Pineapple Cove Classical Academy – Literacy Essentials

Apr 2026 · 2nd Semester

Literacy Essentials is an "Orton-based" program. It contains the elements common to programs from this heritage. Instruction is multi-sensory, explicit and direct. Teachers use question and answer analysis and graphic organization of the content. The program begins with writing and spelling to teach reading—wiring children's brains to think deeply. Literacy Essentials features day-by-day organization of instructional information. The curriculum covers the areas of phonemic awareness, the alphabetic code which includes 72 common English spelling patterns or phonograms (first Basic Code then advanced code), orthography, vocabulary, writing and grammar, reading from accuracy to automaticity, and reading comprehension.