For Educators

Overview of the Fundamentals of Structured Literacy Approach

The Fundamentals of Structured Literacy teaches how language works through phonemic awareness, phonics, syllable types, spelling patterns, and morphology. Instruction follows a systematic, sequential progression that builds from simple to complex, with continual review for mastery. Teaching is explicit and utilizes the gradual release model (“I do, we do, you do”). Learning is a multisensory experience that engages visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic modalities simultaneously.

Structured Language

Teaches how language works: phonemic awareness, phonics, syllable types, spelling patterns, and morphology.

Systematic, Sequential, Cumulative

Follows a clear scope and sequence from simple to complex.
Continual review of previously taught skills to ensure mastery.

Explicit/Direct Instruction

Concepts are taught directly.
Uses gradual release: I do → we do → you do.

Multisensory, Simultaneous

Engages visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic modalities together.