What Is a Sentence?

DECODING

Scope and Sequence

Letters and Sounds

Short Vowels

Phonograms

-at

-an

-ad

-ag

-ap

-og

-op

-ot

Short Vowels and Digraphs

-ig

-it

-in

-un

-ug

-up

-ch

-tch

Short Vowels, Digraphs,

Double Consonants

-et

-en

-ed

-sh

-ll

-ss

-zz

-ck

Blends in Digraphs

-ld

-lt

-nd

-nt

-ft

-mp

-st

-sk

fr-

fl-

sm-

sn-

sl-

br-

bl-

cr-

cl-

dr-

tr-

pl-

gr-

st-

sp-

sw-

sk-

-ch-

-sh-

-th-

wh-

-ng

THE BASICS

Reading/Lexile Levels: Grades 1-3

Placement Point 1

UNIT

Short Vowels

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Short Vowels and Digraphs

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Short Vowels, Digraphs, and Double Consonants

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Blends and Digraphs

Placement Point 2

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Long Vowels, Word Ties, and Multisyllabic Words

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Long Vowels and Word Patterns

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Long Vowels and Word Patterns

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Inflections

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Inflections

UNIT

Long Vowels

UNIT

R-controlled Vowels

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Multisyllabic Words

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Words with y

Placement Point 3

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Diphthongs and Variant Vowels

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Variant Vowels and Consonance

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Multisyllabic Words

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Multisyllabic Words (Suffixes and Prefixes)

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Multisyllabic Words

INTRODUCTION / LETTERS AND SOUNDS

Letters and Sounds: m, s, f, h, t, a

Blend Words with short a

Letters and Sounds: n, l, p, g, i

Blend Words with Short i

Letters and Sounds: r, d, v, c, o

Blend Words with Short o

Letters and Sounds: j, b, w, k, e

Blend Words with Short e

Letters and Sounds: z, y, q, x, u

Blend Words with Short u

UNIT 1 / SHORT VOWELS

Short a

Short o

Short a Phonograms: -at, -an, -ad, -ag, -ap

Short o Phonograms: -og, -op, -ot

UNIT 2 / SHORT VOWELS AND DIGRAPHS

Short i

Short u

Short i Phonograms: -ig, -it, -in

Short u Phonograms: -un, ug, up

Digraph: ch; tch

UNIT 3 / SHORT VOWELS, DIGRAPHS, AND DOUBLE CONSONANTS

Short e

Short e Phonograms: -et, -en, -ed

Final Double Consonants: ll, ss, zz, ck

Digraph: ck

Digraph: sh

UNIT 4 / BLENDS AND DIGRAPHS

Blends: ld, lt, nd, nt, nk, ft, mp, st, sk

Blends: fr, fl, sm, sn, sl

Blends: br, bl, cr, cl, dr, tr, pl, pr, gr, st, sp, sw, sk

Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh, ng

UNIT 5 / WORD PATTERNS AND MULTISYLLABIC WORDS

Short and Long Vowels in CVC (wet) and CV (we) Word Patterns

Multisyllabic Words: To Consonance Between T Vowels (bas/ket, kit/ten)

Multisyllabic Words: Three Consonant Between To Vowels (hun/dred)

Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh, ng

UNIT 6 / LONG VOWELS AND WORD PATTERNS

Long a (cape) and Long o (globe)

Long i (bike) and Long u (mule, flute)

Short and Long Vowels in CVC (cap) and CVCe (cape) Word Patterns

Plurals: -s, -es

UNIT 7 / LONG VOWELS AND WORD PATTERNS

Long a: ai (snail), ay (tray)

Long e: ee (feet), ea (sea)

Long o: oa (boat), ow (blow)

Short and Long Vowels in CVC (got) and CVVC (goat) Word Patterns

Multisyllabic Words: compound words

UNIT 8 / INFLECTIONS

Sounds for -ed: /ed/, /t/, /d/

Add -ed to Verbs: no change to root

Add -ed to Verbs: double final consonant

Add -ed to Verbs: drop final e

UNIT 9 / INFLECTIONS

Add -ing to Verbs: no change to root

Add -ing to Verbs: double final consonant

Add -ing to Verbs: drop final e

UNIT 10 / INFLECTIONS

Add -ing to Verbs: no change to root

Add -ing to Verbs: double final consonant

Add -ing to Verbs: drop final e

HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS

and

answer

are

around

book

both

boy

call

can

day

does

don't

feel

food

for

get

girl

give

good

great

group

has

have

help

here

how

later

letters

little

look

name

need

night

not

number

old

odd

picture

play

point

put

read

school

see

she

show

some

soon

take

that

the

them

these

they

things

think

this

those

time

tomorrow

very

what

were

which

who

will

with

work

write

year

yes

you

your

Unit 1: first from go home with many new next one then there

Unit 2: different eat large long make move open in the same small something

Unit 3: carry face find learn love stay study use want when

Unit 4: all enough leave more out says second three two without

Unit 5: above animals by city come down her people sometimes under

Unit 6: eyes family father head mother other our really together watch

Unit 7: always below important once or places river through water world

Unit 8: about again began dance sa sawu theire thought was were

Unit 9: another beginning celebrate change children following most only started young

