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
Decodable Texts
Overall K-2 Phonics Scope and Sequence with decodables
Open Court Core Decodables - 2nd Grade
Open Court Practice Decodables - 2nd Grade
Scope and Sequence - 2nd Grade
Need to review and practice earlier skills??
Open Court Core Decodables, Book 1 - 1st Grade
Open Court Core Decodables, Book 2 - 1st Grade
Open Court Practice Decodables, Book 1 - 1st Grade
Open Court Practice Decodables, Book 2 - 1st Grade
Scope and Sequence - 1st Grade
Open Court Core Decodables - Kindergarten
Open Court Practice Decodables - Kindergarten
Scope and Sequence - Kindergarten
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