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Alphabet: consonants and short vowels
Alphabet knowledge includes knowledge of the letter names, knowledge of the letter sounds, knowledge of letter formation, and the ability to access this knowledge automatically.
Alphabet Review and Longer Words: Beginning and ending blends and short vowels
The Alphabet Review and Longer Words concepts provide students with additional practice with decoding and encoding words containing the concepts learned in the previous alphabet lessons (Lessons 1-34).
Digraphs: FLSZ/ FLOSS, -all, -oll, -ull, ck, sh, th, ch, wh, ph, ng, nk
A consonant digraph is a combination of two consonant letters that represent a single consonant speech sound.
VCe: Silent e/ Magic 3
Vowel-consonant-e (VCe) is a spelling pattern in which a silent e at the end signals a change from the short vowel sound to a long vowel sound (e.g., kit → kite).
Reading Longer Words: Word endings, open & closed syllables
The Reading Longer Words Unit is students’ first introduction to words with more than one syllable. Decodables generate address word endings, open and closed syllables, and compound words.
Ending Spelling Patterns: -tch, -dge, -ild, -old, -ost, -y, & -le The Ending Spelling Patterns Unit introduces students to spelling patterns that only occur at the end of words, such as, -tch, -dge, or -le.
R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, ore, er, ir, ur
When a vowel is followed by an R, the sound of the vowel often changes and is said to be controlled by the vowel. There are three main r-controlled vowel sounds: the /ar/ sound, as in barn; the /or/ sound, as in corn; and the /er/ sound, as in fern, bird, and curl. The lessons in this unit are designed to build students’ proficiency in reading and spelling words that contain r-controlled vowels.