This competency-based course provides teacher-directed instruction in basic reading skills for four grade levels — Levels 0 (non-reader), 1, 2, and 3.

• Phonemic awareness
• Oral fluency
• Decoding and word recognition
• Listening and oral skills
• Integrating reading and writing academic skills
• Community and workplace skills

Adults are provided with the basic reading skills that integrate the College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) for Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing: the Model Program Standards for Adult Basic Education; and the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment (CASAS) Test competencies.