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Welcome to

Language Patterns

Reading, Writing and Spelling K-3

a proudly Canadian 
Structured Literacy program based on
the Science of Reading

Can also be used for Tier 2 and

ELL instruction in the higher grades.

Book 1: Units 1 - 3. Give your students the basics, fast! By the time they finish the first set of materials, they will have covered the first fifteen letter-sound associations in the program and will have read their first seven stories, on their own!

LP Letter-Lore for Grade 1 or first year of Structured Literacy

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Language Patterns

Language Patterns

Language Patterns

 

Language Patterns is a literacy program for beginning readers, developed and tested in Canadian classrooms, and fully consistent with the Ontario Language Curriculum (2023) and the recommendations of the 2022 Ontario Human Rights Commission Report, Right to Read.

Language Patterns is systematic, comprehensive and science-based. It includes phonemic awareness, letter-sound based decoding, orthographic and morphological knowledge, as well as comprehension, critical thinking, and creative writing - all developed around a sound synthetic phonics core. 

Teachers will find following the program straightforward - you can get started with whatever level of knowledge you have. You can start now and be proud of what you and your students can accomplish! The Teacher Editions give you clear directions on each lesson. As you work through the program, you will acquire more knowledge and experience of the Science of Reading in action.

Letter Formation

There is a page to practice formation of each letter and digraph the students will be using.

The Language Patterns Decodable Library

The Language Patterns Decodable Library for Grade One is a set of 59 little books, each one completely decodable when the necessary grapheme-phoneme patterns have been learned. Everything you need to teach those patterns is available for free, right here!

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Language Patterns

The Language Patterns program is a comprehensive, Canadian reading and language program for Grade 1 or the first year of English instruction. It can also be used for Tier II intervention. 

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Free Language Patterns teaching resources!

There is a plethora of free resources to support you in your teaching the Language Patterns scope and sequence. 

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Worksheets and Workbooks

First and foremost are the free worksheets, which cover the complete program. Every book has a QR code that takes you directly to the resources necessary to teach the skills and concepts relevant to the story. You can buy workbooks if you wish, either spiral bound to lie flat or perfect bound to save money.

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Teaching tips, page by page

The Teacher Editions provide simple, flexible instructions for every page of the activity books. The program is not highly scripted, but there is sufficient instruction to support you in all your lessons. Download the free PDFs or get your own hard copies, in perfect or spiral binding.


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Sound Wall Cards

There are lots of other resources you can download. There is a complete set of Sound Wall cards, each featuring both letters and keyword images to remind the students of each GPC they learn.

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Sound Search

Sound Search - one of the many activities your students will enjoy. Talk about the pictures and sounds, but don't be be fooled by the tricky one! A great phonemic awareness exercise.

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Flash Cards

Your students might enjoy the free Flash Cards. Each card has the keyword image on one side and the sound spelling on the other. 

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LP Decodable Collections

Stories that your students will decode and  enjoy!

Students can read each story using the skills they have learned so far. The texts are real stories, right from the start! 

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Is Sam a good dog? Will he do what he is told? 

The decodables are amusing and engaging, even when they only use 5 sounds! Students discover the thrill and pleasure of reading real stories, with character and plot, humour and suspense. 

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Diversity

The Language Patterns Decodable Library includes lots of original art and text to represent Canadian diversity and introduce Indigenous themes.

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Lively Illustrations

The illustrations that accompany the decodable stories are carefully designed to supplement, not duplicate the text. The pictures have lots to talk about, but students can't predict the text.

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The second set of books will introduce another fifteen letter-sound associations, and your students will have read even more. 

The cover of "Tom Kicks"

Give your students the basics, fast! By the time they finish these first term materials, they will have covered the first fifteen letter-sound associations in the program and will have read their first seven stories, on their own!

 for Grade One or first year of Structured Literacy

LP Letter-Lore

Language Patterns

 

 

LP Letter-Lore

Book 2: Units 4 - 6. This second set of workbook and decodables covers another fifteen letter-sound associations. The decodable collection provides 20 more stories for students to read on their own.

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Language Patterns

Language Patterns

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LP Letter-Lore

Book 3: Units 7 - 15. The third set of workbook and decodables takes students to the end of the alphabet and the first three consonant digraphs. And lots of decodables to practise on!

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Book 4: Transitional Unit. The fourth set of books provides a transition between Grades 1 and 2, introducing students to vowel teams, common prefixes and suffixes and more! All backed up by another set of decodable stories, which practice the skills taught in the workbooks.

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Language Patterns

Language Patterns

Language Patterns


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Give your students the basics, fast! By the time they finish these first term materials, they will have covered the first fifteen letter-sound associations in the program and will have read their first seven stories, on their own!

LP Letter-Lore

 for Grade One or first year of Structured Literacy

Give your students the basics, fast! By the time they finish these first term materials, they will have covered the first fifteen letter-sound associations in the program and will have read their first seven stories, on their own!

LP Letter-Lore

 for Grade One or first year of Structured Literacy

WLS 2 SE Cover Image.jpg
Tom Kicks Cover Image.jpg
WLS 2 TE Cover Image.jpg
WLS 2 OTE Front Cover.jpg

Give your students the basics, fast! By the time they finish these first term materials, they will have covered the first fifteen letter-sound associations in the program and will have read their first seven stories, on their own!

LP Letter-Lore

 for Grade One or first year of Structured Literacy

WLS 2 SE Cover Image.jpg
Tom Kicks Cover Image.jpg
WLS 2 TE Cover Image.jpg
WLS 2 OTE Front Cover.jpg

Give your students the basics, fast! By the time they finish these first term materials, they will have covered the first fifteen letter-sound associations in the program and will have read their first seven stories, on their own!

LP Letter-Lore

 for Grade One or first year of Structured Literacy

WLS 2 SE Cover Image.jpg
Tom Kicks Cover Image.jpg
WLS 2 TE Cover Image.jpg
WLS 2 OTE Front Cover.jpg
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