Phonics and

Word Study
Scope and Sequence
Grades K–6
 KINDERGARTEN
Unit 1 Unit 4
1. Letter Recognition: Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, 19. Hh/h/

2. Letter Recognition: Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, 20. Ll/l/
Mm, Nn
21. Consonant blends
3. Letter Recognition: Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss,
22. Gg/g/
4. Letter Recognition: Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx,
Yy, Zz 23. Short e

5. Mm/m/ 24. Short e

6. Tt/t/ Unit 5
25. Ww/w/, Jj/j/
Unit 2
7. Short a 26. Xx/ks/

8. Ss/s/ 27. Short u

9. Pp/p/ 28. Short u

10. Cc/k/ 29. Vv/v/, Zz/z/

11. Short i 30. Yy/y/, Qu qu/kw/

12. Short i Unit 6

31. All consonants; short vowels a and i
Unit 3
13. Bb/b/, Nn/n/ 32. All consonants; short vowels a, i, and o

14. Rr/r/ 33. All consonants; short vowels a, i, o, and e

15. Dd/d/, Kk/k/ 34. All consonants; short vowels a, i, o, e, and u

16. Ff/f/ 35. All consonants; all short vowels

17. Short o 36. All consonants; all short vowels

18. Short o

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 GRADE 1
(NOTE: All single consonant letter-sounds will be Unit 3
reviewed in Kindergarten Review lessons 13. Vowel sounds of y: long i, long e
that precede Week 1 instruction.) Long vowel pattern CV (as me, hi, go)

Unit 1 14. Compound words

1. Short a Final ng and nk
Final ck (-ang, -ing, -ung; -ank, -ink, -unk)
(NOTE: Begin word family/onset-rime
2. Short i blending)
Final x
15. R-controlled or, ore
3 Short o (NOTE: Both sound-by-sound blending and
-s Plurals (s/z/) onset-rime through Week 18)
Ending -es; plural -es
4. Inflected ending -s
Inflected ending -ing 16. R-controlled ar
(without spelling changes) Inflected endings -ed, -ing (Spelling change:
double final consonant)
5. Short e
Initial consonant blends (CCVC) 17. R-controlled er, ir, ur
Contractions ‘s, ‘ve, ‘re
6. Short u
Final consonant blends (CVCC) 18. Comparative endings -er, -est
dge /j/
Unit 2
7. Digraphs sh, th Unit 4
Sound of a in ball, walk 19. Long a: ai, ay
(NOTE: First cover sound-by-sound blending
8. Long a (CVCe) of new letter-sound; then move immediately
c/s/ and g/j/ (initial and as in -ace, -age) to phonograms)
Possessives (singular and plural)
9. Long i (CVCe)
Digraphs wh, ch, tch 20. Long e: ea
Inflected endings (all studied to date)
10. Long o (CVCe) (spelling change: y to i)
Contractions n’t, ‘m ‘ll
21. Long o: oa, ow
11. Long u (CVCe) and Long e (CVCe) Three-letter consonant blends
Inflected ending -ed (3 pronunciations:
/d/, /t/, /ed/) 22. Long i: ie, igh
(without spelling changes) Silent consonants kn/n/ and wr/r/

12. Long e: e, ee 23. Vowel patterns ew, ue, ui

Syllables VC/CV (as kitten) Compound words
(blending multisyllabic words)

24. Vowels oo in moon

Suffixes -ly, -ful
(blending multisyllabic words)

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Unit 5
25. Vowel diphthong ow/ou/
Syllables: consonant + le

26. Vowel diphthong ou/ou/

Syllables: V/CV and VC/V
(open and closed: pi/lot, lem/on)

27. Vowels oo as in book

Inflected endings -s, -es, -ed, -ing
(spelling change: drop e before -ed, -ing)

28. Vowel diphthongs oi, oy /oi/

Suffixes -er, -or (agentive)
(blending multisyllabic words)

29. Vowels aw, au (as in saw, auto)

Short e: ea

30. Prefixes un-, re-

(blending multisyllabic words)
Long vowel pattern o(st), o(ld), i(nd), i(ld)

