Whole Phonics Scope and Sequence
Our decodable book curriculum is cumulative, so once a new sound, skill, or high frequency word is introduced, they appear in all subsequent levels. You can find our scope and sequence below, and in the front cover of each of our books. If you want a PDF version of our Scope and Sequence, you can download it at the bottom of the page.
Kickoff Level 'Off We Go!': Consonants and Short a
- m, s, t, f, c, b, x, v, h, p, r, l, n, j, d, z, g, k, w, y, short a
- Capital letters, punctuation
- Suffixes: plural s, apostrophe s, verb form s
Level One: Short Vowels
- Short a, i, o, u, e
- Reading with commas and quotation marks; introduce contractions
Level Two: Digraphs
- -ck; -zz, -ll, -ff, -ss; th, ch, wh, sh
- Suffixes: -es
Level Three: Glued sounds and beginning blends
- -ing, -ink, -ang, -ank; l blends, r blends, s blends + tw
- Suffixes: -ing, -ed
Level Four: Ending blends & beginning clusters, compound words, syllabication, silent e / magic e
- spr, scr, str, spl; closed & open syllables; doubling rule; wr; -old; syllabication for
- VCCV, V/CV & VC/V words; sounds of y; silent e or magic e (1-2 syllable words)
- Suffixes: -er, -est, -ly; prefixes: un
Level Five: Coming soon!
- R-controls, vowel teams, diphthongs, soft g & c, consonant-le, syllabication
- ar, or, er, ir, ur; ee/ea, ai/ay, oa/ow; oo, oi/oy, ou/ow; au/aw; -dge; -ight
- Suffixes: -tion/-sion, -ture, -ment; prefixes: re-