Phonics and Science of Reading Unit 4: CVCe Words

This fun, hands-on and fun-filled course provides students will the foundation skills and practice to help them become amazing readers. In Unit 4, students will build a solid foundation in phonemic awareness, CVCe words, word building, high frequency words (decodable and irregular), multisyllabic words, and fluency.

Students will practice skills as a class, in small groups, and individually to Students will learn phonemic awareness, letter sounds, word building, and decodable readings. This curriculum uses the Science of Reading (SOR) practices, which are heavily researched by educators, and proven to be highly effective.

 Students will use a combination of movement, kinesthetics, manipulatives and paper materials (Sound Cards, Letter Cards, HFW Cards, Rime Cards, Focus Sound Cards, Blending Strips, Sound Wall, Blending Drills, Word Mapping, Dictation Practice, Decodable Readers, Syllable Drill Sheets, Word Pattern Sheets, Word Chain Mats, Blending Cards, Letter Tiles).  These whole-class activities help students build a reading foundation by practicing phonemic awareness, phonics skills, decodable High Frequency Words, Irregular High Frequency Words, and Vocabulary. 

This is part of the Phonics and Reading Series and can be combined with other levels of the series. 
Phonics and Reading Unit 1: Pre-readers (SOR)
Phonics and Reading Unit 2: CVC Words (SOR)
Phonics and Reading Unit 3: Digraphs & Blends (SOR)
Phonics and Reading Unit 4: CVCe Words (SOR) 
Phonics and Reading Unit 5: Ending Blends & R-Controlled Words (SOR) **** Fall 2023
Phonics and Reading Unit 6: Vowel Pairs & Dipthongs (SOR) ***** Spring 2024

Week of 1/9
I can identify and build words with the sounds: long (a_e)
I can identify HFW(s): came, take, cake

I can identify and build words with the sounds: long a (a_e)
I can identify HFW(s): make, made, gave

Week of 1/16
I can identify and build words with the sounds: long a (a_e)
I can identify HFW(s): ate, late, name

I can identify and build words with the sounds: short a; long a (a_e)
I can identify HFW(s): her

Week of 1/23
I can identify and build words with the sounds: long i (i_e)
I can identify HFW(s): like, ride

I can identify and build words with the sounds: long i (i_e)
I can identify HFW(s): five

Week of 1/30
I can identify and build words with the sounds: short i and long i (i_e)
I can identify HFW(s): were

I can identify and build words with the sounds: long a & i (a_e & i_e)
I can identify HFW(s): white, once, upon

Week of 2/6
I can identify and build words with the sounds: long o (o_e)
I can identify HFW(s): those

I can identify and build words with the sounds: long o (o_e)
I can identify HFW(s): little

Week of 2/13
I can identify and build words with the sounds: short o & long o
I can identify HFW(s): NA

I can identify and build words with the sounds: long a, i, & o
I can identify HFW(s): have

Week of 2/20

I can identify and build words with the sounds: long u (u_e)
I can identify HFW(s): use

I can identify and build words with the sounds: long u (u_e)
I can identify HFW(s): NA

Week of 2/27

I can identify and build words with the sounds: short u & long u
I can identify HFW(s): love

I can identify and build words with the sounds: long a, i, o, & u
I can identify HFW(s): give, live

Week of 3/6
I can identify and build words with the sounds: long e (e_e)
I can identify HFW(s): these

I can identify and build words with the sounds: long a, i, o, u, & e
I can identify HFW(s): come, some

Week of 3/13
I can identify and build words with the sounds: long a, i, o, u, & e
I can identify HFW(s): done, none

I can identify and build words with the sounds: soft c (/s/)
I can identify HFW(s): place

Week of 3/20
I can identify and build words with the sounds: soft c, s, ss (/s), and c (/k/)
I can identify HFW(s): NA

I can identify and build words with the sounds: soft g (/j/)
I can identify HFW(s): NA

Week of 3/27
I can identify and build words with the sounds: j, g (/j/), and g (/g/)
I can identify HFW(s): now, how

I can identify and build words with the sounds: hard and soft review 
I can identify HFW(s): 

Week of 4/3
I can identify and build words with the sounds: y (long i)
I can identify HFW(s): why, by, my