Waymaker Literacy, LLC

So exited to be a co-host of this event! If you are a home educator, don't miss this event! And stop by my table and chat me up!

🚨 FREE CURRICULUM ALERT, Tulsa homeschoolers. (Yes. Really. Free.)

For years, Aspire families have shared curriculum through our Benevolence Room — and on July 30, we're giving ALL of it away at Tulsa Area Homeschool Resource Night:

📚 Curriculum across subjects and ages
📖 Teaching resources & homeschool helps
🧒 Chapter books & kids' fiction

Free to any family who comes, while it lasts. Bring a bag. 😄

And while you're there — vendor tables from homeschool clubs, programs, and classes across the Tulsa area. Plan your whole year in one night.

🪪 BONUS: Get your homeschool teacher ID made on the spot — $10, or included with an Aspire membership. Educator discounts, teacher appreciation days... you teach, you qualify.

🗓 Thursday, July 30 · 6:30–8:30pm
📍 Eastwood Baptist Church, Tulsa
💵 Free admission — bring a friend!

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Tag a homeschool friend who can't say no to free books 👇

WHERE ARE WE GOING AND HOW QUICKLY CAN WE GET THERE?

Here is the step-by-step plan that I follow (scope and sequence of all 11 levels) as a reading interventionist. There will be no gaps and there will be no missed instruction, because I don't miss a thing! My motto is: "Let's go as fast as we can, but as slow as we need," to ensure that each student gets exactly what he needs.

Not only is the content important, but the order of instruction is crucial! I drill down hard on closed syllables and short vowels, and wait a very long time to pivot to long vowels and silent-e. Why? Because vowel confusion is at the heart of dyslexia.

Level 1: Phonemic Awareness
Lesson 1: CV and VC nonsense words
Lesson 2: CVC nonsense words
Lesson 3: VCC nonsense words
Lesson 4: CCV nonsense words
Lesson 5: Rhyming & Real Words

Level 2: Consonants & Short Vowels
Lesson 1: A, B, F, M, P, S, T
Lesson 2: I, C, G, H, L, N, R
Lesson 3: O, D, J, K, V, Z
Lesson 4: U, W, X, Y, QU
Lesson 5: E, SH, TH, CH, WH, CK

Level 3: Closed Syllables
Lesson 1: Blends at the End
Lesson 2: Blends at the Beginning
Lesson 3: Blends at Both Ends
Lesson 4: Digraph & 3-Letter Blends
Lesson 5: Spelling Floss
Lesson 6: Spelling Kiss the Cat Rule (Initial /k/)
Lesson 7: Spelling Milk Truck Rule (Final /k/)
Lesson 8: Spelling ING INK Units
Lesson 9: Spelling Catch Lunch Rule
Lesson 10: Spelling Contractions
Lesson 11: Spelling Kind Old Units

Level 4: Syllable Division & Vowel Teams
Lesson 1: Open Syllables
Lesson 2: Syllable Division Rule #1
Lesson 3: Syllable Division Rule #2
Lesson 4: Spelling /k/ in the middle
Lesson 5: Spelling Double Letters
Lesson 6: Spelling Schwa
Lesson 7: Syllable Division Rule #3
Lesson 8: Syllable Division Rule #4
Lesson 9: Three-Syllable Words
Lesson 10: Spelling The Banana Rule
Lesson 11: Spelling The Confident Rule
Lesson 12: Spelling Long A, E, I at End (Vowel Teams)
Lesson 13: Spelling Long O, U at End (Vowel Teams)
Lesson 14: Spelling Vowel Teams in Middle 3 (Vowel Teams)

Level 5: Prefixes & Suffixes
Lesson 1: Plurals S versus ES
Lesson 2: Consonant Suffixes
Lesson 3: ED and ING, The Doubling Rule
Lesson 4: Other Sounds of ED
Lesson 5: Vowel Suffixes
Lesson 6: Spelling The Change Rule
Lesson 7: Spelling TION versus SION
Lesson 8: Prefixes: dis, in, un, non
Lesson 9: Prefixes: mis, sub, re, pre
Lesson 10: Prefixes: inter, mid, over, up

