| Lessons |
Topics |
Phonic Focus |
Example |
| 1 |
The Consonants |
Foundation level for those students unsure of all the consonants |
The alphabet |
| 2 |
Short Vowels |
A,E,I,O,U |
(CVC words) cat, hat, jet, pet, dot, got, up, cup |
| 3 |
Long Vowels |
A,E,I,O,U |
date, gate, feet, meet, pie, tie |
| 4 |
Consonant clusters |
br, dr, sk, fl, pl, str, spr, thr, phr, leading onto two digraphs 'strength'. |
bread, spread, brave, break, brick, drive, skate |
| 5 |
'I' 'R' 'S' blends |
bl-, gl- cr-, tr- sc-, sp- |
black, glad, cry, try |
| 6 |
Consonant Digraphs 1 |
ch, sh, th, wh, ph |
choose, shoes, thing, think, white |
| 7 |
Consonant Digraphs 2 |
-ch -ish -th |
peach, reach, teach, cherish, parish, health, wealth |
| 8 |
Final -e |
a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e, CVCE pattern |
dice, mice, date, gate, lied, flute |
| 9 |
Complex Long Vowel combinations |
ai, ew, au, ou |
ground, clause, autumn, grew, stew, chew |
| 10 |
Revision |
Long and short vowel |
combination |
| 11 |
Silent letters |
Silent b before the t and after m
Silent c
Silent h |
debt, doubt, subtle
lamb, climb, comb, crumb, dumb
back, pack, pick, sick, science, scene
honour, hour, hotel, shepherd, rhyme, rhino
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| 12 |
Complex vowel spellings |
Words with two vowels |
tool, June, school, kangaroo |
| 13 |
Verb endings |
-ing, -ed |
doing, feeling, seeing, believing
pasted, saddened, escaped
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| 14 |
Early structural analysis |
plurals, contractions, compound words |
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| 15 |
Syllabication 1 |
Learning how to separate words into syllables |
Ta/ble, lit/tle, ti/ger, pi/lot, rab/bit, nap/kin |
| 16 |
Syllabication 2 |
Learning how to separate words into syllables |
ex/plain, main/tain |
| 17 |
Compound words |
Words made of two smaller words |
Milk/shake, moon/light, out/doors |
| 18 |
Homophones |
Words that sound the same |
made-maid, ate-eight, meet-meat |
| 19 |
Synonyms |
Words that sound the same |
made-maid, ate-eight, meet-meat |
| 20 |
Assessment |
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