When students know the first 54 phonograms and have analyzed and recorded the first 34 words in the Extended Ayres List, they can read Reading Works Primer A.It is an exciting moment when those first attempts at reading fluency happen and that knowing glow that says "I can read!" comes over a student's face. All the words used in this first primer they have learned to spell and learned to analyze. Albeit, though the sentences are simple, the fact remains that they are able to decode these sentences, and they know what they mean. They are reading. They know they are reading. They are experiencing genuine success with reading. Is there a more significant foundation stone academically than this?