Phonics

What is Phonics?

Phonics instruction teaches the relationships between the letters of written language and the sounds of spoken language. Children's reading development is dependent on their understanding of the alphabetic principle — the idea that letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken language. "Decoding" is the act of sounding out words using phonics.

The goal of phonics instruction is to help children learn the alphabetic principle — the idea that letters represent the sounds of spoken language — and that there is an organized, logical, and predictable relationship between written letters and spoken sounds.

Learning that there are predictable relationships between sounds and letters allows children to apply these relationships to both familiar and unfamiliar words, and to begin to read with fluency.

Children are taught, for example, that the letter n represents the sound /n/, and that it is the first letter in words such as nose, nice and new. When children understand sound–letter correspondence, they are able to sound out and read (decode) new words.

Programs of phonics instruction should be:

  • Systematic: the letter-sound relationship is taught in an organized and logical sequence

  • Explicit: the instruction provides teachers with precise directions for teaching letter-sound relationships

Effective phonics programs provide:

  • Frequent opportunities for children to apply what they are learning about letters and sounds to the reading of words, sentences, and stories

Systematic and explicit phonics instruction:

  • Significantly improves children's word recognition, spelling, and reading comprehension

  • Is most effective when it begins in kindergarten or first grade, but should be used as part of a comprehensive reading program with students at risk for reading disabilities or who have been identified as having a reading disability like dyslexia.

Online Games that support phonics instruction:

Lalilo

Teach Your Monster to Read

Splash Learn

McGraw Hill

How to make encoding (spelling) engaging?

sand/salt tray

magnetic letters

dot markers

sticky notes

pop-its

dry erase

colored manipulatives

magnetic wands

and chips

Words and sentences to practice

Unit 1, Lesson 1

Blending:

chip, munch, chin, path, moth, throb, mush, Josh, shun, chug, punch, crunch, sloth, fifth, thrill, slush, smash, shrill, scar, star, char, whiz, whomp, whack, farm, arc, hard, which, when, white, which, larch, pinch, whither, farther, think, whoosh, shard, radish

Blending Sentences:

A dog may shed on the thick rug.

Did Thad have fun when he played chess?

Will she whip up jars of tart jam?

Mrs. Park is a math whiz.

When did the shag carpet start to shred?


Spelling:

pinch, chill, sixth, thud, shin, wish, harp, chart, whiff, whack, warm-up, backyard

Spelling Sentences:

It was one tenth of an inch thick.

At which star park will we see Mars?


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: A Bridge

Practice Decodables: Pudge Runs


Unit 1, Lesson 2

Blending:

winner, happen, better, market, wonder, Monday, summer, bubble, bigger, mistake, subject, problem, edged, fudge, hedge, buck, deck, dock, etch, itches, botch, wedge, lodges, ledges, kick, lack, slick, batch, catch, fetch, Monday, napkin, subject, pledge, badge, fidget, check, black, bicker, hutch, latch, notch

Blending Sentences:

Did that puppy eat that chicken nugget?

Which runners will compete this summer?

The Dutch team went on the pitch.

I went to fetch the black sock.

Mitch, will you pick up my card from Bridget?


Spelling:

handle, spinner, kitten, anger, nudge, ridge, hitch, pitch, hack, Jack

Spelling Sentences:

The runner got his bib number for the race.

Did Midge drop her bag in the ditch?


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: A Bridge

Practice Decodables: Pudge Runs


Unit 1, Lesson 3

Blending:

whisks, chips, moths, throbs, shuns, chills, fixes, marches, waxes, whomps, sloths, chugs, whacks, charts, sheds, frizzes, pushes, tosses, looked, jogged, mixed, rated, faded, escaped, judged, whined, hoped, whacks, clicks, throws, fishes, marches, dodges, judged, matched, itched, whirs, starts, jocks, ducked, chased, gathered, ledges, batches, starfishes

Blending Sentences:

Did my glasses land in the bushes?

Josh takes warm baths every day.

Jim watched as the dogs paced.

He pitches and catches for the Stars.

The bug buzzes and the dog itches.


Spelling:

fifths, harps, ashes, inches, rained, helped, opened, closed, typed, pecked

Spelling Sentences:

The bug buzzes in arcs by the farms.