Unit 10: almost been between caused could four life never often sound

Unit 11: also American called country hous knowo lived now should would

Unit 12: away because few found mountains oil over story try why

Unit 13: along back before ever example this much news questions words

Unit 14: as but each idea into made plants seem to sentence until

Unit 15: air asked even friends if such talked trees walked while

Unit 16: earth explore form high miles million near sea stat than

Unit 17: any beautiful cold healthy indoors outdoors own special warm weigh

Unit 18: close kind right show watch

about above again

air

all almost along also always an American an

and animals another answer any

are around as

asked

away back beautiful men because before began beginning below between book both

boy

but

by call called can

carry caused celebrate change children city close cold come could country dance

dry different

does

don't down each earth

eat enough even

ever example explore eyes

face family father

feel

find

first following food

for

form

found

four friends from

get

girl

give

good

each group

has

have

had healthy

her

here

high

home house how

idea

if important

indoors

into

kind

know

large

later

learn

leave

letters

life

little

lived

long

look

love

made

make

many

miles

million

miss

most

mother

mountains

move

much

name

near

need

never

new

news

night

not

now

number

often

oil

old

once

one

only

open

other

our

out outdoors over

own people picture places plants

play

point

put question read

really

right

river

said

same

saw

say says school

sea

second see seemed sentence she

should show small

some something sometimes soon sound special started state

story study

such

take

talked

than

that

the

their

than

then

there

these

they

things

think

this

those

three

thought

thoguh

time

togethe

tomrrow

too

trees

try

two

under

until

use

very

walked

want

was

warm

watch

water

wiegh

were

what

when

where

which

while

who

why

will

with

without

words

work

world

write

year(s)

yes

you

young

your

HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS CUMMULATIVE LIST

The American Heritage® Dictionary Pronunciation Key

http://dictionary.reference.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html

http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/Spell_pron_key.html

took

ü as in boot

UNIT 11 / R-CONTROLLED VOEWELS

R-controlled Vowels: /är/ ar (star)

R-controlled Vowels: /ôr/ or (horn)

R-controlled Vowels: /ûr/ er (fern), ir (bird), us (curb)

R-controlled Vowels: /âr/ air (chair), ear (bear)

R-controlled Vowels: /îr/ ear (tear), eer (deer)

UNIT 12 / MULTISYLLABIC WORDS

Types of Syllables: R-controlled

UNIT 13 / WORDS WITH Y

Y as a Consonant (yellow)

Y as Long i (sky) and as Long e (happy)

Plural with y

UNIT 14 / DIPHTHONGS AND VARIANT VOWELS

Diphthongs: oi (coin), oy (boy)

Diphthongs: ou (cloud), ow (crown)

Variant Vowels: /ü/ oo (moon), ew (screw)

Variant Vowels: /ô/ au (laundry), aw (saw); /ôl/ al (salt), all (ball)

UNIT 14 / DIPHTHONGS AND VARIANT VOWELS

Diphthongs: oi (coin), oy (boy)

Diphthongs: ou (cloud), ow (crown)

Variant Vowels: /ü/ oo (moon), ew (screw)

Variant Vowels: /ô/ au (laundry), aw (saw); /ôl/ al (salt), all (ball)

UNIT 15 / VARIANT VOWELS AND CONSONANTS

Hard and Soft c

Hard and Soft g

Variant Vowels: /ů/ oo (book)

Silent Consonants:/n/ gn (gnat), kn (knife); /r/ wr (wrist); /j/ dge (badge); /m/ mb (lamb)

UNIT 16 / MULTISYLLABIC WORDS

Multisyllabic Words: Two Consonants Between Two Vowels (bas/ket, kit/ten)

Multisyllabic Words: Three Consonants Between Two Vowels (hun/dred)

Multisyllabic Words: One Consonant Between Two Vowels (mu/sic, cab/in)

Multisyllabic Words: Schwa a in the First Syllable (a/bout)

UNIT 17 / MULTISYLLABIC WORDS (SUFFIXES AND PREFIXES)

Suffixes: -ly, -y, -less, -ful

Prefixes: un-, re-

UNIT 18 / MULTISYLLABIC WORDS

Types of Syllables: Consonant + le

Types of Syllables: Vowel Team

Types of Syllabels: Vowel-silent e

Multisyllabic Words: All Syllable Tupes and Syllabication Rules