The Natural Phonics Primer: Expanded Edition - A Universal Safety Net for Literacy has unique features for improving the literacy levels of all students. All the major English spelling patterns are taught in a developmental sequence with timed fluency exercises calibrated for every grade level through the eighth grade. The "Expanded Edition" features 100 word per exercise with an arrow to the left of every fifth word in the columns to facilitate counting the words for the timings, and a new section titled, "Natural Phonics Primer with Blend Phonics," provides the parent and teacher with a proven technique for teaching students to sound out words before starting the timings. Videos for each spelling pattern are available for parents, teacher, and students. This approach provides four important functions. 1. It will provide beginning readers an excellent phonics primer for learning the fundamental skills. 2. It will provide universal screening for reading difficulties at the decoding level. 3. It will provide remediation for students seeking to overcome reading difficulties. 4. It will provide good readers an opportunity to further boost their readign and spelling fluency