Daily Phonics, Grade 1

Brief Description: Provide explicit, systematic phonics instruction and practice in just 15 to 20 minutes a day! Daily Phonics, Grade 1 helps students in first gradeincluding students learning Englishdevelop the phonics skills necessary to become proficient, on-grade-level readers. The 32 weekly units in grade 1 cover: Initial Consonants: b, f, h, k, m, p, s, v, j, Initial Consonants: c, d, y, l, r, n, w, g, t, Final Consonants: g, l, d, f, p, n, b, m, t, Initial and Final Consonants: d, m, t, l, p, s, Initial and Final Consonants: g, b, n, k, f, r, Short Vowel Sounds: a, i, Short Vowel Sounds: e, o, u, CVC Pattern, Long Vowel Sounds: a, e, o, i, u, CVCe Pattern, Syllabication, Long Vowel Sounds of y, Initial Consonant Blends: sn, st, sw, sk, sm, sp, Initial Consonant +1 Blends: fl, cl, sl, pl, bl, gl, Initial Consonant +r Blends: cr, fr, br, tr, gr, dr, Final Consonant Blends: st, lt, nk, lf, nt, mp, Initial and Final Consonant Blends: st, cl, mp, tr, lt, br, lf, sp, sk, pl, Initial Consonant Digraphs: sh, th, wh, ch, Final Consonant Digraphs: sh, ch, th, R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, ur, er, ir, Hard and Soft c, Hard and Soft g, Double Consonants: ff, ss, ll, zz, Long a Vowel Digraphs: ai, ay, Long e Vowel Digraphs: ee, ea, Long i Spellings: ie, igh, Long o Vowel Digraphs: oe, ow, oa, Diphthongs: oi, oy, Diphthongs: ou, ow, The Sounds of oo, Plural Forms: s, es, Inflectional Endings: -ing, -ed

Contributor Bio:  Moore, Jo Ellen Moore is one of the founders of Evan-Moor Educational Publishers. She taught elementary school for more than twenty years before beginning a second career in writing and publishing.