Table of Contents

Introduction 9

Unit 1 Consonants, Consonant Digraphs, and Short Vowels 15

Lesson 1 Consonants p & b 17

Lesson 2 Consonants t & d 19

Lesson 3 Consonants k & g 21

Lesson 4 Short i 23

Lesson 5 Consonants f & v 26

Lesson 6 Short e 29

Lesson 7 Consonants s & z 32

Lesson 8 Short a 35

Lesson 9 Consonants and Digraph ch & j 38

Lesson 10 Consonants m & n 41

Lesson 11 Short o 44

Lesson 12 Consonants and Digraph w, h, & wh 47

Lesson 13 Consonants l & r 50

Lesson 14 Short u 53

Spelling Rule c, k, & -ck 56

Lesson 15 Consonant x 58

Lesson 16 Consonant y 60

Lesson 17 Digraph qu 62

Lesson 18 Soft th & Hard th 64

Lesson 19 Consonant Digraphs sh & zsh 67

Spelling Rule The Doubling Rule ff, ss, ll, & zz 70

Spelling Rule Plural Spelling Rule -s, -es, & -lves 72

Unit 2 Blends and Glued Sounds 74

Lesson 1 Initial 2-Letter Blends 76

Lesson 2 Initial 3-Letter Blends 79

Lesson 3 Final Blends 82

Spelling Rule -ct Ending 85

Spelling Rule -ch/-tch 87

Lesson 4 Glued Sounds -am & -an 89

Lesson 5 Glued Sounds -al & -all 92

Lesson 6 Glued Sound -ng 95

Lesson 7 Glued Sound -nk 98

Unit 3 Closed Syllables 101

Lesson 1 Compound Words 103

Lesson 2 Closed Syllables VCCV & VCCCV 106

Lesson 3 Closed Syllables VC/V 109

Lesson 4 Closed-Syllable Exceptions 112

Spelling Rule 1-1-1 Rule 115

Unit 4 Silent e 117

Lesson 1 Magic e: aCe 119

Lesson 2 Magic e: iCe & oCe 123

Lesson 3 Magic e: eCe & uCe 126

Lesson 4 Multisyllabic Silent e 128

Spelling Rule -ive Exception 131

Spelling Rule e-Drop Rule 133

Unit 5 Vowel Teams 135

Lesson 1 Vowel Teams ee & ea 137

Lesson 2 Vowel Teams ai & ay 141

Lesson 3 Vowel Teams oa & oe 144

Lesson 4 Vowel Teams ue, ui, & ie 147

About the Authors 151