He nailed the wood to the barn.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: A Lunch List

Practice Decodables: Fluff


Unit 1, Lesson 4

Blending:

pink, rink, chunk, king, sang, ring, boxing, biking, going, drink, link, sunk, stung, swung, prong, adding, arcing, coming, rebel, panel, level, jumble, kettle, pimple, central, metal, jackal, fossil, lentil, pencil, gravel, kernel, parcel, settle, single, dimple, rental, verbal, dental, anvil, lentil, fossil, tongs, swing, swivel, travel, song, camping, apple, postal, stencil

Blending Sentences:

She was cutting the long branches.

Is that finch biting his wing?

We put fennel in the jar of pickles.

The cattle mingled.

It is a hassle to kennel our pets.


Spelling:

sank, blank, fang, Hong Kong, asking, busing, novel, gavel, ruffle, little, medal, petal

Spelling Sentences:

The daring dog hung out by the skunk.

I like the phone with the most pixels and best signal.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: No Drinks in Class & Paddle, Duck, Paddle

Practice Decodables: Chuck's Shack & A Pink Gift


Unit 1, Lesson 5

Blending:

term, herb, herd, stir, whir, girls, purse, fur, turn, learn, yearn, search, timber, perks, opera, whirled, birth, quirk, surfer, turner, suburb, pearl, learned, searches, orb, for, sort, dorm, storm, port, more, shore, chore, scorches, torches, horn, morning, pork, torn, store, ore, spores, never, firmed, worn, upper, porch, birds, upturn, spur, earned

Blending Sentences:

The cat perched and purred on my lap.

She liked the perks of first shift.

The story had a moral at its core.

Who snores or the porch?

My forearm was hurt during sports.


Spelling:

fern, verb, swirl, skirt, burp, curb, earth, Earl, fork, thorn, cord, wore, sore, bored

Spelling Sentences:

Does the bird chirp when she hops on earth?

I look at the sports scores when I can.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Learning to Swim & Farm Chores

Practice Decodables: Pearl Helps Burt & Mort on His Porch


Unit 1, Lesson 6

Review of phonics skills from lessons 1-5.

Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Tracks at a Pond

Practice Decodables: Turtle Shop

Unit 2, Lesson 1

Blending:

ape, ate, late, game, blame, make, able, table, cable, bacon, apron, paper, page, lake, save, name, tale, wake, shape, state, skate, maple, stable, label, kind, find, mind, child, mild, wild, kite, bite, like, dime, smile, five, mild, blind, grind, lion, pilot, silent, pine, vine, lime, ripe, wipe, hike, staple, April, bake, flake, mind, siren, shine, smile

Blending Sentences:

David gave Jane a thank you card.

Taste these muffins that I baked.

Did the spider hide next to its web?

I ran a one mile race.

We waved to the driver at the gate.


Spelling:

label, flavor, David, take, plane, made, kind, mind, item, dive, fire, hide

Spelling Sentences:

They came to the game late.

I will ride the red bike.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Kate's Picnic & Five Gifts for Mike

Practice Decodables: A Fake Snake & Iris's Kite


Unit 2, Lesson 2

Blending:

no, go, old, cold, colt, fold, owe, rope, note, home, those, joke, bold, fold, bolt, host, most, roll, bone, poke, spoke, vote, woke, rose, use, cute, mule, unit, music, tulip, unite, human, humor, used, cube, mute, fume, mule, cute, music, united, uniform, mold, total, slope, cone, used, mules, cubes, unite

Blending Sentences:

Who has the most gold of all?

My dog broke the globe.

It will be hot and humid today.

Those pumpkins are huge!

Which uniform do you like best?


Spelling:

gold, sold, post, shone, chose, close, menu, use, cute, mule, unit, humor

Spelling Sentences:

I told a joke on the way home.

We used one tank of fuel.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: The Mole Zone & Hope's Cute Music Box

Practice Decodables: A Surprise for Hope & Nick's Bugle Music


Unit 2, Lesson 3

Blending:

made, cables, tiger, nice, gold, stone, humor, confuse, later, safer, wider, nicer, finer, rarer, purest, stalest, fakest, tamest, ablest, palest, knock, knot, knife, gnaw, signs, resign, write, wrist, wreck, wren, wrapper, wrinkle, knob, knotted, knitted, assigned, colognes, gnarls, wrapped, wring, wrung, wrench, written, wriggle, knife, sign, write, mutest, evenest, politest, finer, tamer, haler

Blending Sentences:

Mike gave me his old computer.

The wildest chimp was also the cutest.

He signed using a gnarly logo.

Did Kara sign her name on the knapsack?

