Essentials 1-7 Complete Set Cursive (E470C)

Everything you need for Lessons 1-7 of Essentials, including reusable supplements you'll use throughout the curriculum! Now includes Quick Reference

Reading, Spelling, Grammar, & Vocabulary
-Differentiated instruction 
-Three levels of spelling and vocabulary in each lesson
-Discovery-based instruction
-Engaging activities
-Meaningful practice
-Scripted lessons
-Extensive helps and teacher tips
-Phonograms
-Spelling Rules
-Parts of Speech, punctuation rules, capitalization rules
-Efficient vocabulary instruction with prefixes, suffixes, and Greek and Latin roots

Essentials is Recommended for
-Ages 8 to adult 
-Anyone who wants to learn why English words are spelled the way they are
-As a spelling, grammar, and vocabulary program for Grades 2-6
-Struggling readers age 8 and up
-Struggling spellers age 8 and up
-Students with dyslexia
-Students continuing from Foundations who are ready to go deeper with the phonograms and rules, build spelling mastery, and learn grammar and new vocabulary concepts

Prerequisites
-None. See notes below if the student needs handwriting instruction.
-If needed, use the ten optional Pre-Lessons in the 1-7 Teacher's Guide to strengthen foundational skills before beginning Lesson 1. There is a Placement Test to help you determine the right starting point for each student.

Essentials 1-7 Complete Set
This set includes all the components of Essentials needed to teach the first seven lessons of the curriculum - typically a semester to a school year depending on your pace - to one student.
-Essentials Teacher's Guide, Lessons 1-7
-Essentials Student Workbook, Lessons 1-7
-Spelling Journal
-Basic Phonogram Flash Cards
-Spelling Rule Flash Cards
-Advanced Phonogram Flash Cards
-Grammar Flash Cards
-Morpheme Flash Cards, Lessons 1-7
-Phonogram Game Cards - 1 Bookface deck
-Phonogram Game Cards - 1 Cursive deck
-Phonogram Game Tiles
-Phonogram and Spelling Rule Quick Reference
-Spelling Analysis Card

Other Materials
-Student Whiteboard - recommended (included in Rhythm of Handwriting Complete Set)
-Rhythm of Handwriting - if handwriting instruction is needed
-The Essentials Reader, with accompanying Student Activity Book and Essentials Reader Teacher's Guide - reading comprehension supplement, recommended with Essentials for struggling readers age 8 and up.
-Materials for Essentials Lessons 8-30 - after completing these lessons

Teaching multiple students?
Each additional student will need:
-Essentials Student Workbook, Lessons 1-7 
-Spelling Journal (one per student)
-Student Whiteboard (recommended; included in Rhythm of Handwriting Set)
-Optional: Phonogram Game Cards (add additional sets if teaching more than four students; used in groups of four)
-Optional: Phonogram Game Tiles (we recommend one set for every one or two students)

Handwriting Styles
Essentials does not teach handwriting. Students may complete Essentials lessons with either cursive or manuscript handwriting; the sample text is in a standard bookface font to allow greater flexibility.
This Complete set includes Phonogram Game Cards - Cursive. This enables students to practice reading the phonograms both as they appear in books and as they appear in writing.

If Handwriting Instruction is Needed
If the student struggles with handwriting or needs handwriting instruction, introduce either cursive or manuscript using The Rhythm of Handwriting. The Essentials Pre-Lessons include a suggested schedule for integrating Rhythm of Handwriting instruction.

Continuing through Essentials
After completing these lessons, add the new materials for Lessons 8-15. Continue with Lessons 16-22 and 23-30 when you are ready for them. At a pace of one lesson per week, you can complete all 30 lessons in a school year; at a pace of half a lesson per week you will complete about 15 lessons in a school year.

The entire curriculum, Lessons 1-30, can then be reused up to two additional times at a more advanced level of instruction.