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PhonoLogic uses Reading Levels (L1–L6) based on phonics skill progression, not age or school grade. They reflect which patterns a learner has actually mastered.
Here's what each level covers:
A learner's level is set by our assessment. A 3rd grader might be at L2, while a strong 1st grader could be at L3. It just depends on where they are with phonics.
The quickest way is to take the assessment. It only takes about 5 minutes and sets everything up automatically. But if you'd rather get a rough idea first, ask your learner to read these words:
| Level | Example Words | What It Tests |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cat, stop, clap, chip, bring | CVC words, blends, digraphs |
| 2 | jumping, played, cake, home, bike | Inflections, Silent E |
| 3 | start, bird, rain, boat, green | R-controlled vowels, vowel teams |
| 4 | coin, cloud, cupcake, sometimes | Complex vowels, compound words |
| 5 | knight, wrinkle, comb, table, gentle | Final stable syllables, silent letters |
| 6 | city, giant, helpful, kindness | Soft C/G, common suffixes |
Start at the level where they begin to struggle. When in doubt, go one level lower. It's better to build confidence than frustration.
Phonics Focus creates stories that emphasize specific patterns you're working on. Words with your "Focus" patterns show up frequently so your learner gets lots of practice with them.
Fluency Review creates stories using only patterns the learner already knows. It's great for building reading speed and confidence without throwing in anything new.
Each phonics pattern has three states you can set:
Those are your focus words. They contain the phonics patterns you marked as "Focus". They're the words your learner should practice sounding out.
The cat ran to the boat and saw a goat sitting in the rain.
Example: "oa" vowel team marked as Focus
We aim for about 10-15% of the story to be focus words. That's enough practice to be useful without overwhelming the reader.
A decodable story only uses words a learner can sound out based on patterns they've already learned. Regular books use whatever words they want, but decodable stories are carefully matched to what the reader actually knows.
PhonoLogic checks every single word against your learner's known and focus patterns before including it in a story.
While your learner reads a story, you can tap on individual words to mark how they did:
Read it confidently
Example: "jumped", "green"
Needed help sounding it out
Example: "thought", "special"
Trouble words show up on the Progress page so you can see exactly which words need more practice.
Worlds let you build a story universe your learner can return to again and again. When a World is active:
You can create multiple Worlds per profile, like one for fantasy quests and another for everyday adventures. Manage them from the Worlds page.
Flashcards give your learner quick, targeted practice with individual words outside of stories. You can:
Each flashcard shows the word along with phonetic pronunciation to help with decoding. Find them under Flashcards in the navigation.
The assessment takes about 5 minutes. Your learner sees flashcards with individual words, and you mark whether they read each one correctly or not. The words are pulled from our phonics wordbank and cover the patterns for the selected level.
Based on the results, PhonoLogic figures out which patterns your learner has down and which ones still need work, then automatically sets up their profile so stories match their abilities.
After the assessment, PhonoLogic identifies which phonics patterns your learner has mastered and which ones still need practice. Their profile is automatically updated so stories and flashcards match their current abilities.
There's no strict schedule, but here's a good rule of thumb:
When you reassess, your learner's profile updates automatically, and their stories and flashcards will adjust to match.
Curriculum tracking maps your students' reading activities to official provincial curriculum expectations. When a student reads a story or completes an assessment that practices specific phonics patterns, PhonoLogic automatically records which curriculum expectations were covered.
You can also manually check off expectations that were covered through other instruction (classroom lessons, worksheets, etc.) and add notes documenting how the skill was taught.
Verified means the curriculum mapping was built directly from official government curriculum documents. The expectation codes, descriptions, and grade-level assignments match the actual published curriculum. Links to the source documents are provided so you can verify them yourself.
Unverified means the mapping is an approximation based on general Canadian phonics standards. It may not exactly match the official curriculum for that province. We are working to verify each province individually using official source documents.
Currently, Ontario is verified (from the Ontario Language Curriculum, Grades 1-8, 2023 and the Language Foundations Continuum K-4, 2026). Other provinces are being verified.
