Phase 5: Patterns & Rules Phase 5 introduces diphthongs, additional digraphs, the short-oo sound, and the unvoiced th — filling in important gaps for fluent reading.What to Expect By the end of Phase 5, the learner has all the phoneme knowledge needed for basic English decoding. Ready for consonant blends and advanced patterns.
Sounds Introduced Sound Type As In Lesson ou diphthong out, loud 89 or r-controlled vowel for, born 91 ck digraph back, duck (after short vowels) 93 th (unvoiced) digraph thing, math 95 ŏŏ (short) vowel digraph book, look, good 97
Skills Learned Reading diphthongs (ou) Reading r-controlled or (for, born, corn) Knowing when to use ck vs k Distinguishing voiced th (this) from unvoiced th (thing) Distinguishing long oo (moon) from short oo (book) Reading with growing fluency and confidence Words Learned in This Phase about L89 bout L89 couch L89 doubt L89 foul L89 four L89 hour L89 house L89 loud L89 louse L89 mouse L89 mouth L89 noun L89 ouch L89 our L89 out L89 pouch L89 pour L89 pout L89 round L89 route L89 sour L89 south L89 thou L89 touch L89 tour L89 your L89 youth L89 came L90 from L90 sound L90 born L91 corn L91 or L91 seat L91 ate L92 farm L92 duck L93 sock L93 beach L94 best L94 cool L94 ground L94 like L94 look L94 of L94 part L94 sand L94 shout L94 train L94 tree L94 warm L94 we L94 wait L95 found L96 book L97 cook L97 count L97 main L97 mean L97 mount L97 again L98 but L98 clean L98 down L98 each L98 hard L98 looked L98 soon L98 started L98 sun L98 jump L99 queen L99 ben L100 boats L100 chalk L100 clever L100 coast L100 coins L100 could L100 counted L100 creek L100 crows L100 doing L100 dreaming L100 end L100 enjoy L100 ever L100 feed L100 girl L100 gloves L100 hawk L100 into L100 jean L100 jim L100 joined L100 kept L100 knocked L100 little L100 looking L100 once L100 one L100 pal L100 pointed L100 riding L100 rocks L100 running L100 sang L100 scarf L100 scroll L100 shop L100 shouted L100 snack L100 snowman L100 song L100 stars L100 stream L100 then L100 there L100 took L100 trains L100 up L100 waited L100 watched L100 wing L100 written L100 yawned L100 yum L100
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Tips for This Phase These patterns fill in gaps the learner may have been guessing at. Emphasize the difference between voiced th (buzz in throat) and unvoiced th (no buzz). Same for long oo (moon) vs short oo (book).