Pods: Phonics and Science of Reading Unit 3: Digraphs & Blends

This fun, hands-on and fun-filled course provides students will the foundation skills and practice to help them become amazing readers. 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. 

Please note: this class is part of the Outschool Pods program and is intended to build learner community this semester. We will share additional enrollment links for the following 3 parts of this class upon enrollment. To learn more about Outschool Pods, please visit: https://info.outschool.com/outschool-pods

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) ***** Fall 2022
Phonics and Reading Unit 4: CVCe Words (SOR) **** Spring 2023
Phonics and Reading Unit 5: Ending Blends & R-Controlled Words (SOR) **** Fall 2023
Phonics and Reading Unit 6: Vowel Pairs & Dipthongs (SOR) ***** Spring 2024

Lesson 1:
I can identify HFW(s): wish
I can identify and build words with the sounds: sh (/sh/). 

Lesson 2:
I can identify HFW(s): you, your
I can identify and build words with the sounds: sh (/sh/). 

Lesson  3:
I can identify HFW(s): that, this, them, then
I can identify and build words with the sounds: th (/th/). 

Lesson 4:
I can identify HFW(s): they
I can identify and build words with the sounds: th (/th/).

Lesson 5:
I can identify HFW(s): was
I can identify and build words with the sounds: th (/th/) and sh (/sh/).

Lesson 6: 
I can identify HFW(s): back, duck, pick. 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: c, k, ck, /k/. 

Lesson 7:
I can identify HFW(s): much, such, here 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: ch, /ch/.

Lesson 8:
I can identify HFW(s): with
I can identify and build words with the sounds: ch, /ch/, th (/th/), sh (/sh/).

Lesson 9:
I can identify HFW(s): when, which, what. 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: w, wh, /w/

Lesson 10:
I can identify HFW(s): who
I can identify and build words with the sounds: ch, th, sh, ck, wh review 

Lesson 11:
I can identify HFW(s): miss, off 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: doubled l, f, s, z. 

Lesson 12:
I can identify HFW(s): will, all 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: doubled l, f, s, z. 

Lesson 13:
I can identify HFW(s): well, tell, bell
I can identify and build words with the sounds: doubled l, f, s, z
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Lesson 14:
I can identify HFW(s): he, be, me, we, she 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: open syllables. 

Lesson 15:
I can identify HFW(s): go, so, no
I can identify and build words with the sounds: open syllables.

Lesson 16 :
I can identify HFW(s): black. 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: bl, cl, fl.

Lesson 17:
I can identify HFW(s): play
I can identify and build words with the sounds: gl, pl, sl 
 
Lesson 18:
I can identify HFW(s): 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: l blends review. 

Lesson 19:
I can identify HFW(s): from. 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: cr, br, dr, fr

Lesson 20:
I can identify HFW(s): who
I can identify and build words with the sounds: gr, tr, pr

Lesson 21 :
I can identify HFW(s): are
I can identify and build words with the sounds: r blends review. 

Lesson 22 :
I can identify HFW(s): 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: r blends review. 

Lesson 23 :
I can identify HFW(s): for, or
I can identify and build words with the sounds: sc, sk, sn, sm

Lesson 24 :
I can identify HFW(s): stop, step, spell, spot, still 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: sp, st, sw, tw. 

Lesson 25:
I can identify HFW(s): 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: blends review