Daily Phonics Grades 4-6+
Daily Phonics, Grades 4–6+ helps struggling readers and English learners develop the phonics skills necessary to become proficient, on-grade-level readers. Students learn basic phonics skills typically mastered in grades 1, 2, and 3. Lessons and activities are designed with age-appropriate formats that respect the older learner. The 32 weekly units in grades 4–6+ cover:
Initial, Medial, and Final Consonants: b, f, r, k, m, p, d, l, n
Initial, Medial, and Final Consonants: s, t, v, h, w, j, y, q, x, z
Short Vowel Sounds: a, e, i, o, u
CVC Words
Long Vowel Sounds: a, e, i, o, u
CVCe Words
Long Vowel Sounds of y
Hard and Soft c and g
Initial Consonant Blends with s, r, or l
Final Consonant Blends with t, d, p, or k
Initial and Final Consonant Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh
Initial, Medial, and Final Consonant Digraphs: ck, ng, ph, gh
Variant Spellings of Consonant Sounds: tch, dge
Long a Vowel Digraphs: ai, ay Long e
Vowel Digraphs: ee, ea, ey, ie
Long i Vowel Patterns: ie, igh
Long o Vowel Digraphs: oa, ow, oe
Long u Vowel Digraphs: ue, ew, ui
R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, er, ir, ur, air, are, ear
The Sounds of oo
Short Vowel Digraphs: ea, ou, ui
Variant Vowel Digraphs: au, aw, al
Diphthongs: ou, ow, oi, oy
Syllabication
The Schwa Sound
Silent Consonants: k, w, b, h, t, l
Plural Noun Endings: s, es, ves, ies
Irregular Plural Nouns
Inflectional Verb Endings: -ed, -ing, -s, -es
Contractions Prefixes: re-, un-, mis-, dis-
Suffixes: -ful, -less, -ly, -er, -or, -ness
