Comprehensive K–6 Curriculum. Research-Based. Teacher-Developed.
Essential Skills provides a comprehensive library of supplemental programs for K–6 Reading and Math, plus ELL, Science, Geography, and more. Instruction is explicit, carefully sequenced, and designed to help students build skills step by step through focused, engaging practice.
Used in schools for over 25 years, Essential Skills supports classroom learning, intervention, special education, and English language learners. Built-in assessment, individualized practice, and progress reporting help educators identify learning gaps, reinforce essential skills, and monitor student growth.
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All Grades
Understanding place value, rounding, skip counting, recognizing large numbers, working with decimals, fractions and problem solving are among the skills covered in this comprehensive package.
Designed for: Grade 6
This complete interactive reading skills program provides systematic phonics instruction to students at a K-2 grade level. Students progress from learning the alphabet to reading complete sentences. Super Phonics and Super Phonics Level 2 are the best online phonics programs…Read More
Designed for: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
This is a comprehensive reading program that introduces and extends new phonics skills to students at a grade 2 to 3 level.
Designed for: Grade 2, Grade 3
This comprehensive sight words program teaches the 220 Dolch sight words and more than 100 other high frequency words to students at a kindergarten through 2nd grade level. The word lists in the Essential Skills Sight Words program constitute more…Read More
Designed for: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
Teaches the next 400 words that have the highest frequency in the English language to students at a grade 2 to 4 grade level. Word lists have been researched and selected from a number of reputable sources including the Fry…Read More
Designed for: Grade 2, Grade 3
Developed by teachers, Readiness Skills provides students in grades PK through one with the basic readiness skills required for them to excel as early learners. The program teaches skills in a sequential way that guarantees success for students. Shapes, colors,…Read More
Designed for: Kindergarten, Grade 1
Developed by teachers and reading specialists, Essential Skills Phonemic Awareness program teaches students at a K-2 grade level 38 different phoneme sounds, how to isolate these sounds in words, phoneme addition, deletion, and substitution. The Essential Skills Phonemic Awareness program…Read More
Designed for: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
These fully illustrated and patterned stories are designed to allow emergent readers to learn independently at their own level and pace. Each story provides opportunities for students to learn, practice, and apply phonetic rules and to develop word recognition and…Read More
Designed for: Kindergarten
These fully illustrated and patterned stories are designed to allow emergent readers to learn independently at their own level and pace. Each story provides opportunities for students to learn, practice, and apply phonetic rules and to develop word recognition and…Read More
Designed for: Grade 1
A graduated reading system with each level increasing in difficulty as the reader progresses through the illustrated stories. This program is designed for students in grade 2.
Designed for: Grade 2
A graduated reading system with each level increasing in difficulty as the reader progresses through the illustrated stories. This program is designed for students in grade 3
Designed for: Grade 3
Interesting yet easy to read, fully illustrated stories for older students reading at a grade 2 - 3 level. This program is designed to encourage reading and help struggling readers.
Designed for: Remedial Students
Interesting yet easy to read, fully illustrated stories for older students reading at a grade 2.5 - 3.5 level. The program is designed to encourage reading and help struggling readers.
Designed for: Remedial Students
Interesting yet easy to read, fully illustrated stories for older students reading at a grade 3 - 4 level. This program is designed to encourage reading and help struggling readers.
Designed for: Remedial Students