120 Lessons

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.

1: a, m, t (apple, map, top)

61. suffixes ful, ness, less, etc.

2. f (fan)

62. prefixes un, dis, de, re, etc.

3. b (bed)

63. prefixes up, in, ex, post

4. h (hot)

64. ai (rain)

5. i (itch)

65. ay (may)

6. p (pat)

66. ea (team)

7. c (cat)

67. ee (street)

8. n (net)

68. igh (night)

9. l (lap)

69. oa (boat)

10. j (jet)

70. oe (toe)

11. s (sit)

71. ue (blue, rescue)

12. d (dog)

72. multi-syllables with vowel teams

13. g (get)

73. r-controlled ir, er, ur (term)

14. o (octopus)

74. “er” as an ending

15. v (van)

75. r-controlled ar (barn)

16. r (ran)

76. r-controlled or (form)

17. e (edge)

77. r-controlled prefixes and suffixes

18. k, ck  (back)

78. multi-syllables with r-controlled syllables

19. w (wet)

79. ow (cow)

20. u (up)

80. ow (snow)

21. qu  (quick)

81. ou (cloud)

22. x (box)

82. contractions (isn’t, can’t)

23. y (yet)

83. suffixes (ize, ment)

24. z (zipper)

84. consonant-le (bubble, sizzle, little, hassle)

25. second sound of s (z)

85. suffixes (able, ible)

26. FLOSS spelling rule

86. y (baby)

27. th (this, them)

87. suffixes with y (happy, lately)

28. ch (chip)

88. oo (zoo)

29. sh (shut)

89. oo (book)

30. wh (whip)

90. y (cry)

31. ang, ing, ong, ung

91. y (hymn)

32. ank, ink, onk, unk

92. spelling endings with y

33. initial blends bl, cl, gr, etc.

93. medial i (radio, medium)

34. initial blends sc, sn, tw, etc.

94. soft c (mice)

35. initial blends spl, scr, etc.

95. soft c suffixes

36. final blends nd, nt, lk, etc.

96. soft g (ginger)

37. final blends st, pt, mp, etc.

97. spelling with gu (guitar)

38. “ed” as an ending

98. spelling with dge (ridge)

39. “ing” as an ending

99. spelling with tch (match)

40. “es” as an ending

100. aw (awful)

41. compound words

101. au (author)

42. two syllable words and schwa

102. al, all (halt, ball)

43. syllable division

103. wor, war (world, warm)

44. old, ost, olt (bold, most, colt)

104. suffixes ate, ious, etc.

45. ind, ild (kind, wild)

105. suffixes cial, tial, cian

46. silent b (crumb)

106. a (pronounced uh, as in away)

47. open syllables (I, he)

107. oi (boil)

48. a_e (bake)

108. oy (boy)

49. i_e (hide)

109. ew (few, grew)

50. o_e (hope)

110. ie (cookie)

51. e_e (these)

111. ou (youth)

52. u_e (tube, cute)

112. ch (school)

53. two-syllable words with magic e

113. ch (chef)

54. spelling rule with v

114. err, er (berry, America)

55. open and closed syllables

115. ea (head)

56. spelling rule: doubling consonants

116. ea (great)

57. split vowel teams (video)

117. ought, aught (bought, taught)

58. ph (phone)

118. ei (ceiling, vein)

59. kn (knock)

119. eigh (neighbor)

60. wr (write)

120. tion, sion  (friction, television)