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Literacy Verbs

Source: Captainswords.app/docs/DESTINATION_HELPING_VERBS.md · docs/SKILL_TAXONOMY_SPIKE.md


Literacy practice is framed as helping verbs, not abstract drills.

Helping verbs (fiction)

Repair · Guide · Identify · Build · Understand · Warn · …

Literacy skills (engine)

Mapped via skills taxonomy — phonics, sight words, read aloud, spelling patterns. Teachers can assign skill focus; engine selects items.

Principle

The verb is what the child feels; the skill is what the engine optimizes.