Go to Settings and scroll to the Curriculum Tracking section. Toggle it on, select your province's curriculum, and choose the grade levels you teach. You can also set it up directly from the Curriculum tab on the Progress page.
Once enabled, the Curriculum tab appears on the Progress page showing all expectations for your selected grades with coverage status.
The coloured level badges (L1-L8) show where each curriculum skill falls in a structured phonics teaching sequence. A skill might appear in Grade 1 of the provincial curriculum but map to PhonoLogic Level 3 in the instructional order.
This dual mapping helps you understand both what the curriculum requires (the grade-level expectation) and where it fits in a phonics progression (the PhonoLogic Level).
Yes. The curriculum report shows exactly which expectations have been covered, how they were covered (auto-tracked from stories/assessments or manually marked), and any notes you added. You can export the full report as a CSV file for documentation.
For verified curricula, the report includes links to the official government source documents, which adds credibility when sharing with administrators or parents.
Quick Generate lets you make a story without signing into a profile. It's handy for trying things out or making a quick one-off story. Nothing gets saved.
Profiles are where the real value is. They remember assessment results, track progress, save stories to a library, and keep your learner's phonics settings between sessions.
Yes! Each account supports up to 4 learner profiles. Each one tracks its own:
You can switch between profiles using the dropdown in the header.
Stories are automatically saved to whichever profile is active when you generate them. To find them:
Stories made with Quick Generate (no profile) aren't saved anywhere.
Each profile can save up to 100 stories. When you hit the limit, the oldest non-favorited stories are automatically removed to make room for new ones.
You can favorite up to 25 stories per profile to protect them from ever being replaced.
Here are the current limits per account:
These limits are generous for typical use. If you're running into them, let us know.
Yes. Go to Settings → Request Data Export and we'll email you a JSON file with all your account data — profiles, stories, assessments, word ratings, and worlds. You can request one export per hour.
Usually 1–3 minutes, though longer or more complex stories can take up to 5 minutes.
Behind the scenes, the AI writes multiple versions of the story and checks each one against your phonics settings. It picks the best one that actually meets your requirements, which is what takes the extra time.
Every story is checked against your phonics settings. Sometimes the AI can't perfectly hit every target. Here's what the common warnings mean:
You'll always see the best version the AI came up with, so you can use it as-is, edit it, or regenerate.
Absolutely. A few options:
Story generation can take up to 5 minutes, and that's normal. If it seems stuck:
Sessions expire after a period of inactivity for security. Just log in again. All your profiles, stories, and assessment data are safely stored and will be right where you left them.
A few things to check:
No. PhonoLogic is designed for all early readers, but it has an extra layer of support for students with dyslexia, learning differences, or those working below or above grade level. Whether you're using it at home or in an entire classroom, PhonoLogic fits into reading practice wherever it's needed.
PhonoLogic is built for the adults supporting reading:
We also partner with school districts and boards who want classroom texts and curriculum that follow a structured literacy approach.
PhonoLogic is designed to fit into existing classroom and home practice, not replace it. You can choose a phonics scope, pick a text type, and generate your first passage in your very first session.
We provide a short quick-start guide and optional walkthroughs, but most educators and parents are comfortable using PhonoLogic within minutes. We fit into the lives of educators, not the other way round.
PhonoLogic is a teacher, parent, and tutor-facing tool. We do not require student logins, run ads, or sell data to third parties. We track basic usage patterns (for example, which scopes are being used) to improve the tool, but not individual student performance. See our Privacy Policy for full details.
Yes. We support integrations for districts and partners. If you're exploring embedding PhonoLogic into your existing platform, contact us and we'll walk through what's available.
For now, PhonoLogic is available in English. We are exploring expansion to Spanish, French, and Portuguese. If you know someone we should talk to about what support looks like in these languages, we would love to hear from you at info@phonologic.ca.
We can be reached at info@phonologic.ca. We'd love to hear from you.