Use these pads to make your wrists and knees safer.


Spelling:

acorn, face, only, spoke, kind, unit

Spelling Sentences:

Did Simon make a new frame for the table?


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: A Good Life at the Lake & Uncle Jack

Practice Decodables: Backyard Life & April's Grade


Unit 2, Lesson 4

Blending:

me, he, be, begin, began, beside, delete, Pete, these, Eve, Steve, athlete, she, equal, secret, zebra, belong, before, these, compete, complete, evening, theme, Peter, fable, wade, spider, life, banjo, tone, menu, cube, refuse, even, equal, Steven, April, frame, date, find, tire, kite, going, told, robe, computer, fuel, defend, apron, cape, ice, fire, noble, close, refuse, meter

Blending Sentences:

To win, she must complete ten laps around the track.

Rewind the tape to the beginning.

Would Grace like to return her gifts?

Lorene will let Omar use some of her paper.

Mom will scold me if I come home late.


Spelling:

we, be, event, secret, Gene, Selene, able, dime, rope, used, face, these

Spelling Sentences:

Do these plates go behind the cups?

We can pass the menu around the table.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Edith and Pete & Amazing Animals

Practice Decodables: Hints & Rose Rides


Unit 2, Lesson 5

Blending:

eel, keep, street, deer, teeth, knee, read, beat, eagle, peach, weak, peanut, bee, feet, free, wheel, agree, between, sea, bean, meat, flea, mean, speak, be, we, she, keep, need, sleep, each, seat, leaf, Pete, eve, these, see, weeks, feet, eat heap, leap, athlete, compete, complete, even, zebra, equal, react, area, theme, three, week, steam, dream

Blending Sentences:

We like to drink green tea.

I will meet Jean near the creek.

He always sleeps in his car seat.

I see that you ate your meat and peas.

Can you reach the sweet cream?


Spelling:

see, need, week, team, clean, seat, sleep, street, dream, steam, these, Steve

Spelling Sentences:

Dean can make our meal.

We beat Pete's team last week.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: A Good Deed at the Beach

Practice Decodables: A Hike East


Unit 2, Lesson 6

Review of phonics skills from lessons 1-5.

Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Be a Wrangler

Practice Decodables: Diving for Shipwrecks

Unit 3, Lesson 1

Blending:

paid, rail, tail, braid, snail, train, hay, ray, pay, away, tray, Monday, hail, aid, pain, claim, grain, explain, clay, spray, always, someday, crayon, daytime, wait, stain, strain, play, tray, sway, date, gate, frame, apron, able, baby, paid, snail, brain, ray, gray, spray, wave, shave, plate, paper, flavor, April, paint, trail, Friday, Sunday, fable, apron, page, name

Blending Sentences:

The mayor may give a speech on the train.

Which ankle did Jay sprain?

I want to play in the rain today.

Jane will take the train to Spain.

Jacob and I waded into the lake together.


Spelling:

trail, plain, main, may, day, maybe, pay, hay, take, gave, page, mail

Spelling Sentences:

Kay drained the water in the bathtub.

Will Dave paint the gate?


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Hit the Trail

Practice Decodables: Sailing in Rain


Unit 3, Lesson 2

Blending:

shield, thief, stories, funny, tiny, shiny, key, honey, donkey, brief, family, alley, field, bunnies, carries, furry, sandy, only, handy, enemy, easy, chimney, hockey, valley, be, maybe, belong, weed, steep, creek, knead, cheat, beaver, eve, Steve, these, being, feline, pretend, delete, stampede, concrete, cheap, neat, peanut, freely, deep, peek, babies, daily, angry, keyhole, greet, leap, before, complete

Blending Sentences:

Billy studies math every evening.

I believe Janie's markers are in my messy desk.

Did Lena speak to you last week?

Please keep your feet under the seats.

Bees make the honey that we eat.


Spelling:

thief, buddies, many, key, equal, compete, sleep, wheel, heat, real

Spelling Sentences:

Bonnie patted the puppy gently.

The bird opened its beak and cheeped.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Granddaddy Spider

Practice Decodables: Missy's Next Story


Unit 3, Lesson 3

Blending:

acorn, basic, agent, inflate, escape, shame, plain, claim, snail, Sunday, display, gray, daddy, mommy, puppy, detail, remain, relay, relief, piece, joey, theme, sheet, cheat, lamb, limb, comb, numb, thumb, crumb, phone, phrase, photo, dolphin, orphan, paragraph, plumber, combed, climb, climber, thumbs, crumbs, Joseph, Phillip, gopher, elephant, phone, alphabet, climbing, limbs, phase, phrase, apron, Tuesday, chief, wreath, teeth

Blending Sentences:

Did you read the label on the baked goods?

