Virginia K–5 Literacy and Math Resources: Phonics, Handwriting, Fluency and Grade 3–4 Math
Virginia K–5 Literacy and Math Resources: Phonics, Handwriting, Fluency and Grade 3–4 Math
Virginia teachers work with the Standards of Learning, the VALLSS screener in K–3 and the requirements of the Virginia Literacy Act, all at once. This page sorts our K–5 units by grade and shows where each one sits next to the SOL.
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Seven units for phonics, handwriting, fluency and grade 3–4 math
These seven cover early reading in the spirit of the Virginia Literacy Act, print and cursive handwriting, and the grade 3–4 math and fluency work that sits right before the SOL tests.
Phonemic Awareness Daily Routines | 36 Weeks of Oral Sound Routines | Kindergarten
A daily oral sound routine; children answer with sounds, not letters.
Decodable Readers Grade One | 20 Stories with Word Work & Comprehension | Grade 1
Stories built from taught patterns, so children blend instead of guess.
Manuscript Handwriting | Basic Strokes & A–Z Letter Practice | Grades K–1
Basic strokes, then a model for every letter.
Cursive Writing | Strokes, Letters a–z & Joining Words | Grades 2–3
Ten lessons from stroke families to joined words, for the cursive taught under Virginia's English SOL.
Multiplication Fact Fluency | Strategies, Fact Families & Array Labs | Grade 3
Hard facts built from easier ones, with array labs.
Multi-Digit Multiplication and Division | Area Model, Partial Products & Partial Quotients | Grade 4
Area model and partial products before the algorithm.
Reading Fluency Passages | 24 Original Passages with Meaning Checks | Grade 4
Twenty-four passages, each with a meaning check.
Virginia standards in plain terms
What Virginia expects in K–5 reading, writing and math
Virginia teaches to its own Standards of Learning (SOL) for English, mathematics, science and history. In science, the 2018 Science SOL stay in place for K–5; the December 2025 revision covers only high school courses, so your elementary science plans don't change.
Students take the SOL tests in reading and math in grades 3–8 and in science in grade 5. In K–3, schools use the VALLSS screener for literacy. That means the grade 3 year carries a lot: the first state tests, and for some students, a reading plan from earlier screening.
Grade bands
Which resource fits which Virginia grade
Each unit is listed at the grade it is written for. These are practice and lesson sets to use alongside your district's core program, not a state-adopted curriculum.
| Grade | Resource | Virginia note |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten |
Phonemic Awareness Daily Routines Manuscript Handwriting K–1 |
Oral sound work for the skills the VALLSS screener looks at. |
| Grade 1 |
Decodable Readers Grade One Heart Words |
Decodable text and word mapping for science-based reading instruction. |
| Grades 2–3 | Cursive Writing Grades 2–3 | Cursive is part of Virginia's English SOL; check your division's grade-level expectation. |
| Grade 3 | Multiplication Fact Fluency | Fact strategies for the first year of SOL math tests. |
| Grade 4 |
Multi-Digit Multiplication and Division Reading Fluency Passages |
Multi-digit methods and fluency practice for upper elementary. |
| Grades 3–5 |
Multisyllabic Word Decoding Text Evidence and Constructed Response |
Practice for students on a reading plan who stall on long words. |
Early reading
The Virginia Literacy Act in the classroom
The Virginia Literacy Act of 2022 requires instruction based on science-based reading research, screening in K–8 and individual reading plans for students who need them, starting in 2024–25. If you write or follow reading plans, you need short, clear practice that targets one skill at a time.
In Kindergarten, the Phonemic Awareness Daily Routines give you a few minutes of oral blending and segmenting each day. In grade 1, the Decodable Readers and Heart Words keep children blending instead of guessing. For older students on a reading plan, the multisyllabic decoding lessons and the Dyslexia-Friendly Reading Support Pack repeat the same routine from lesson to lesson, so progress is easy to track.
Handwriting
Cursive under the Virginia English SOL
Virginia's English Standards of Learning include cursive in the elementary grades. The exact grade-level expectations sit in the English SOL and your division's curriculum framework, so check your division's current handwriting requirement before you set your pacing.
Our Cursive Writing unit is written for grades 2–3. It starts with posture and movement, works through the stroke families, gives every lowercase letter its own practice page, and then joins letters into words and moves to fluent writing. Before cursive, the Manuscript Handwriting K–1 set gives children print letters with clear stroke direction, which makes the shift to cursive easier.
Classroom use
How to use these units in a K–5 week
Teachers can use these sets in small groups, an intervention block or a short daily routine.
- Read the teacher guide firstIt explains the routine and where children usually get stuck.
- Pick the grade by skill, not only by ageA grade 3 student on a reading plan may need grade 1 decodable stories or the multisyllabic lessons, not grade 3 passages. Match the unit to the skill gap the screener shows.
- Keep sessions shortSound routines take a few minutes a day; handwriting works best as ten-minute practice several times a week.
- Edit the DOCXChange names, examples or word lists to match your class.
- Print on US LetterThe A4 PDFs print on US Letter with fit-to-page.
By subject: K–2 phonics, grades 1–4 math, grades 3–6 reading and K–3 handwriting.
Questions teachers ask
Frequently asked questions
Do these resources match the Virginia standards?
We don't claim alignment or approval from the state. Each unit is written for a US grade and sits closest to the skills in the grade-level SOL. Compare the lesson list with the Standards of Learning and your division's curriculum framework.
Does Virginia require cursive?
Cursive is part of Virginia's English Standards of Learning in the elementary grades. Check your division's current grade-level expectation for when it starts.
What do I get when I buy a unit?
A classroom material PDF, a teacher guide PDF, an editable DOCX and an editable PowerPoint. Page counts are on each product page.
Can I use these with a student's individual reading plan?
Yes, as practice material. Each unit targets one skill and repeats a clear routine, which makes it easy to name in a plan and track over a few weeks. The units do not screen or diagnose.
Will these replace my district curriculum?
No. They are focused sets for practice and intervention, used next to your core program.
Planning for a Virginia classroom
For every subject and grade we cover, the Virginia Teaching Resources & Worksheets (Grades K–12) page collects it in one place.
See the elementary math resources →