SoundBuilders
Full Curriculum and Instructional Details
Help beginning and struggling readers master letter sounds, blend CVC words, and build early decoding confidence with this Science of Reading phonics intervention kit. SoundBuilders™ Module 2 provides systematic, explicit instruction for the letters g, h, b, f, l, r, k, e, j, and u through three carefully sequenced sound groups.
Designed for kindergarten, first-grade intervention, special education, tutoring, and literacy small groups, this printable resource includes assessment tools, explicit teaching routines, word-reading practice, sentence work, games, and extension activities.
What is SoundBuilders™?
SoundBuilders™ breaks the alphabetic code into small, manageable groups of high-utility letter sounds. Instead of asking children to memorize the entire alphabet before reading, students learn a few carefully selected sounds and immediately use them to decode words and sentences.
Module 2 builds on the letter sounds introduced in Module 1 and gives students access to an expanding collection of decodable words.
Skills Covered
This module introduces:
Group 4: Story Starters — g, h, b
Group 5: Smooth Sounds — f, l, r
Group 6: Power Sounds — k, e, j, u
Students practice:
Identifying letters and producing their most common sounds
Connecting phonemes with graphemes
Forming uppercase and lowercase letters
Blending and segmenting CVC words
Reading increasingly varied decodable words
Reading and building sentences
Developing automatic letter-sound recall
Applying new phonics knowledge through games and activities
What’s Included?
Three complete SoundBuilders™ instructional groups
Teacher guidance and instructional background
Explicit letter-sound teaching materials
Assessment and progress-monitoring materials
Letter and sound cards
Letter-formation practice
Word blending and decoding practice
Decodable sentence activities
Printable games and extension activities
Family-friendly “Why This Group?” pages
Ideas for differentiation and additional practice
80 printable pages are included.
Perfect For
Kindergarten phonics instruction
First-grade reading intervention
Tier 2 and Tier 3 literacy intervention
Special education
Dyslexia support
MTSS and RTI groups
Literacy centers
Homeschool phonics
Tutoring
Summer reading intervention
Multilingual learners who need explicit English letter-sound instruction
Why Teachers Will Love It
A clear, systematic scope and sequence
Small groups of sounds that reduce cognitive overload
Immediate opportunities to blend and read real words
Consistent routines that become familiar to students
Assessment and instruction in one coordinated resource
Flexible materials for one-to-one, small-group, or whole-class use
Engaging visuals without sacrificing instructional rigor
Please Note
This is Module 2 of the SoundBuilders™ sequence. It assumes that students have already learned the sounds taught in Module 1: m, s, a, t, p, n, i, c, o, and d.
If your students are just beginning the sequence, start with SoundBuilders™ Module 1.
This is a printable PDF resource. No physical materials will be mailed.