okay I looked at SL and that 3-letter words learning to read is the LA 1 so the LA K is just sounds etc..... and it is around 60.00 and then the little readers that doesn't look like the list for the LA1 LA2 etc...readers, are about 25.00 so I don't really want spend a lot of money on that when it really may not be necessary you know? But now I am wondering if my soon to be second grader should be doing the LA1 and not LA2 although I heard just because they can read at a certain level doesn't mean that they know how to write, grammar etc... at the same level. My soon to be 2nd grader in the fall, already knows the 3 letter words but really needs to work on the silent e, etc.... so I hope that the LA1 covers that kind of thing. Thanks again for you opinion.