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