This Writing Rubric by Heidi Song (www.heidisong.com) describes the various stages of early and emergent writing:

The Dolch Sight Word Lists (http://www.sightwords.com/sight-words/dolch/) give words commonly found at various reading levels:

Helping your child develop one-to-one tracking at home:

What is Phonemic Awareness? :

How to help your child with phonemic segmentation:

An example of 2 letter phonemic blending:

Letter ID and Corresponding Sounds: