
Content |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Lessons 1-15 | 15 | Alphabet: MTASPBLI |
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| Unit 2 | Lessons 16-29 | 14 | Alphabet: DRFNEJKC+_s | |
| Unit 3 | Lessons 30-44 | 15 | Alphabet: VGHOYUQuXZW | |
| Unit 4 | Lessons 45-55 | 11 | Review 26 letters/sounds + _ll, _ss, _ff, _zz and /awl/ ("all") | |
| Unit 5 | Lessons 56-68 | 13 | Digraphs: ck,sh,th,ch,wh,ng | Through Unit 5 is the most critical Kindergarten content |
| Unit 6 | Lessons 69-78 | 10 | Beginning and Ending Consonant Blends + _es and nk | |
| Unit 7 | Lessons 79-89 | 11 | Long Vowels Signal E and Silent E + _ce | |
| Unit 8 | Lessons 90-101 | 12 | Long Vowels Silent E, oo and Inflectional Endings -ed,-ing |
Grade 1
| Magpie Units and Lessons ) | Lessons | # of Lessons | Content | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Lessons 1-8 | 8 | Review Alphabet |
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| Unit 2 | Lessons 9-22 | 14 | Long Vowels, Double Consonants _ll, _ss, _ff, _zz, Signal e, VCe (Silent e) | |
| Unit 3 | Lessons 23-36 | 14 | Beginning and Ending Blends and Digraphs _ck, wh, sh, th, ch, _tch, ng, _dge | |
| Unit 4 | Lessons 37-48 | 12 | Inflectional Endings -s, -es, -ed, -ing and Long Vowels (additional spellings ea, ai, ay, oo, ow) | |
| Unit 5 | Lessons 49-60 | 12 | Long i spelled igh, R-Controlled Vowels, Letters w+or, Compound Words and Syllable Division, Syllable division between Double Consonants | |
| Unit 6 | Lessons 61-70 | 10 | Syllable Division and 2-Syllable Words with Vowel Teams | |
| Unit 7 | Lessons 71-80 | 10 | _y Ending as Long i, Short oo, Long oo, /aw/ Sound and Short e spelled ea | |
| Unit 8 | Lessons 81-93 | 13 | Diphthongs oi, oy, ou, ow, Prefixes un-, re-, Suffix -ly, Doubling Rule and Silent e Rule |
Grade 2
| Magpie Units and Lessons | Lessons | # of Lessons | Content | Notes |
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| Unit 1 | Lessons 1-13 | 13 | Review: Consonant Blends, ll, ss, ff, zz, Long Vowels /awl/, Digraphs, VCe, plural endings, and suffixes | |
| Unit 2 | Lessons 14-30 | 17 | Review: Doubling Rule, Silent e Rule, _y to i Rule, Compound Words, Syllable Division, and 2- + 3-Syllable Words | |
| Unit 3 | Lessons 31-45 | 15 | Long Vowels additional spellings, R-Controlled Vowels, 2- and 3-Syllable Words, Diphthongs, and Short o & e | |
| Unit 4 | Lessons 46-57 | 12 | Review Diphthongs and Vowel Teams, Prefixes dis-, Suffixes -less and -ful, and Irregular Long Vowels | |
| Unit 5 | Lessons 58-67 | 10 | Silent Letters kn, wr, mb; /er/, /air/, /eer/, and Long a Sounds | |
| Unit 6 | Lessons 68-77 | 10 | Long Vowels: a, /yoo/, o, /aw/, and Soft c and Soft g | |
| Unit 7 | Lessons 78-87 | 10 | Review Low Frequency Spellings, Prefixes: mis, pre, non, pro & de, Suffixes: ture, er (agentive), or, ist, y and ness | |
| Unit 8 | Lessons 88-98 | 11 | Prefixes & Suffixes Review, and Schwa Sound |