Blending adjacent consonants in words - CCVC (as in Fran), CVCC (as in tank), CCVCC (as in drink).
Reading words with the consonant digraph ck (as in sick, brick, packs, cracks)
Reading compoundand two-syllable words.
There are small number of Heart words included in each book. These are words that children cannot decode (sound out) yet, so they need to learn any tricky bits off by heart.
