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95 Phonics Core Program K-5 Resource Center

Review grade-level samples, product components, efficacy research, and more for 95 Phonics Core Program®—the instructional component of 95 Tier 1 Phonics Solution.

Bring evidence-based phonics instruction to your classroom

Test core components for each grade level, and see first-hand what effective phonics instruction looks like.

Sample lessons

Our Teacher’s Editions contain prewritten, easy-to-follow instructional dialogue to ensure successful lesson implementation with integrity and confidence.

Sample workbooks and manipulatives

Explore abundant practice opportunities that consistently reinforce new skills.

Visual tools

Try out interactive aids like sound spelling cards, posters, and interactive presentational files that bring lessons to life with minimal prep.

Instructional supports

Access scope and sequence, assessment samples, and other resources that support explicit instruction and development of foundational skills.

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Download The 95 Phonics Core Program Difference for a comprehensive overview of our evidence-based phonics reading program.

Discover how 95 Phonics Core Program brings the science of reading to life and fits into the broader One95 Literacy Ecosystem™, through a guided walkthrough of lessons and other curriculum components alongside grade-level samples.

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Backed by rigorous research

95 Phonics Core Program meets the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) standards of evidence, earning an ESSA Level 1 “Strong” rating. ESSA research has shown the program to:

Improve phonics knowledge for students significantly more than other phonics programs.

Address the needs of students of all backgrounds to grow their phonics skills, with similar gains seen across gender, EL status, and SPED status.

Meet students at their current skill level and enable them to advance regardless of starting point – even for those below benchmark.

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Learn how districts and schools like yours have improved their literacy outcomes with 95 Phonics Core Program.

Explore insights from educators using 95 Phonics Core Program as you evaluate the benefits of an evidence-based reading program to support your Tier 1 phonics instruction.

Strengthen your core literacy instruction

Are you looking for a new language arts curriculum and wondering about phonics instruction? Are too many of your students in need of intervention? Follow the science of reading and discover why the evidence-based supplement 95 Phonics Core Program® is critical to your literacy toolkit and student progress.

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Kindergarten

Our Kindergarten program anchors fluency with letter-sound correspondence in phonemic awareness. The 25-week program develops automaticity in sound-to-grapheme connections through reading and writing application tasks aligned to foundational standards.

Sample packet

Includes: Introduction, Teacher’s Edition and Student Workbook sample lessons, sound-spelling cards list, and instructional supports (including scope and sequence).

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Interactive presentation file

Preview the slides for Lesson 11, introduction of j and w (includes 5 days of instruction).

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95 Phonics Core Program has really given us an improved foundation for phonics. It’s addressing a gap that we had in our English phonics skills instruction.

Alejandra Ramirez


Elementary Reading Coordinator Pre K-5, Southside ISD

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Grade 1

In Grade 1, consistent routines, dialogues, chip colors, and gestures keep the focus on content proficiency. Sequential, explicit lesson structures help students successfully identify, read, and write grade-level text with steady progress.

Sample packet

Includes: Introduction, Teacher’s Edition and Student Workbook sample lessons, sound-spelling cards list, and instructional supports (including scope and sequence).

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Interactive presentation file

Preview the slides for Lesson 17, long vowel silent-e, long i (includes 5 days of instruction).

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Since we’ve adopted the 95 Phonics Core Program, we are all on the same page with these foundational skills. There is so much power behind that.

Onorina Huffman


Title I/LAP Specialist, Edmonds School District, Edmonds School District, WA

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Grade 2

Grade 2 students strengthen phonics skills through consistent, explicit routines. Sequential skill instruction helps students sustain steady progress toward fluency while successfully identifying, reading, and writing grade-level text.

Sample packet

Includes: Introduction, Teacher’s Edition and Student Workbook sample lessons, sound-spelling cards list, and instructional supports (including scope and sequence).

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Interactive presentation file

Preview the slides for Lesson 6, predictable vowel teams igh and oa (includes 5 days of instruction).

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95 Percent Group’s products gave our students a big boost in confidence. They want to read more.

Micah L. Gearhart


Principal, Camanche Elementary School (IA)

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Grade 3

Our Grade 3 program helps students build automaticity in reading multisyllable words through explicit instruction in the 6 syllable types and the morphological structure of words. Decoding and encoding application tasks support the development of word attack skills for increasingly complex text.

Sample packet

Includes: Introduction, Teacher’s Edition and Student Workbook sample lessons, classroom posters (16″ x 24″), and instructional supports (including scope and sequence).

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Interactive presentation file

Preview the slides for Lesson 17, predictable vowel teams, simple multisyllable (includes 5 days of instruction).

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I am seeing double-digit gains in K-5—double digit.

Nikki Porter


Principal, Stonewall Tell Elementary

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Grade 4

In Grade 4, students learn word attack strategies by engaging authentic texts on science, social studies, and pop culture topics. Explicit word-study routines help students analyze multisyllabic patterns and morphological structures to build accuracy and fluency.

Sample packet

Includes: Weekly lesson components, Teacher’s Edition and Student Workbook sample lessons, classroom posters (16” x 24”), and instructional supports (including scope and sequence).

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Interactive presentation file

Preview the slides for Lesson 9, closed, complex multisyllable (includes 5 days of instruction).

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There is no doubt in my mind that the greatest success is the fact that we have the Phonics Core Program and that it was adopted.

Megan McCarthy


Title I/LAP Specialist, Edmonds School District, Washington

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Grade 5

Grade 5 students prepare for increasingly complex texts through sustained word-study routines. The program helps students learn to analyze multisyllabic patterns and morphological structures using engaging science, social studies, and pop culture topics to strengthen literacy skills.

Sample packet

Includes: Weekly lesson components, Teacher’s Edition and Student Workbook sample lessons, classroom posters (16” x 24”), and instructional supports (including scope and sequence).

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Interactive presentation file

Preview the slides for Lesson 9, closed, complex multisyllable (includes 5 days of instruction).

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Without a doubt, the greatest impact on student learning has been the 95 Phonics Core Program and the teacher content knowledge gained from the professional learning that supported the implementation and beyond.

Gina Looney


District reading and RTI coordinator, Franklin Special School District

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Maximize instructional impact with 95 Tier 1 Phonics Solution

See how our turnkey solution helps you transition seamlessly between the explicit instruction of 95 Phonics Core Program and the purposeful practice of Sortegories™ to accelerate reading proficiency.

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Explore our aligned extension opportunities

Based in the science of reading and aligned with the scope and sequence of 95 Phonics Core Program, 95 Decodable Duo™ books for K-1 and 95 Readables™ chapter books for grades 2-5 can offer your students immediate application and practice of new skills.

Aligned extensions sold separately from 95 Phonics Core Program.

95 Decodable Duo books

Help your K-1 students sharpen their decoding skills with this new series featuring an innovative flip-book format—developed to align with best practices in the science of reading and the scope and sequence of 95 Phonics Core Program.

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95 Readables chapter books

Chapter books for grades 2-5 aligned with the scope and sequence of 95 Phonics Core Program provide immediate application and practice of newly acquired skills. Each grade features an engaging series of fiction and nonfiction books.

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