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The Teaching of Reading & Spelling
Starting from Square One
The
Only Handwriting/Keyboarding Curriculum that
Teaches Reading & Spelling
AS the Alphabet is being Taught with
All Decodable Words.
Copyright © 2005 AVKO Educational Research
Foundation, Inc.
3084 Willard Road, Birch Run, MI 48415
Contents
Chapter 1
Rationale for AVKO’s Concept of Teaching Reading,
Writing, Keyboarding and Spelling AS the
Alphabet is Taught Rather than AFTER
Chapter 2
Rationale for AVKO’s Sequence of Letters to be
Taught: ABCD (RST Y) EFGH (W) I (N) JKLMOPQUVXZ.
Chapter 3
AVKO Techniques for Teaching Phonics AS manuscript
and cursive are taught
Chapter 4
Rationale for Exposing Students Immediately to a
Variety of Fonts Including Cursive
Chapter 5
Teaching with “Flashcards (Letters of the Alphabet,
Single Words, Phrases)
Chapter 6
Teaching with Sentences
Chapter 7
Teaching Comprehension with Jokes and Riddles
Chapter 8
Decodable Words Available by Units and Lessons
Chapter 9
General Lesson Plans
Units and Lessons for Learning the Alphabet,
manuscript and cursive
Unit 1:
Mastering the A, B, C and D
Unit 2:
Mastering
the R, S, and T
(plus the br,
cr, dr, sc, scr, tr, st, and str blends)
Unit 3:
Mastering the Y
(plus the ay vowel digraph)
Unit 4: Mastering the E
(and EE, EA, ER, EY and the -ED ending)
Unit 5:
Mastering the F
(plus the fr blend and the ft ending)
Unit 6: Mastering the G
(plus the ge digraph and the gr blend)
Unit 7: Mastering the H
(plus ch, sh, and th)
Unit 8: Mastering the W
(plus wh, aw, ew and the dw and tw blends)
Unit 9: Mastering the I
(plus the ai, ie, ei, igh, and eigh digraphs)
Unit 10: Mastering the N (plus the sn
blend, ng and gn digraphs, and the nd, nt, nts, nce,
and nth endings)
Unit 11: Mastering the J and K
(plus the ck digraph)
Unit 12: Mastering the L (plus the cl,
fl, and gl blends and –rl endings)
Unit 13:
Mastering the M
(plus the sm blend and the rm and sm endings)
Unit 14: Mastering the Letter O (plus
the oa, oe, oo, oy, oi, or, ow digraphs and
the wor="wur")
Unit 15: Mastering the P
(plus the pl, spl, sp, pr, spr blends
and the mp and pt endings)
Unit 16: Mastering the QU (plus the u_e,
ue, eu digraphs and the endings –sque [sk] and –que
[k])
Unit 17 Mastering
the V (plus the
f/v switches and the lf/lve endings)
Unit 18 Mastering the X
Unit 19
Mastering the Z
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