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Mosaico: Fundamentos por i-Ready

Authentic Foundational Skills Instruction for Spanish

Support bilingual learners with structured, research-based early literacy instruction in Grades K–2.

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Overview

Building Confident Spanish Readers

Students build strong foundational skills and grow in confidence as beginning readers. Through explicit, systematic instruction and original stories from authentic voices across the Spanish-speaking world, Mosaico: Fundamentos por i-Ready helps students develop phonological awareness, phonics, and fluency.

When used alongside Magnetic Foundations, it creates a seamless teaching experience that lays the foundation for biliteracy in both Spanish and English.

  • Program Type:Instruction
  • Curriculum Type:Supplemental
  • Subject:Literacy
  • Grade(s):K–2
  • Language:Spanish
  • Format:Print, Digital
  • Copyright:2026

Program Features

Explicit, systematic instruction guides students to learn to read fluently and develop a lifelong love of reading.

Comprehensive Teacher Supports Simplify Instruction
Step-by-step guidance and embedded resources help teachers deliver effective lessons tailored to a variety of learning needs. 

What's Included

Cuaderno del estudiante (Student Worktext)

  • Daily purposeful practice opportunities
  • Weekly cumulative review
  • Connected texts for every lesson

Classroom Decodable Set

Grade K

  • El gran libro de lectura (Alphabet Tales Big Book)
  • 30 Los sonidos del español (Alphabet Books)
  • 15 Mis libros de lectura (Magnetic Readers)

Grades 1 and 2

  • 30 Mis libros de lectura (Magnetic Readers)

Foundational Skills Cards

  • Tarjetas de sonido y ortografía (Sound Spelling Cards)
  • Tarjetas de articulación de sonidos (Articulation Cards)
  • Tarjetas para formar palabras (Word Building Cards)
  • Tarjetas de Superpalabras (Super Word Cards)

Digital Access through Teacher Toolbox

  • Lesson slides
  • Bilingual articulation videos
  • Support for families
  • Additional practice and resources for differentiation
  • Language Links
  • Implementation Guide for Teachers
  • Implementation Guide for School Leaders

Related Resources

Leveraging Language Connections in Biliteracy Programs

In this whitepaper, Mosaico authors Dr. Rocio del Castillo-Perez and Dr. Julia Stearns Cloat provide a pr...

Meet the Experts behind the Program

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Rocio del Castillo-Perez, Ph.D.

Author of Teaching Reading in Spanish
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Julia Stearns Cloat, Ph.D.

Author of Teaching Reading in Spanish
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Jorge Cuevas Antillón

Adjunct Faculty/Lecturer, College of Education, San Diego State University