<p> WORD STUDY PROGRESSION</p><p>LETTER NAME STAGE</p><p> INITIAL CONSONANTS / BEGINNING SOUNDS</p><p> b m r s t g n p c h f d l k j w y z v q</p><p> FINAL CONSONANTS / ENDING SOUNDS</p><p> SHORT VOWELS (word families) COMPARE -at -an -ad -ap -ag -ack -ash short a and short i</p><p>-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</p><p> INITIAL CONSONANT DIGRAPHS ch- sh- th-</p><p> 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-</p><p> AFFRICATE dr- drag (jrag) tr- trip (chrip)</p><p> 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</p><p>-ack -ick -ang -ing -ong -ung -eck -ock -uck -ank -ink -unk -all -ell -ill</p><p> bold=high frequency rimes (Adams, 1990) WITHIN WORD STAGE</p><p> LONG VOWELS</p><p>Short vowels v. long vowel w/silent e marker – choose one long vowel to study at a time</p><p> a .v ace i v. ice o v. oce u v. uce</p><p> 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</p><p> OTHER COMMON LONG VOWELS</p><p>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)</p><p> COMPLEX CONSONANT CLUSTERS shr- scr- squ- str- spl- spr- thr- qu- kn- wr- gn- -tch -ch -dge</p><p> ABSTRACT VOWELS Pout cow few boil toy foot boot caught paw SYLLABLE JUNCTURE</p><p> DOUBLING AND E-DROP WITH ED AND ING</p><p> OTHER DOUBLING</p><p> LONG VOWEL PATTERNS (STRESSED SYLLABLE)</p><p> R-CONTROLLED VOWELS (STRESSED SYLLABLE)</p><p> UNSTRESSED SYLLABLE VOWEL PATTERNS DERIVATIONAL CONSTANCY</p><p> SILENT AND SOUNDED CONSONANTS</p><p> CONSONANT CHANGES</p><p> VOWEL CHANGES</p><p> LATIN-DERIVED SUFFIXES</p><p> ASSIMILATED PREFIXES</p>