The jockey had a brief lead.

Phil asked to use the telephone.

The gopher never climbed out of its hole.

I need to take different photos daily.


Spelling:

flavor, maple, grape, plate, spray, skate, phrase, photo, graph, comb, thumb, crumb

Spelling Sentences:

The strain on the gate made it decay.

Ray wrote a long paragraph.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Meet the Bats & Just a Phase for Phil

Practice Decodables: Cleaning for Gramps & Mom's Chore Chart


Unit 3, Lesson 4

Blending:

mice, race, spice, cities, circle, circus, concert, force, cancel, cycle, icy, lacy, fence, place, since, pencil, citizen, cinnamon, cents, center, prance, spicy, fancy, cyclone, large, age, agent, range, gem, gentle, giraffe, Gina, engines, huge, orange, strange, gel, germ, stage, danger, cage, engage, giant, imagine, magical, gerbil, charge, stranger, sentence, silence, ceiling, decide, general, gentleman, tragic, gigantic

Blending Sentences:

Stacy ate cereal and a piece of bacon.

Lance asked nicely for more cider.

Gene hurt himself on the stage.

Gerry keeps sage and ginger on his spice rack.

Gerald went to the circus with Cecily.


Spelling:

lace, nice, slice, city, icy, spicy, huge, page, large, germ, ginger, giant

Spelling Sentences:

My sister is dressed as a fancy princess.

Ginny has a gem in her ring.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: A Force in the Dirt & Uncle Gene

Practice Decodables: A Trip? & Ginger the General


Unit 3, Lesson 5

Blending:

night, might, tight, try, shy, cycle, tie, tries, spies, dried, cried, tried, high, sight, frighten, why, nearby, myself, lie, pried, fried, skies, recycle, cyclone, sigh, right, might, kindest, vine, prize, fry, cry, shy, cried, dries, tried, light, bright, higher, wild, climb, smile, by, sky, July, skies, cries, lies, knight, fights, milder, icicle, while, cycles, dies, spied

Blending Sentences:

Did you spy the baby bird trying to fly away in the night?

I spied the stars in the sky at midnight.

I will try to get a flight to China.

Try drying your tights in the sunlight.

Kindly reply by the ninth of July.


Spelling:

my, by, pie, dried, sighed, flight, might, night, find, like, my, tired

Spelling Sentences:

I tried to delight the crying baby.

Is the tiny white kitten shy?


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Meet the Firefighters & Try My Pie

Practice Decodables: Nightlights & A Nice Race


Unit 3, Lesson 6

Review of phonics skills from lessons 1-5.

Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: A Green Leaf Print

Practice Decodables: A Deal

Unit 4, Lesson 1

Blending:

lower, flown, known, oak, load, roast, solo, only, pony, mole, spoke, envelope, throw, slow, row, roach, loves, coal, also, roll, hold, rope, code, stole, fireplace, snowman, sailboat, eyeball, cookbook, homemade, small, little, world, globe, cold, hot, sunrise, seafood, hilltop, handlebars, himself, weekend, start, begin, fix, repair, close, open, roam, soak, shown, arrow, fold, zero, zone, wrote

Blending Sentences:

People go to Joan for their home loans.

Colby put on his robe because he was cold.

Does the blanket go over or under the armchair?

Should we hold the race inside or outside the barnyard?

Have you flown over the east coast?


Spelling:

tow, glow, boat, goat, no, broke

Spelling Sentences:

Can Tony mow fast?


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: The Boat Show

Practice Decodables: A Load of Apples


Unit 4, Lesson 2

Blending:

cue, hue, continue, fewer, mewing, curfew, cube, mute, amused, puny, united, community, valued, argued, rescued, nephew, usual, cutest, use, huge, fuse, human, humor, computer, values, argues, curfews, fewest, bugle, cuter, humid, user

Blending Sentences:

She refused to argue with us again.

Did the teacher excuse him today?

The museum will open at three.


