Phase 1: Foundation
Lessons 1–20 · First sounds (m, s, a, ē, t, r, d, i, th, c) & first words
Phase 2: Building
Lessons 21–40 · More sounds (o, n, f, u, l, w, g, sh, ā, h) & sentences
21 o 22 dot, rod, cod, said 23 n 24 not, tan, on, in, can 25 f 26 f review, fin, fan, fin, to, do 27 u, mud, nut, cut 28 fun, run, cut, nut + sentence 29 l, lid, lot, lit 30 lot, lid, doll, fill, was, you 31 w, wit, win, will 32 will, not, fit, sit + sentence 33 g, got, tag, dig 34 I (sight word), I am, I sit, I will 35 sh, ship, dish, shut, she 36 she, ship, shut + sentence 37 ā (long a), matee, ratee, latee 38 sate, mate, ate + sentence 39 h, hat, him, hit, he, had 40 hat, hit, him, she + sentence
Phase 3: Expanding
Lessons 41–75 · Remaining sounds (k, ō, v, p, ar, ch, e, b, ing, ī, y, er, oo, j, wh, ȳ, ū, qu, x, z)
41 k, kit, kid, kick 42 milk, silk, folk 43 ō (long o), no, go, so 44 go, no, so, she + sentence 45 v, van, vat, vat 46 give, have, live 47 have, give, van + sentence 48 p, pat, pig, pod 49 ar, car, far, arm 50 ch, chin, chop, much 51 ch, chin, chop, rich, much 52 e, met, red, led, them 53 red, met, the, He met the man. 54 b, bed, big, bit 55 big, bed, red, The big red bed. 56 ing, ring, king, sing 57 thing, nothing, sitting 58 ī, ride, time, hide 59 ride, time, hide, I will ride at this time. 60 y, yet, yam 61 yet, yam, yes, Is it time yet? 62 er, her, fern, after 63 ir, bird, dirt, sir 64 ur, burn, fur, hurt 65 oo, moon, food, room 66 room, food, moon, The moon lit the room. 67 j, jet, jog, jam 68 jet, jog, jam, He had jam and went for a jog. 69 wh, when, which, whim 70 when, which, what, When will she go? 71 ȳ, my, by, fly 72 My dog can fly high. 73 mixed review 74 ū, ūs, cute, qu, quit, quick 75 x, z, fox, box, zip, buzz
Phase 4: Vowel Teams
Lessons 76–88 · Vowel teams (ea, ai) & review
76 x, z, fox, buzz, zip 77 stop sounds review 78 sentence reading 79 ea, eat, read, team 80 ee, see, feet, tree, seed 81 multi-sentence story 82 oa, boat, road, coat, soap 83 sentence with ing 84 ay, day, play, say, way 85 multi-sentence story 86 complex sentence 87 all digraphs review 88 ai, rain, tail, mail
Phase 5: Fluency
Lessons 89–100 · Final sounds (ou), fluency practice & graduation
89 ou, out, loud, round 90 sentence with ai, ou 91 or, for, corn, born, short 92 fluency practice 93 ck, back, duck, kick, sock 94 fluency + story 95 th (unvoiced), thing, math, thin 96 complex sentence 97 ŏŏ (short), book, look, good, cook 98 longest story 99 final review all sounds 100 graduation story
Phase 6: Blends & Advanced
Lessons 101–125 · Blends, diphthongs, silent letters, -ed, soft c/g
101 bl, cl blends 102 fl, sl blends 103 br, cr blends 104 dr, fr blends 105 gr, pr blends 106 blends review story 107 tr, str blends 108 sp, st blends 109 sm, sn, sw blends 110 more blends story 111 pl, sk, sc blends 112 nd, nk, ng endings 113 mp, lt, ft endings 114 ending blends story 115 ow (as in cow) 116 ow (as in snow) 117 oi, oy 118 aw, all 119 advanced vowels story 120 igh (long i) 121 kn, wr (silent letters) 122 ew 123 multi-syllable words 124 putting it all together story 125 graduation and celebration
Phase 7: Mastery
Lessons 126–150 · Remaining blends, silent letters, suffixes, syllable types & graduation
126 gl, spr 127 scr, squ 128 au (cause, sauce, haul) 129 gn (silent g), mb (silent b) 130 gh (ghost, ghastly) — silent g before h 131 -ld, -lf, -lp, -lk endings 132 -sk, -sp, -pt endings 133 ff, ll, ss, zz double consonants 134 story — review of new patterns 135 -er comparative, -est superlative 136 -ly suffix 137 -ful, -less suffixes 138 -ness suffix 139 story + review of suffixes 140 -tion, -sion 141 review -tion/-sion + sentences 142 consonant-le: -ble, -tle, -dle 143 more consonant-le: -ple, -gle, -kle 144 story — multi-syllable reading 145 comprehensive review — all vowel teams 146 comprehensive review — all blends and endings 147 comprehensive review — all suffixes 148 story — longest story (10+ sentences, second-grade level) 149 final review — all sounds 150 graduation — celebratory story and final assessment
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