About Key Skills Phonics Mastery 2-3 (School Edition) Provides a comprehensive presentation of phonics skills with activities

that ali gn to state standards, focusing on the alphabetic principle--the understanding t hat there is a predictable relationship between written letters and spoken sound s. With a focus on learning and using the alphabetic principle--the understanding t hat there is a predictable relationship between written letters and spoken sound s -- Key Skills Phonics Mastery provides explicit instructional support for emer gent readers as they: # # # # # # # Solidify knowledge of the alphabet Understand letter-sound correspondences Blend sounds, segment words and build decoding skills Distinguish onsets and rimes in spoken and written words Develop knowledge of phonograms and base words Construct a foundation for reading and spelling words Easy to use student interface assists readers and non-readers