Spelling:

few, continue, fuel, January, cube, confuse

Spelling Sentences:

Please cue the music.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: A Stroll on Mule Street

Practice Decodables: The Museum


Unit 4, Lesson 3

Blending:

blow, throw, grows, soaks, oaths, roach, ozone, hello, opal, chose, phone, pose, few, hew, spew, cue, hue, argue, unit, unicorn, music, acute, cure, cute, skew, phew, nephew, value, venue, confuse, microscope, provoke, throat, float, woe, loan

Blending Sentences:

The oat bread made so much toast.

My nephew had to wash his uniform again.

The shadows were long before curfew.


Spelling:

moan, thrown, Jones, throne, over, solo

Spelling Sentences:

Did you show the horse to the silo?


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: The Kitten's Rescue

Practice Decodables: A Hot Band


Unit 4, Lesson 4

Blending:

too, root, boot, hoop, loop, room, pool, goose, mood, roof, loose, moon, boom, soon, stool, noon, broom, scoop, tool, tooth, moose, troop, balloon, shampoo, blooms, loosen, droop, swoop, classroom, moonlight, tablespoon, toothpaste

Blending Sentences:

A rooster crowed, and a "moo" came from the field.

We saw raccoons in the school yard today.

Our troop painted the school's basketball hoop.


Spelling:

zoo, cool, food, room, roof, proof

Spelling Sentences:

The goose took a swim in our pool


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Under the Moon

Practice Decodables: Scooter and the Goose


Unit 4, Lesson 5

Blending:

tube, June, rude, dew, chew, blew, due, blue, true, Rudy, ruin, truly, duke, plume, prune, stew, knew, drew, glue, clue, clues, tulip, truth, cruel, rude, tune, super, duty, stew, knew, due, glued

Blending Sentences:

Sue wore a new costume to the party.

Will June learn to play the flute?

Who spilled the tube of glue on the newspaper?


Spelling:

rude, rule, new, chew, tuna, duty

Spelling Sentences:

The tree grew an inch in July.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Drew's True Lesson

Practice Decodables: A Robin's Red Plumes


Unit 4, Lesson 6

Review of phonics skills from lessons 1-5.

Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Sue, Joan, and Mud

Practice Decodables: Ruby's Band

Unit 5, Lesson 1

Blending:

good, cook, took, foot, hood, wool, hook, hooked, books, brook, bookcase, firewood, woof, shook, stood, hoof, crook, wooden, textbook, footprint, barefoot, goodness, woodpecker, understood, cooking, woolen, overlook, crooked, notebook

Blending Sentences:

I have black soot all over my foot!

Goodness! I think I have been hoodwinked!

I have a crooked path through the woods.


Spelling:

book, look, wood, football, notebook, bookstore

Spelling Sentences:

The cloak and hood were made of wool.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Look How Pets Adapt

Practice Decodables: The Rookie Firefighter


Unit 5, Lesson 2

Blending:

how, town, towel, power, flower, plow, ouch, outer, about, house, mouse, sound, cow, crown, frown, tower, allow, howl, around, count, cloud, shout, amount, found, gown, downtown, clown, scowl, pound, sprout, blouse, crouch

Blending Sentences:

The brown hound growled loudly.

The tiny animal ran across the ground.

How high can you bounce the ball?


Spelling:

now, crowd, down, our, sound, loud

Spelling Sentences:

Count the fowl in the coop.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Mr. Brown Sees the World

Practice Decodables: Max Brown Strikes Out


Unit 5, Lesson 3

Blending:

hook, wool, hood, soot, nook, hoof, flower, fowl, bow, pounce, proud, found, good, rookies, woodpecker, bookrest, footnote, kinghood, wowed, frown, howdy, south, cloud, round, about, bookworm, cow, scowl, crook, crown, vowel, brook, loud

Blending Sentences:

I believe the wood is now dry.

How did the clouds look that day?

The loud plow shook the house.


Spelling:

book, cook, power, powder, sour, mouse

Spelling Sentences:

Did you circle the sweet and sour chicken recipe in the cookbook?


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: A Plant That Acts Like an Animal

Practice Decodables: Animal Expert in Outer Space


Unit 5, Lesson 4

Blending:

fawn, hawk, bawl, fault, sauce, cause, taught, daughter, thought, ball, almond, talk, flaw, thaw, crawl, Paul, launch, vault, distraught, naughty, thoughtful, wall, fall, walnut, taught, daughter, ought, stall, hallway, stalk, draws, fawned, Saul

Blending Sentences:

I brought the salt and the malt powder.

We're having slaw and sausage for dinner.

Who thought the baseball game started at noon?


