Unit 1
digraphs WH, SH, TH, CH, CK
blends
digraph blends
/k/ sound
closed syllables
short vowels
Sample Words
quilt
elf
shred
kick
crush
Unit 2
bonus letters (ff, ll, ss)
glued sounds
R-controlled vowels
Trick Words
shall
full
pull
both
talk
walk
Unit 3
closed syllable exceptions
glued sounds (ILD, IND, OLD, OLT, OST)
vowel teams (AI, AY, EA, EE, EY, OI, OY)
Trick Words
done
goes
pretty
Unit 4
suffixes
plurals
present and past tense
more vowel teams
Trick Words
again
please
animal
sure
use
used
Unit 5
syllables
compound words
more suffixes
prefixes
spelling of IC at the end of multisyllabic words
Trick Words
against
knew
know
always
often
once
Unit 6
vowel-consonant-e (VCe)
S sound (/s/ & /z/)
two-syllable words
compound words
V-E exception
suffix -ive
Trick Words
only
house
move
right
place
together
Unit 7
open syllables
Y as a vowel
combining open syllables with closed and V-E syllables
additional syllable division rules
suffixes -y, -ly, and -ty
Trick Words
eight
large
change
city
every
family
night
carry
something
Unit 8
R-controlled syllables
AR & OR
Combining R-controlled syllables with other syllable types
Trick Words
world
answer
different
Unit 9
R-controlled syllables
ER, IR, UR
Combining R-controlled syllables with other syllable types
Trick Words
picture
learn
earth
father
brother
mother
Unit 10
Double vowel syllables
Long A spelling options (AI, AY, A-E, A)
Combining all types of syllables
Homophones
Trick Words
great
country
away
America
school
thought
Unit 11
Long E spelling options (EA, EE, EY, E-E, E, Y)
Homophones
Trick Words
whose
won
son
breakfast
head
ready
Unit 12
OI & OY sounds
Trick Words
favorite
early
ocean
Unit 13
Long O sounds (OA, OE, OW)
Suffixes
Trick Words
Monday
Tuesday
cousin
lose
tomorrow
beautiful
Unit 14
The /OU/ sound of OU & OW
Trick Words
Wednesday
Thursday
Saturday
bought
brought
piece
Unit 15
The /ü/ sound of OO, OU, UE, and EW (like school)
The /ū/ sound of UE (like rescue)
The /u/ sound of OO (like book)
Trick Words
January
February
July
blew
argue
shook
Unit 16
Sounds of AU and AW
Spelling generalizations for the /ȯ/ sound
Trick Words
August
laugh
daughter