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 GRADE 2
Unit 1 Unit 3
1. Short vowels CVC, CCVC, CVCC (blends 11. Long e: e, ee, ea, y;
and ck, ng, nk); Short e: ea Syllables V/CV (open)
(some words with 2-letter blends;
phonograms –ack, -ock, -ang, -ank and others) 12. Long o: o, oa, ow (include oCC pattern as -ost,
(NOTE: Work with phonograms is included -old) (go, lo/cate, float, bowl);
from the very beginning of Grade 2; focus is Syllables V/CV (open)
on the most frequent phonograms.)
13. Compound words
2. Long vowels CVCe (c/s/, g/j/, s/z/) (blending multisyllabic words)
(contrast long and short vowels)
(phonograms: -ace, -age, -ice, -ose) 14. Long i: i, ie, igh, y (include iCC pattern as
-ind, -ild);
3. Consonant blends (2- and 3-letter blends; Syllables V/CV (open)
initial and final)
15. Comparative endings -er, -est
4. Base words and endings -s, -ed, -ing (with (all spelling changes)
and without spelling changes; (blending multisyllabic words)
double final consonant; drop e before -ed, -ing)
Unit 4
5. Consonant digraphs ch, tch, sh, th, wh 16. Syllables: consonant + le (open and closed
as bu/gle, bun/dle)
Unit 2 (focus on syllables to end of year)
17. Vowels oo, u (as book, full) (short /oo/ only)
6. R-controlled ar, or, ore;
Syllables VC/CV (include r-controlled vowels 18. Vowel diphthongs ou, ow /ou/ (found, gown)
as in armor, darling)
19. Vowel diphthongs oi, oy /oi/
7. Contractions n’t, ‘s, ‘ll, ‘m
20. Vowels oo (as moon), ue, ew, ui
8. R-controlled er, ir, ur; Syllable -er (as enter; (long /oo/ only)
teach as syllable, not as schwa);
Syllables VC/CV Unit 5
21. Suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, -or
9. Plurals -s, -es, -ies (change y to i) (blending multisyllabic words)

10. Long a: a, ai, ay; 22. Prefixes un-, re-, pre-, dis-
Syllables V/CV (open) (blending multisyllabic words)

23. Silent consonants kn, wr, gn, mb

24. /f/ ph, gh

25. Vowels aw, au, au(gh), al (as in saw, auto,

caught, talk, ball)

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 GRADE 2 (Continued)
Unit 6
26 . Contractions ‘re, ‘ve, ‘d; Irregular
contractions (don’t, won’t)

27. Base words and endings -s, -es, -ed, -ing;

-er, -est
(blending multisyllabic words)

28. Common syllables (as tion, ture)

(blending multisyllabic words)

29. Suffixes -ness, -less

(blending multisyllabic words)

30. Prefixes mis-, mid-

(blending multisyllabic words)

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 GRADE 3
Unit 1 Unit 4
1. Short vowels 16. Plurals f, fe to v; Irregular plurals
Syllables VC/CV (happen, lesson, (scarf, scarves; mouse, mice)
basket, picnic)
17. R-controlled /er/: ir, er, ur, ear, or
2. Plurals -s, -es (with and without spelling (third, verb, Thursday, early, world)
changes: y to i)
(friends, houses; matches, brushes, boxes, inches; 18. Prefixes pre-, mid-, over-, out-
babies, ladies, pennies) (prepaid, midnight, overhead, oversleep, outdo)

3. Base words and endings -ed, -ing; -er, 19. Suffixes -er, -or, -ess, -ist
-est (with spelling changes: double final (teacher, visitor, lioness, tourist)
consonant, drop final e, y to i)
(bigger, biggest; hoped, hoping; cried, crying) 20. Syllables VCCCV
(pil/grim, mon/ster, sur/prise, part/ner, hun/dred,
4. Long vowel digraphs ee, ea; ai, ay; oa, ow com/plete)

5. Diphthongs ou, ow /ou/; oi, oy /oi/ Unit 5

21. Syllables CV/VC (cre/ate, i/de/a, ra/di/o,
Unit 2 pi/an/o, ster/e/o)
6. Syllables V/CV, VC/V (lem/on, re/lax, fin/ish,
pi/lot, e/ven) 22. Homophones (our, hour; ate, eight)

7. Syllables C + le (bugle, handle, trouble, puddle) 23. Vowel sound in ball: a, au, aw, al
(almost, always, because, fault, straw, walk)
8. Compound words
24. Vowel sound in ball: augh, ough
9. Consonant blends (including three-letter (caught, fought)
blends as squ, spl, thr) (squeeze, splash, throw)
25. Suffixes -y, -ish, -hood, -ment
10. Consonant digraphs sh, th, wh, ph, ch, tch, (chewy, foolish, childhood, enjoyment)
ng, ch /sh/
(fashion, father, telephone, kitchen, machine) Unit 6
26. Vowel sounds in tooth (oo, ew, ue, ui) and
Unit 3 cook (oo, u)
11. Contractions
27. Unaccented syllables/word parts (schwa)
12. Prefixes un-, re-, mis-, dis- (above, afraid, another, dinosaur, upon, animal,
(unhappy, rewrite, misplace, disobey) nickel, sugar, paper)

13. g, j, dge /j/; s, c /s/; c, k, ck, ch /k/ 28. Common syllables -tion, -sion, -ture
(since, circle, once; suggest, large, badge; school) (action, question, fiction, picture, nature, decision)

14. Suffixes -ly, -ful-, -ness, -less 29. Multisyllabic words

(finally, truly, beautiful, kindness) (using word parts, for example: prefix + base
word + suffix)
15. Silent consonants wr, kn, st, mb, gn (joyfully, refilled, leadership, gracefully,
(write, knight, listen, thumb, gnaw) disagreement)

30. Related Words (sign, signal, nature, natural)

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 GRADE 4

Word Study Skill Phonics Skill

Unit 1
1 Suffixes Short vowels in VCCV pattern
2 Word Endings Long a, i patterns
3 Multiple-Meaning Words Long vowel digraphs ee, ea, oa, ow
4 Synonyms Long final e, ie, ey, y
5 Suffixes Vowel sound ü

