Unit Overview:

This unit differs from Units 3–5 in several ways. In each of the three previous units, you introduced eight or nine letter-sound correspondences. In this unit, you will introduce only one new letter-sound correspondence, the ‘s’ spelling for the /z/ sound. Students have already learned the spelling ‘z’ for the /z/ sound. In this unit, they will learn that the spelling ‘s’ is a spelling alternative for /z/. One goal for this unit is to encourage students to automatize the letter-sound correspondences and blending procedures they learned in Units 3–5.

There are three additional new elements in this unit:

1. consonant clusters

2. letter names

3. reading text independently

Unit Calendar:

Unit 6 is 17 instructional days with 3 pausing points. It is recommended that it be taught from January 8th to February 6th.