Word Study Progression

WORD STUDY PROGRESSION

LETTER NAME STAGE

 INITIAL CONSONANTS / BEGINNING SOUNDS

b m r s t g n p c h f d l k j w y z v q

 FINAL CONSONANTS / ENDING SOUNDS

 SHORT VOWELS (word families) COMPARE -at -an -ad -ap -ag -ack -ash short a and short i

-it -in -ip -ig -ill -ick short e and short o -og -op ot -ox -ock short a, short i, and short u -ug -un -ut -up -ud -uck -et -en -ed -eg -ell -est short a/e, e/i, i/o, o/u

 INITIAL CONSONANT DIGRAPHS ch- sh- th-

 INITIAL CONSONANT BLENDS AND DIGRAPHS s-blends: sc- sk- sm- sn- sp- st- sw- *try to limit blends at first l-blends: bl cl- fl- gl- pl- sl- ex: clap, sled, plan, slip, clog, slick, clock r-blends: br- cr- fr- gr- pr- *r-blends are the toughest digraphs: sh- ch- th- wh- ph-

 AFFRICATE dr- drag (jrag) tr- trip (chrip)

 FINAL CONSONANT BLENDS and DIGRAPHS; NASALS (word families ending in two consonants) -ch -th -sh -ank -amp -and -ang -st -ft -ing ink -mp -nd -nt -ng -nk -ump -unk -ung

-ack -ick -ang -ing -ong -ung -eck -ock -uck -ank -ink -unk -all -ell -ill

bold=high frequency rimes (Adams, 1990) WITHIN WORD STAGE

 LONG VOWELS

Short vowels v. long vowel w/silent e marker – choose one long vowel to study at a time

a .v ace i v. ice o v. oce u v. uce

 R-CONTROLLED a: ar v. are v. air o: or v. ore v. our v. oar e: er v. eer v. ear i: ir v. ire u: ur v. ure

 OTHER COMMON LONG VOWELS

Long a patterns long e patterns long i patterns long o patterns long u patterns ai ee igh oa ue (blue) ay ea y ow ew (grew) ei (eight) ie (chief) i + cc (child) o + cc (cold) ui (fruit) ey (prey) e (me) ie (pie) o (go) oo (moon) other (these) other (sign) oe (toe) other (comb)

 COMPLEX CONSONANT CLUSTERS shr- scr- squ- str- spl- spr- thr- qu- kn- wr- gn- -tch -ch -dge

 ABSTRACT VOWELS Pout cow few boil toy foot boot caught paw SYLLABLE JUNCTURE

 DOUBLING AND E-DROP WITH ED AND ING

 OTHER DOUBLING

 LONG VOWEL PATTERNS (STRESSED SYLLABLE)

 R-CONTROLLED VOWELS (STRESSED SYLLABLE)

 UNSTRESSED SYLLABLE VOWEL PATTERNS DERIVATIONAL CONSTANCY

 SILENT AND SOUNDED CONSONANTS

 CONSONANT CHANGES

 VOWEL CHANGES

 LATIN-DERIVED SUFFIXES

 ASSIMILATED PREFIXES