Unit 2
1 Prefixes and Suffixes Adding -s and -es
2 Unfamiliar Words Irregular Plurals
3 Prefixes R-controlled a, o
4 Unfamiliar Words Digraphs (with ng)
5 Unfamiliar Words R- controlled /er/

Unit 3
1 Multiple-Meaning Words Adding -ed and -ing
2 Homonyms Homophones
3 Unfamiliar Words Diphthong /ou/
4 Word Endings Compound Words
5 Suffixes Possessives (Singular, Plural, Pronoun)

Unit 4
1 Synonyms and Antonyms Contractions
2 Multiple-Meaning Words Final Syllable -le, -al, -en
3 Unfamiliar Words Final Syllable -er, -ar (-ur)
4 Greek and Latin Roots Words with dge, ge, x, qu
5 Synonyms and Antonyms Prefixes un-, dis-, in-

Unit 5
1 Homonyms and Homographs Multisyllabic Words
2 Greek and Latin Roots Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V
3 Unfamiliar Words Greek Word Parts
4 Greek and Latin Roots Latin Roots
5 Synonyms Related Words (able, ability)

Unit 6
1 Word Endings Schwa
2 Multiple-Meaning Words Prefixes mis-, non-, re-
3 Unfamiliar Words Suffixes -less, -ment, -ness
4 Unfamiliar Words Suffixes -ful, -ly, -ion
5 Homonyms Silent Consonants

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 GRADE 5

Word Study Skill Phonics Skill

Unit 1
1 Suffixes (-ance, -ment) Short Vowel VCCV, VCV
2 Homonyms Long Vowel VCV
3 Unfamiliar Words Long Vowel Digraphs
4 Antonyms Adding -ed, -ing
5 Multiple-Meaning Words Contractions

Unit 2
1 Prefixes (un-, dis-) Digraphs th, sh, ch, ph
2 Unfamiliar Words Irregular Plurals
3 Greek and Latin Roots Vowel Sounds with r
4 Unfamiliar Words Final Syllables -en, -an, -el, -le, -il
5 Inflected Endings (-s, -ed, -ing) Final Syllables -er, -ar, -or

Unit 3
1 Multiple-Meaning Words Schwas
2 Greek and Latin Roots (archi, phil) Compound Words
3 Homonyms Consonant Sounds /j/, /ks/, /sk/, /s/
4 Antonyms One Consonant or Two
5 Prefixes (pre-, post-) Prefixes un-, de-, dis-

Unit 4
1 Endings (-ed, -ing, -s) Words from Many Cultures
2 Unfamiliar Words Prefixes over-, under-, sub-, super-, out-
3 Synonyms Homophones
4 Unfamiliar Words Suffixes -ible, -able
5 Suffixes Negative Prefixes

Unit 5
1 Greek and Latin Roots Multisyllabic Words
2 Unfamiliar Words Unusual Spellings
3 Multiple-Meaning Words Greek Word Parts
4 Unfamiliar Words Latin Roots
5 Prefixes Related Words

Unit 6
1 Unfamiliar Words Suffixes -ous, -sion, -ion, -ation
2 Endings Final Syllable -ant, -ent, -ance, -ence
3 Suffixes Words with ei and ie
4 Unfamiliar Words Compound words
5 Homographs Easily Confused Words

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 GRADE 6

Word Study Skill Phonics Skill

Unit 1
1 Word Endings Adding -ed and -ing
2 Greek and Latin Roots Short Vowels
3 Unfamiliar Words Vowel Sounds with r
4 Word Endings Difficult Spellings
5 Suffixes Plural or Possessive

Unit 2
1 Greek and Latin Roots Multisyllabic Words I
2 Suffixes Latin Roots
3 Unfamiliar Words Final Syllable Patterns
4 Unfamiliar Words Schwa
5 Greek and Latin Roots Suffixes -ian, -ant, -ent, -ist

Unit 3
1 Word Endings Unusual Spellings
2 Suffixes Multisyllabic Words II
3 Synonyms Using Just Enough Letters
4 Prefixes Compound Words
5 Antonyms Homophones

Unit 4
1 Unfamiliar Words Greek Word Parts
2 Unfamiliar Words Prefixes dis-, de-, out-, un-
3 Unfamiliar Words Words with ci and ti
4 Multiple-Meaning Words Related Words I
5 Prefixes Word Endings -ty, -ity, -tion

Unit 5
1 Antonyms Suffixes -ate, -ive, -ship
2 Homonyms Words from Many Cultures
3 Synonyms Compound Words
4 Unfamiliar Words Suffixes -ism, -age, -ure
5 Unfamiliar Words Prefixes bi-, tri-, uni-, semi-

Unit 6
1 Prefixes Suffixes -ary, -ery, -ory
2 Unfamiliar Words Related Words II
3 Multiple-Meaning Words Easily Confused Words
4 Multiple-Meaning Words Word Endings -ice, -ise, -ize
5 Synonyms Latin Roots II

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