NEST Structured Literacy Spelling Programme: Part 1

PART 1 — Structured Literacy Programme: Phonics, Spelling and Reading (Weeks 1 to 13)

This booklet has no age label.

I have designed it so that the reading passages are on topics that may interest older teens and do not feel patronising or immature, however.

This is Part 1 of a complete 26-week structured literacy programme built on Orton-Gillingham principles and current structured literacy research. It covers the foundational skills: short vowel sounds, consonant blends, digraphs, long vowel patterns, split digraphs, vowel digraphs and diphthongs, silent letters, soft c and g, and suffixes. Every week includes a phonics sheet, a reading comprehension passage with six questions working through all of Bloom's Taxonomy, and a spelling and memory sheet. Three sheets per week. Around 20 minutes each.

The programme opens with something most literacy resources skip entirely: a section written directly to the young person. It tells them straight that struggling with reading and spelling has nothing to do with intelligence, gives them the statistics, and shares what a few notable people have done with the same difficulty. It includes a page for when it feels impossible, a technology toolkit, a card-making system, and a visual progress tracker for all 26 weeks.

Every sheet is designed to be calm on the page; generous spacing, clear structure, a read-aloud option built into every sheet for learners who benefit from hearing the text. There are no grades. No pass or fail. Just structured, cumulative practice that builds on itself every single week and following a predictable pattern.

This is Part 1 of 2.

Part 2 covers is available separately and covers weeks 14 to 26. Full comprehension answers for parents and carers are collected at the back of this booklet; keep them separate from your young person's working copy and use them to support answers. Avoid crosses and ticks, but use the answers to open conversations about looking again at the text together.

PDF download. 110 pages. Print at home or use on a screen.