Grade 1:
Provide explicit, systematic phonics instruction and practice in just 15 to 20 minutes a day! Daily Phonics, Grade 1 helps students in first grade—including students learning English—develop the phonics skills necessary to become proficient, on-grade-level readers.
The 32 weekly units in grade 1 cover:
Initial Consonants: b, f, h, k, m, p, s, v, j
Initial Consonants: c, d, y, l, r, n, w, g, t
Final Consonants: g, l, d, f, p, n, b, m, t
Initial and Final Consonants: d, m, t, l, p, s
Initial and Final Consonants: g, b, n, k, f, r
Short Vowel Sounds: a, i
Short Vowel Sounds: e, o, u
CVC Pattern
Long Vowel Sounds: a, e, o, i, u
CVCe Pattern
Syllabication
Long Vowel Sounds of y
Initial Consonant Blends: sn, st, sw, sk, sm, sp
Initial Consonant +1 Blends: fl, cl, sl, pl, bl, gl
Initial Consonant +r Blends: cr, fr, br, tr, gr, dr
Final Consonant Blends: st, lt, nk, lf, nt, mp
Initial and Final Consonant Blends: st, cl, mp, tr, lt, br, lf, sp, sk, pl
Initial Consonant Digraphs: sh, th, wh, ch
Final Consonant Digraphs: sh, ch, th
R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, ur, er, ir
Hard and Soft c
Hard and Soft g
Double Consonants: ff, ss, ll, zz
Long a Vowel Digraphs: ai, ay
Long e Vowel Digraphs: ee, ea
Long i Spellings: ie, igh
Long o Vowel Digraphs: oe, ow, oa
Diphthongs: oi, oy
Diphthongs: ou, ow
The Sounds of oo
Plural Forms: s, es
Inflectional Endings: -ing, -ed
Grade 2:
Provide explicit, systematic phonics instruction and practice in just 15 to 20 minutes a day! Daily Phonics, Grade 2 helps students in second grade—including students learning English—develop the phonics skills necessary to become proficient, on-grade-level readers.
The 32 weekly units in grade 2 cover:
Alphabet Review
Initial and Final Consonants: b, f, m, s, k, p
Initial and Final Consonants: d, n, r, g, t, l
Short Vowel Sounds: a, i
Short Vowel Sounds: e, o, u
CVC Words
Long Vowel Sounds
CVCe Pattern
Syllabication
Long Vowel Sounds of y
Initial Consonant Blends: st, sk, sw, sp
Initial Consonant Blends: fl, gl, sl, pl, cr, fr, tr, gr
Final Consonant Blends: lt, st, nt, mp, nd, ft, ld, nk
Initial and Final Consonant Digraphs: sh, ch, wh, th
Consonant Digraphs: ph, gh, ck, ng
R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, ur, er, ir
The Sounds of c, g
Long a Vowel Digraphs: ai, ay
Long e Vowel Digraphs: ee, ea
Long i Spellings: ie, igh
Long o Vowel Digraphs: oa, oe, ow
Long u Vowel Digraphs: ue, ew
Long Vowel Digraphs Review: ai, ay, ee, ea, ie, igh, oa, ow, ew, ue
Diphthongs: ou, ow
Diphthongs: oi, oy
The Sounds of oo
Silent Letters: k, w, l, b
Plural Forms: s, es, ies
Irregular Plurals
Verb Endings: Inflectional: -ing, -ed
Prefixes: dis-, re-, un-
Suffixes: -ful, -less, -ly
Grade 3:
Daily Phonics, Grade 3 helps struggling readers and English learners develop the phonics skills necessary to become proficient, on-grade-level readers. Students first learn basic phonics skills typically mastered in grades 1 and 2, and then they progress to skills taught in grade 3. Lessons and activities are designed with age-appropriate formats that respect the older learner.
The 32 weekly units in grade 3 cover:
Initial and Final Consonants: b, f, r, k, m, p, d, l, n
Initial and Final Consonants: s, t, v, h, w, j, y, q, x, z
Short Vowel Sounds: a, e, i, o, u
CVC Words
Long Vowel Sounds: a, e, i, o, u
CVCe Words
Syllabication
Vowel Sounds of y
Sounds of c and g
Initial Consonant Blends: cl, fl, gl, pl, br, dr, gr, tr, sk, sl, sp, sw, spl, str
Final Consonant Blends: ft, lt, nt, st, ld, nd, mp, nk
Consonant Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh
Consonant Digraphs: ph, gh, ck, ng
Variant Spellings: dge, tch
Silent Consonants: k, w, b, h, l
Long Vowel Digraphs: ai, ay
Long Vowel Digraphs: ee, ea, ey, ie
Long Vowel Patterns: ie, igh
Long Vowel Digraphs: oa, oe, ow
Long Vowel Digraphs: ew, ue
Short Vowel Digraphs: ea, ou
The Sounds of oo
Variant Vowel Digraphs: au, aw
Diphthongs: ou, oi
R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, er, ir, ur
R-Controlled Vowels: air, are, ear
Plural Noun Endings: s, es, ies
Irregular Plural Nouns
Inflectional Verb Endings: -ed, -ing, -s, -es
Contractions
Prefixes: dis-, re-, un-
Suffixes: -ful, -less, -er, -ly
