Grade 1 - Phonics Instruction Sequence & Schedule

J. Smith, 11/28/05

Week / SPELLING PATTERNS
1 & 2 / review letter names/sounds,
consonants & vowels
short vowel patterns
3 / CVC: short a
4 / CVC: short a
5 / CVC: short I,
review a
6 / CVC: short I,
review a
7 / CVC: short e,
review a,I
8 / CVC: short o,
review a,I,e
9 / CVC: short u,
review a,e,I,o
10 / REVIEW all CVC patterns
11 / consonant blends
12 / consonant blends
13 / consonant digraphs: ch, sh
14 / consonant digraphs: th, wh
review ch, sh
long vowel patterns
15 / CVCe a,I
16 / CVCe o,u
review o, u
17 / vowel teams: ai, ay
18 / vowel teams: ea, ee
review: ai, ay
19 / vowel teams: oa, ow
review: ai, ay, ea, ee
20 / REVIEW all vowel teams
other vowel patterns
21 / r-controlled vowels: ar, or
22 / r-controlled vowels: er, ir, ur
review: ar, or
23 / vowel diphthongs: oy, oi
24 / vowel diphthongs: ou, ow
review: oy, oi
25 / vowel diphthongs: ew, aw
review: oy, oi, ou, ow
26 / REVIEW all vowel diphthongs
misc. irregular chunks
27 / ing
28 / ink
review: ing
29 / ight
review: ing, ink
30 / all
31 / old
32 / oo (zoo), oo (good)
structural analysis patterns
33 / suffixes: s, es, ed
34 / prefixes: un, re, in, dis
35 / compound words
36 / contractions: ‘m, ‘re, ‘s, ‘ve