120 lessons start with introducing letters and letter sounds. Then students read and write words like “cat” and “fib.” Students learn more sophisticated phonics, affixes, and spellings, in a step-by-step way. By the end, they are reading and writing words like “communication” and “chrysanthemum.”
Tips for tutors are embedded in the lessons, but here are a few tips for getting started.
61. kn (knock) | |
2. f (fan) | 62. wr (write) |
3. b (bed) | 63. suffixes |
4. h (hot) | 64. prefixes |
5. i (itch) | |
6. p (pat) | 66. ai (rain) |
7. c (cat) | 67. ay (pay) |
8. n (net) | 68. ea (eat) |
9. l (lap) | 69. ee (street) |
10. j (jet) | 70. igh (night) |
11. s (sit) | 71. oa (boat) |
12. d (dog) | 72. oe (toe) |
13. g (get) | 73. ue (blue) |
14. o (octopus) | |
15. v (van) | |
16. r (ran) | 76. er as a suffix |
17. e (edge) | |
18. k, ck (back) | |
19. w (wet) | |
20. u (up) | |
21. qu (quick) | 81. ow (cow) |
22. x (box) | 82. ow (snow) |
23. y (yet) | 83. ou (cloud) |
24. z (zipper) | |
27. th (this, them) | |
28. ch (chip) | 88. y (baby) |
29. sh (shut) | |
30. wh (whip) | 90. oo (zoo) |
91. oo (book) | |
92. y (cry) | |
93. y (gym) | |
96. soft c (mice) | |
97. soft c suffixes | |
98. soft g (ginger) | |
41. compound words | |
102. aw (draw) | |
103. au (author) | |
46. silent b (crumb) | 106. suffixes |
107. -cial, -tial, -cian | |
108. oi (boil) | |
49. a_e (cake) | 109. oy (boy) |
50. i_e (bike) | 110. ew (grew) |
51. o_e (hope) | 111. ie (pie or chief) |
52. e_e (mete) | |
53. u_e (cute, tube) | 113. ch (school) |
114. ch (chef) | |
116. ea (head) | |
119. ei (ceiling, vein) | |
60. ph (phone) |