teacher's guide

K-2 Literacy Teacher’s Guide

Designed for Teachers, Built for Young Readers!
Great teaching deserves great tools, and our K-2 Literacy Teacher’s Guide has you covered! Packed with everything you need for Science of Reading-aligned instruction, this guide is easy to use and perfect for delivering targeted, impactful literacy lessons—whether you’re in the classroom or running after-school programs.

The Footsteps2Brilliance Teacher’s Guide is your go-to resource, packed with easy-to-use strategies, step-by-step lesson plans, and creative ideas to differentiate instruction.

Because One Size Doesn’t Fit All in Teaching!

Core lessons don’t always click for every student—and that’s okay! These lessons offer fresh, focused approaches to help kids grasp critical skills and start mastering them right away, ensuring every student gets the support they need to succeed.

Flexible Step-by-Step Lesson Plans

Make teaching simple and effective! These easy-to-use plans, built with reusable routines, help you target students’ needs while encouraging deliberate practice and meaningful feedback—guiding them to success one step at a time!

Evidence-based Literacy Instruction Strategies

Our lesson plans make evidence-based literacy instruction easy! Grounded in the Science of Reading, they’re standards-aligned, include professional development, and cover every literacy domain—even writing.

Supports Data-Informed Instruction

Our lesson plans use game-based assessments to deliver instant, actionable data, giving teachers one-click access to personalized support for every student—making data-driven instruction easy!

Your State Aligned F2B Teacher’s Guide includes:

Every Essential Lesson includes 4 Components:

  • Lesson Plan

  • Interactive Resources

  • Printable Resources

  • Real-Time Reporting

Footsteps2Brilliance Essential Lessons™ make teaching easy, no matter your experience. With ready-to-use, evidence-based routines, these lessons help teachers and students succeed. The structured plans ensure knowledge is introduced, practiced, and retained naturally, building student confidence and simplifying your work!

Each Essential Lesson presents a reusable routine

Dictation ensures students practice decoding AND encoding

Standards Alignment Content and Language Objectives

Lesson Notes offer guidance on effective strategies, recommended sequences, and tips to avoid confusion

All materials are available on a resource page

Think Alouds foster metacognition by modeling and encouraging students to verbalize their thinking

Optional Extension & Differentiation activities deepen students’ understanding and/or meet diverse student needs.

“I love the new Teacher Guide tab! It’s great that everything is sorted by domain.”

Administrator

Mission Vista Academy, CA

Let’s close the literacy gap and open the door to lifelong success—
one student, one classroom,
one community at a time.