*We study words to learn to read and write *We study names *Forming Letters, starting with our Mascot's Name *Expert Talk about the Spellings of Our Names *Studying Short-Vowel Power in Names *Studying Blends and Digraphs in Names *Comparing and Contrasting Names to Grow Theories about Phonics *Looking Closely at Snap Words *Sorting Snap Words *Studying Snap Words with the Vowel O *Learning New Snap Words *Using Snap Words to Write *Using Everything You know about Words, Letters, and Sounds to Write *Power Words Help Writers Make a Zillion New Words. * Making Even More Words from Snap Words *Making More New Words Using Blends and Digraphs * Bringing All You Know to Read and Write Long, Complicated Words. * Tackling Super Hard Words to Read, Read, Read