Spelling:

saw, law, cause, laundry, taught, thoughtless, tallest, salt

Spelling Sentences:

A hawk nests here in the fall.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: The Lion and the Mouse

Practice Decodables: The Bookmarker's Daughter


Unit 5, Lesson 5

Blending:

toy, boy, joy, oil, foil, soil, enjoy, cowboy, voyage, moist, point, noisy, joyful, royal, loyal, oil, hoist, coil, employ, destroy, annoy, spoil, voice, choice, Joyce, loyal, point, choice, enjoying, annoy, avoiding, rejoice

Blending Sentences:

Roy will fry the oysters, not broil them.

Doyle will not disappoint us.

He is employed in the old coins department.


Spelling:

boil, coin, join, moist, voyage, enjoy

Spelling Sentences:

I want to avoid that noise place.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: How Roy Got a Toy Drum

Practice Decodables: The Koi at the Dragon Gate


Unit 5, Lesson 6

Review of phonics skills from lessons 1-5.

Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Brave After All

Practice Decodables: A Talk with Gramps

Unit 6, Lesson 1

Blending:

dough, though, although, fought, bought, brought, cough, trough, sought, rough, tough, enough, slough, tougher, ought, sought, thought, coughing, although, thorough, dough, bought, although, rough, fought, tough, enough, though

Blending Sentences:

We thought the long, rough summer was over.

Do we have enough dough for two pans of bagels?

Justin thought he ought to buy some cough drops.


Spelling:

bought, fought, though, enough

Spelling Sentences:

Cathy caught a bad cough.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Little Havana in Miami

Practice Decodables: Nancy's Tryout


Unit 6, Lesson 2

Blending:

crumb, lamb, comb, knew, knee, gnat, knot, honest, caught, listen, answer, wrote, limb, write, ache, knit, knife, gnaw, bought, often, fasten, stomach, chorus, rhinoceros, numb, dough, wreath, wrong, assignment, schedule, honor, bustling

Blending Sentences:

Nick drew the sign for our bake sale at school.

My favorite character is the knight.

The knight gave his son a castle and a sword.


Spelling:

know, wrist, might, sign, school, honest

Spelling Sentences:

Jane has a knack for rock climbing.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Little India in Chicago

Practice Decodables: Island of the Gnome


Unit 6, Lesson 3

Blending:

although, thought, fought, bought, slough, sought, knife, align, soften, numb, comb, plumber, rough, tough, enough, though, wrench, sign, column, rhyme, dough, although, fought, bought, brought, muscle, scent, lamb

Blending Sentences:

We need to soften the tough dough.

Though it was a nice autumn, the winter was rough.

Did you assign the task of cutting the rough tree limb?


Spelling:

rough, tough, enough, though, knob, wrestle, gnaw, honest

Spelling Sentences:

The orchestra started the scene with a pretty chord.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Little Italy in New York

Practice Decodables: Christopher's Diner


Unit 6, Lesson 4

Blending:

tuba, tube, spoon, good, book, wood, grow, coat, robe, prowl, house, lookout, stool, boot, cool, mistook, book, cook, bowl, over, pole, howl, grouse, pound, shook, spook, look, power, cow, flower, phone, blown, brown

Blending Sentences:

Will you now show the good cartoon?

The noun had an open vowel sound.

He stood on the stool, but he fell down.


Spelling:

hoot, moon, hoof, brook, lower, show, loud, shower

Spelling Sentences:

The wood will soon slowly crack.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Chinatown in San Franscisco

Practice Decodables: The Music Fest


Unit 6, Lesson 5

Blending:

tube, dew, blue, cube, few, hue, law, Saul, taught, loud, scout, out, rule, swoon, due, mule, puny, cue, daughter, lawn, shawl, douse, loud, shout, fool, tune, duty, fuel, fume, puny, bought, walnut, saw, bout, wow, sour

Blending Sentences:

The clown fought with balloons.

The footsteps echoed loudly in the hall.

The plow was loud and need a tune up.


Spelling:

muse, news, fawn, found, sprawl, sprout

Spelling Sentences:

The new, cute mutt was found today.


Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: Polish Communities in Detroit

Practice Decodables: A Drawing on the Wall


Unit 6, Lesson 6

Review of phonics skills from lessons 1-5.

Applying to Text:

Core Decodables: The Sminole Tribe in South Florida

Practice Decodables: Communities in Los Angeles

Syllable Types Hand Motions