Level 6: Six Reasons for Silent-E
Lesson 1: Silent-E’s in One-Syllable words
Lesson 2: Syllable Division with Silent-E
Lesson 3: C’s and G’s with Silent-E’s
Lesson 4: Spelling V at the End
Lesson 5: Spelling The Huge Bridge Rule
Lesson 6: Spelling The Dropping Rule
Lesson 7: Spelling Tricky Suffixes
Lesson 8: Spelling PH and Medial Y
Lesson 9: Unit TURE
Lesson 10: Spelling TION and SION
Lesson 11: Silent-E Units
Lesson 12: Consonant-LE Syllables
Lesson 13: Spelling The Sprinkle Vehicle Rule
Lesson 14: Spelling ABLE versus IBLE

Level 7: Vowel-R Syllables
Lesson 1: AR and OR
Lesson 2: ER, IR, and UR
Lesson 3: Vowel-R with Silent-E
Lesson 4: Prefixes & Suffixes with Vowel-R
Lesson 5: Spelling Commodore Sailor Rule
Lesson 6: Bossy W
Lesson 7: Spelling Edward the Lizard Rule
Lesson 8: The Three Sounds of EAR
Lesson 9: AR and ER can say /AIR/
Lesson 10: Word Endings ARY, ERY, and ORY
Lesson 11: Vowel-R Plus R

Level 8: Advanced Vowel Teams
Lesson 1: Spelling: India Indian Musician
Lesson 2: Spelling: Obvious Spacious Religious
Lesson 3: Spelling: Radio Union Million Region
Lesson 4: Spelling: Industrial Special Dial
Lesson 5: IE: Piece of Pie
Lesson 6: OI, OY, EY: Oil Boy, Turkey
Lesson 7: AU, AW: Audience Saw
Lesson 8: OO: Good Food
Lesson 9: OU, OW: Mouse Group, Slow Down
Lesson 10: EA: Clean Breath is Great
Lesson 11: IGH, AUGH, EIGH, EI
Lesson 12: EU, TU: Feud, Sleuth, Actual
Lesson 13: Split Vowels

Level 9: Influence of Foreign Languages
Lesson 1: Greek Words
Lesson 2: Silent Letter Pairs
Lesson 3: Words That End in I and INE
Lesson 4: French Words: QUE and CH
Lesson 5: French Words: AGE and 2 Suffixes
Lesson 6: French Words: Silent and Accented E
Lesson 7: French Words: Silent S and T plus EAU
Lesson 8: French Words: OUR
Lesson 9: Spelling: G, GU, and GUE

Level 10: Greek Words & Latin Roots
Lesson 1: Latin: Chameleon Prefix: IN
Lesson 2: Latin: Chameleon Prefix: CON
Lesson 3: Latin: Chameleon Prefixes: OB and SUB
Lesson 4: Latin: Chameleon Prefix: AB
Lesson 5: Latin: Chameleon Prefixes: EX and DIS
Lesson 6: Greek Combining Forms
Lesson 7: Greek Forms in Science
Lesson 8: Greek Forms in Math
Lesson 9: Greek Forms in Medicine
Lesson 10: Greek Forms in Social Studies

As a Certified Academic Language Practitioner (CALP), and as someone whose instruction is primarily grounded in the Barton Reading & Spelling System, one of the things I believe sets my tutoring apart is my commitment to using the diacritical marking system I learned through dyslexia certification.

For students with dyslexia, it isn't enough to simply memorize words. They need to understand why words work the way they do. Diacritical markings help make the invisible visible—teaching students how to divide words into syllables and understand when vowels make their long sounds and when they make their short sounds.

That understanding isn't just helpful.

It's foundational.

It's the difference between guessing and knowing.

That's why I'm committed to going the extra mile with this type of explicit, systematic instruction. When students truly understand the structure of our language, they gain something far more valuable than the ability to read a single word—they gain the confidence and tools to tackle thousands more.

This is why excellent curriculum matters so much!