Alberta Foundational Skills

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Explicit support for phonics, fluency, and comprehension

Intended for use with a small group within a larger class, Literacy Success Foundations is designed to empower teachers by providing explicit support for teaching reading skills from phonics to fluency to comprehension. The topics and design will engage and support older students with foundational skills.

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Canadian Edition! Phase Classroom Packs now available which include multiple copies of each book.

The Bug Club Phonics readers support children as they become fluent and automatic decoders. These books are 100% decodable and give children opportunities to practice their blending skills and consolidate their knowledge of letter-sound correspondences in the context of engaging texts. 

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Fantasy Decodable Books

The Moonlit Mountain Readers combine captivating stories with intentional phonics practice, bridging the gap between the enchanting worlds of fantasy and the foundational skills of early literacy. With compelling visual storytelling guided by spectacular artists, this series invites readers to fall in love with these mythical creatures, anthropomorphic animals, and fantastical landscapes—all while building the skills and confidence to become lifelong readers.

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Jump Rope Readers gradually and systematically introduce beginning readers to new letter-sound correspondences and high-frequency words. Along the way, they introduce memorable characters, exciting adventures, fascinating nonfiction content and the foundational elements of fiction and nonfiction texts. 

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Focused Phonics provides a comprehensive, systematic phonics program that helps students master foundational reading skills. Each kit includes: 30 decodable books (6 copies each), 1 Teacher’s Guide, Student Guided Practice Book with scaffolded activities, built-in teacher support, phonics card games, online games, and access to digital resources including ebooks, audio recordings, and printable student pages.

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The Phonics Companion supports a research-based, systematic, and explicit approach to phonics instruction that will enhance what you are doing in your broader literacy program. 

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Daily alphabet activities help children practice and recite the alphabet while engaging them through fun games that teach them how to recognize and sequence letters. Explicit instruction, multi-sensory approach to learning (including visual, auditory, and kinesthetic), multiple small- and whole-group activities, hands-on games, and active learning opportunities provide students with multiple opportunities to build confidence and foundational skills.

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A digital library with over 900 titles, including Canadian, French, and Indigenous content!

Every subscription includes exceptional books, personalization tools, and teaching/learning supports.

Bug Club Phonics decodable books are now available!

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New! Reading & Writing 3rd Editions

The Units of Study address the full range of domains emphasized by the reading research community to provide a truly research-based approach that brings the best of what we know into classrooms in ways that will spark joy and provide teachers with the tools they need to teach responsively. 

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A cohesive system for high-quality literacy instruction with whole-group, small-group, and independent learning resources.

FPC Interactive Read Aloud Collection offers 120 of the best very best age-appropriate, grade-appropriate trade books representing a variety of authors, illustrators, topics, genres, themes, and text structures.

FPC Shared Reading Collection offers a whole-class or small-group activity in which children join you in reading a large-print book aloud, giving them the opportunity to engage in reading texts they would not be able to read independently

FPC Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study Systems are comprised of explicit lessons based on early literacy concepts, phonological awareness, letter knowledge, letter-sound relationships, spelling patterns, high-frequency words, word meaning/vocabulary, word structure and word-solving actions.

Reading Minilessons
Explicit, concise, purposeful lessons with a practical application in a specific area of literacy. Each minilesson engages children in inquiry that leads to the discovery and understanding of a general principle.

Writing Minilessons
Brief, focused, explicit lessons that help children understand the characteristics of effective writing and nurture their ability to write with purpose, imagination, and voice.

FPC Guided Reading
A collection filled with original, authentic books that spark engagement and wonder. Each accompanying lesson contains instruction to extend students’ reading, writing, phonics/word work, and language skills.

Independent Reading
Children read texts of their choice independently, allowing them to enjoy books, practice the reading process, and share their thinking about the books they are reading.

Book Clubs
A small-group activity in which children choose a book to read from a thematic text set and then come together for a discussion that expands their thinking about texts.

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