This fun, hands-on and fun-filled course provides students will the foundation skills and practice to help them become amazing readers. In Unit 5, students will learn foundational reading skills in phonemic awareness, ending word blends, r-control words, silent sound words, word building, decodable reading, 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. 

Week of 6/5: Phonic Skills: -ft, -ld, -lp, -lf, -lk, -lt
Week 6/12:  Phonic Skills: -lf, -lk, -lt, -nd, -nt, -mp
Week of 6/19: Phonic Skills: -nd, -nt, -mp, -sk, -st, -sp
Week 6/26: Phonic Skills: -sk, -st, -sp, -pt, -lm, , -ct, -xt


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) **** Summer & Fall 2023
Phonics and Reading Unit 6: Vowel Pairs & Dipthongs (SOR) ***** Fall 2023 & Spring 2024