Phonics Scope and Sequence

Phonics Scope and Sequence

The LevelUp interactive phonics program provides a systematic phonics practice that builds students’ skills in phonemic awareness. Students progress through a fun, effective series of interactive ebooks designed to teach phonics skills following this scope and sequence.


Unit 1: Uppercase and Lowercase Letters

Students are introduced to the lowercase and uppercase letters of the alphabet and their phoneme sounds. In addition, students practice writing the letters and focus on identifying words that begin with these phoneme sounds.

Level 1: Kindergarten
• The Letter Cc
• The Letter Mm
• The Letter Tt
• The Letter Aa

Level 2: Kindergarten
• The Letter Rr
• The Letter Ss
• The Letter Pp
• The Letter Ii

Level 3: Kindergarten
• The Letter Bb
• The Letter Ff
• The Letter Gg
• The Letter Oo

Level 4: Kindergarten
• The Letter Hh
• The Letter Jj
• The Letter Ll
• The Letter Ee

Level 5: Kindergarten
• The Letter Dd
• The Letter Ww
• The Letter Qq
• The Letter Uu

Level 6: Kindergarten
• The Letter Kk
• The Letter Nn
• The Letter Vv
• The Letter Xx
• The Letter Yy
• The Letter Zz

Unit 2: CVC Words

Students are introduced to short vowel phonemes, mainly in CVC words. In addition, students will learn about building short vowel words, letter sounds at the beginning and ending ofwords, and word families.

Level 1: Kindergarten/First Grade
The Short Vowel /a/ with word families:
–at, –am, –an, –ap, and –ad

Level 2: Kindergarten/First Grade
The Short Vowel /i/ with word families:
–ig, –in, –ip, –ill, and –id

Level 3: Kindergarten/First Grade
The Short Vowel /o/ with word families:
–op, –ob, –ox, –ot, and –og

Level 4: Kindergarten/First Grade
The Short Vowel /e/ with word families:
–ed, –ell, –en, –et, and –em

Level 5: Kindergarten/First Grade
The Short Vowel /u/ with word families:
–up, –ut, –un, –ub, and –ug

Level 6: Kindergarten/First Grade
The Short Vowels:
Review of Levels 1–5

Unit 3: Consonant Blends and Consonant Digraphs

Students are introduced to initial consonant blends in CCVC words, final consonant blends in CVCC words, and final consonant digraphs. Students learn how to sound out, blend, pronounce, and create words with consonant blends.

Level 1: First Grade
Initial Consonant Blends
• The /bl/ Blend
• The /cl/ Blend
• The /fl/ Blend
• The /gl/ Blend
• The /pl/ Blend
• The /sl/ Blend

Level 2: First Grade
Initial Consonant Blends
• The /br/ Blend
• The /cr/ Blend
• The /dr/ Blend
• The /gr/ Blend
• The /fr/ Blend
• The /pr/ Blend
• The /tr/ Blend

Level 3: First Grade
Initial Consonant Blends
• The /sk/ Blend
• The /sm/ Blend
• The /sn/ Blend
• The /sp/ Blend
• The /st/ Blend
• The /sw/ Blend
• The /tw/ Blend

Level 4: First Grade
Initial Consonant Blends
• The /scr/ Blend
• The /spl/ Blend
• The /str/ Blend
• The /thr/ Blend

Level 5: First Grade
Final Consonant Blends
• The Final Blend /nd/
• The Final Blend /nt/
• The Final Blend /st/
• The Final Blend /sk/
• The Final Blend /mp/
• The Final Blend /lk/
• The Final Blend /lt/
• The Final Blend /ft/
• The Final Blend /ck/
• The Final Blend /dge/

Level 6: First Grade
Final Consonant Blends
• The Final Blend /ng/
• The Final Blend /nk/

Level 7: First Grade
Consonant Digraphs
• The /ch/ Digraph
• The /sh/ Digraph
• The /th/ Digraph
• The /wh/ Digraph
• The /tch/ Digraph
• The /ph/ Digraph

Unit 4: CVCe Words

Students are introduced to long vowel phonemes in silent final e (CVCe) words. In addition, students will learn about building and pronouncing long vowel words with the silent final e, and word families using long vowel/silent e combinations.

Level 1: First Grade
The Long Vowel /a_e/ and word families:
–ate, –ake, –ane, –ale, and –ame

Level 2: First Grade
The Long Vowel /i_e/ and word families:
–ime, –ine, –ive, –ire, and –ide

Level 3: First Grade
The Long Vowel /o_e/ and word families:
–ose, –one, –obe, –ope, and –ole

Level 4: First Grade
The Long Vowel /u_e/ and word families:
–ube, –ute, –ume, –une, and –uge

Level 5: First Grade
The Long Vowel /e_e/ and word families:
–ete and –eme

Unit 5: Long Vowels and Vowel Digraphs

Students are introduced to long vowels and vowel digraphs. Students will learn about pronouncing and building words with the spelling-sound correspondences for common vowel team conventions representing long vowel sounds.

Level 1: First Grade
The Long Vowel /a/:
AI and AY

Level 2: First Grade
The Long Vowel /e/:
EE, EA, and EY

Level 3: First Grade
The Long Vowel /o/:
OA, OW, and OE

Level 4: First Grade
The Long Vowel /i/:
IE and IGH

Level 5: First Grade
The Long Vowel /u/:
UE

Level 6: First Grade
The Long Y Sound

Level 7: First Grade
The Long Vowel /e/:
IE

Unit 6: r-Controlled Vowels

Students are introduced to r-controlled vowels. Students learn how to sound out, pronounce, and identify words with r-controlled vowels in them.

Level 1: First Grade
The r-Controlled Vowel:
/ar/

Level 2: First Grade
The r-Controlled Vowels:
/er/, /ir/, and /ur/

Level 3: First Grade
The r-Controlled Vowel:
/or/

Level 4: First Grade
The r-Controlled Vowels:
Review of Levels 1–3

Unit 7: Vowel Diphthongs

Students are introduced to vowel diphthongs. Students will learn about pronouncing and identifying words with vowel diphthongs.

Level 1: First Grade
The /aw/ Sound:
AU and AW

Level 2: First Grade
The /ow/ Sound:
OU and OW

Level 3: First Grade
The /oi/ Sound:
OI and OY

Level 4: First Grade
The Long /oo/ Sound
The Short /oo/ Sound
The Long /oo/ and Short /oo/ Sounds

Level 5: First Grade
The /ew/ Sound:
UI and EW

Unit 8: Multisyllabic Words

Students are introduced to a progressive list of phonemic awareness and skills including identifying a variety of multisyllabic words. Students will learn about adding affixes to root words, syllables, secondary sounds for consonant letters, how to build compound words, the use of apostrophes, and homophones.

Level 1: First Grade
Prefixes:
un–, re–, mis–, and dis–

Level 2: First Grade
Inflectional Endings:
–s, –es, –ing, and –ed

Level 3: First Grade
Multisyllabic words ending with –le

Level 4: First Grade
Closed Syllables

Level 5: First Grade
Open Syllables

Level 6: Second Grade
The Soft Letter C
The Soft Letter G

Level 7: Second Grade
Suffixes:
–ful, –less, –able, and –ish

Level 8: Second Grade
Compound Words

Level 9: Second Grade
Contractions

Level 10: Second Grade
Possessives

Level 11: Second Grade
Homophones
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