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Gateway Ratings Summary
ELA 1st Grade Overview
The program provides strong phonics instruction with systematic and explicit routines for decoding, encoding, and high-frequency words, but phonemic awareness instruction is not fully aligned with phonics. While decodable texts support phonics instruction, small-group instruction follows a different sequence, leading to potential gaps. Fluency instruction includes structured routines like echo reading and rereading for accuracy and prosody, but corrective feedback is minimal, and fluency assessments are not systematically included. Word recognition and analysis assessments are also limited, with no dedicated assessments for syllable division or morpheme analysis. Although students practice spelling high-frequency words, they do not write them independently in context.