5 Pre-Reading and 36 Reading Levels. Structured predictable plans increase the comfort level of teachers and students while allowing the Learner to progress as quickly as possible but as slowly as necessary. Instructional content is printed in red and clear in delivery.
| Sound | Level Introduced | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | Short a is found at the beginning or middle of a word. |
| ai | 27 | Use ai to spell long /a/ in the middle of words, usually before an n or l. Examples: rain, rail train, trail, main. |
| aw | 32 | aw is usually found at the end of a word or sometimes followed by n or l. Examples: law, raw, claw dawn, lawn, crawl. |
| ay | 6 | ay is always used at the end of a word. |
| c | c is the first choice for /k/ at the beginning of a word. | |
| c | 33 | c has the soft sound, /s/, when followed by e, i or y. |
| ck | 13 | Use ck to spell /k/ after a short vowel. Examples: black, stick, lock. |
| dge | 31 | Use dge to spell /j/ after a short vowel. Examples: badge, bridge, lodge, fudge. |
| e | 9 | Short e is found at the beginning or middle of a word. |
| e | 25 | Silent e on the end of a word usually makes the preceding vowel long or say its name. Examples: same, these, time, hope, cute. |
| ee | 8 | ee is the first choice for the long sound of e in the middle of a word. |
| er | 30 | er is found in the middle of a word or at the end as a suffix. |
| ew | 34 | The first choice for spelling /oo/ at the end of a word is ew. Examples: new, blew, flew. |
| fszl | 12 | Double the final f, s, z, or l in short words after a single vowel. Examples: pass, cuff, buzz, will. |
| g | 33 | The letter g has the soft sound /j/ when followed by e, i or y. Examples: gentle, ginger, gym, fringe. |
| i | 3 | Short i is found at the beginning or middle of a word. |
| igh | 35 | igh is usually at the end of a word or followed by t. Examples: high, sight, might. |
| k | 24 | k is the first choice for /k/ at the end of a word after a consonant, a long vowel or a double vowel. Examples: pink, cork, bike, soak, peak. |
| o | 4 | Short o is found at the beginning or middle of a word. |
| oa | 32 | oa is usually found in the middle of short words. Examples: soap, load, toast. |
| oo | 29 | The first choice for spelling /oo/ in the middle of a word is oo. Examples: soon, smooth, loop. |
| ou | 35 | The first choice for spelling /ow/ in the middle of a word is ou. Examples: shout, found, mouth. |
| ow | 27, 29 | The first choice for spelling long /o/ at the end of a word is ow. When ow is not at the end of a word, it is often followed by n. Examples: show, blow, flown, thrown. |
| oy | 23 | oy is usually at the end of a word. |
| qu | 14 | The letter q is always followed by u and one or more vowel. Examples: quit, quack, queen. |
| tch | 31 | Use tch to spell /ch/ after a short vowel. Examples: catch, pitch, notch, clutch. |
| th | 21 | th has two sounds one voiced one unvoiced. Examples: thick, thin, that, those. |
| u | 7 | Short u is found at the beginning or middle of a word. |
| v, w, x | The letters v, w, and x are never doubled. | |
| wh | 23 | The letters wh always come at the beginning of a word. |
| y | 18 | When y comes at the end of a short word, it has the sound of long /i/. Examples: cry, fly, by. |
| Level | Sounds and Cards | Non-phonetic Words |
|---|---|---|
| PreReading 5 | b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, z | |
| 1 | a (at) | |
| 2 | a (mixed) | |
| 3 | i | |
| 4 | o | |
| 5 | x | a, the |
| 6 | ay | to, do, is |
| 7 | u | |
| 8 | ee | i, of, and |
| 9 | ee | |
| 10 | w, y | |
| 11 | sh | |
| 12 | fszl | |
| 13 | -ck | |
| 14 | qu | you, from |
| 15 | st, sl, sp, sm, sn, sc, sw | |
| 16 | bl, cl, fl, pl, gl | |
| 17 | cr, tr, fr, dr, br, pr, gr | |
| 18 | final long vowels: y (long i) me, he, we, go, no, so, she, be |
are, was, who, what |
| 19 | ch | |
| 20 | or, all | |
| 21 | th | your, said, were |
| 22 | -ing, -ang, -ong, -ung | |
| 23 | oy, ar | one, only, once, does |
| 24 | -ink, -ank, -onk, -unk oo (soon) |
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| 25 | wh -nt, -mp, -nd, -st, -ft, -lt, -lk, -sk, -sp, -ct |
two, four, done, goes |
| 26 | v-consonant-e | where, there |
| 27 | ow (low) ai |
gone, don't, they, some, come |
| 28 | compound words | says, want, any, been, their |
| 29 | ow (cow) oo (book) |
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| 30 | suffixes -ing, -er | |
| 31 | -tch, -dge | have, give, live, some |
| 32 | aw, oa, oi | |
| 33 | soft c, soft | could, would, should, very |
| 34 | ea, ew, ear | |
| 35 | igh, ou | |
| 36 | review |
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