Phonics Scope & Sequence

A PRINTABLE RESOURCE FROM THE MEASURED MOM

Thank you for respecting our Terms of Use

The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of a copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal

copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the
FBI and is punishable by fines and federal imprisonment.

• YOU MAY use this file for your own personal, non-commercial use.

• YOU MAY print as many copies as you’d like to use in your classroom, home, public library, or tutoring setting.

• YOU MAY download this file by visiting https://themeasuredmom.com.

• YOU MAY save this file on your computer.

• YOU MAY NOT alter this file or claim this file as your own.

• YOU MAY NOT sell or in any way profit from this file. It is also illegal to print this file and sell the printed copy.

• YOU MAY NOT use this or any other printable from The Measured Mom Plus on Outschool.

• YOU MAY NOT e-mail this file OR store it on any location where others can download it (Amazon Inspire, Dropbox, Facebook
groups and forums, etc.). If you would like to use this file for distance learning, please contact us directly for permission at
https://membership.themeasuredmom.com/support/

LEARN MORE
plus

©Anna Geiger – themeasuredmom.com

 Scope & Sequence at a Glance
Consonants, Short s, j, a, t, p, m, d, c, h, r, n, i, b, f, g, k, -ck, o, l, e, v, sh, th, u, w,
Vowels, and Digraphs ch, wh, x, y, z, qu

FLOSS rule Examples: puff, fell, miss, jazz

Simple 2-syllable
Examples: inlet, logjam, catnip
compound words

L-blends: bl-, cl-, fl-, gl-, pl-, sl-

Beginning blends R-blends: br-, cr-, dr-, fr-, gr-, pr-, tr-
S-blends: sc-, shr-, sk-, sm-, sn-, sp-, squ-, st-, sw-, scr-, spr-

Ending blends -lp, -sp, -ct, -pt, -sk, -lk, -lf, -xt, -ft, -nd, -mp, -st, -lt, -nch

-ng & -nk endings -ing, -ang, -ong, -ung, -ank, -ink, -onk, -unk

Long vowel/ending
-ild, -old, -ind, -olt, -ost
blend word families

2-syllable compound
Examples: backdrop, humdrum, quicksand
words

Syllable Types #1-2: Open examples: she, he, we, go

Open and Closed Closed examples: can, frog, milk

Syllable Division
Examples: napkin, muffin, bandit, instruct, combo
Principle #1: VC/CV

Syllable Division
Examples: robot, tulip
Principle #2: V/CV

Syllable Division
Examples: denim, visit, credit
Principle #3: VC/V

Suffix –ed The suffix -ed can represent /t/, /d/, or /ĭd/.

Magic e words Examples: bone, June (or mule), cake, ride, Pete

Syllable Type #3: Magic

Examples: classmate, handmade, timeline
e

When adding the ending, either double the final consonant,

Suffix –ing
drop the e, or make no change to the base word.

Less common digraphs wr- (wrist), kn (knob), ph (phone), gh (ghost), gn (gnat), -mb
and trigraphs (lamb), -tch (switch), -dge (judge)

ee (feed), ea (eat), ai (rain),ay (day), oa (boat), ow (grow),

Common vowel teams
oe (toe), igh (light), y (dry), oo (zoo), oo (good)
©Anna Geiger – themeasuredmom.com
 Scope & Sequence at a Glance
Syllable Type #4: Vowel
Examples: hayseed, firewood, raindrop
Team
Spelling with –k, -ke,
Examples: silk, weak, make, and rack
and -ck

R-controlled vowels er (fern), ir (bird), ur (lurk), ar (arm), or (fork)

Syllable Type #5: R-

Examples: barnyard, mutter, western
controlled
More r-controlled
-air (chair), -are (care), -ear (year)
vowels
Diphthongs & complex aw (crawl), au (cause) a (ball), oi (boil), oy (joy), ou (cloud),
vowels ow (frown)
Syllable Type #6:
Examples: cookout, jawbone, powder
Diphthong
Syllable Division
Examples: cameo, diet, fluid
Principle #4: V/V
-ble (bubble), -dle (kindle), -fle (baffle), -gle (eagle),
Consonant-le endings
-kle (ankle), -ple (apple), -tle (kettle), -zle (nuzzle)
Syllable Type #7:
Examples: bottle, feeble, jingle, turtle
Consonant –le
Words that end with y
Examples: crispy, giddy, tardy, stubby
as long e
Soft & Hard c and g Soft: cell, gem Hard: crust, goose
ui (bruise), ue (blue), ew (crew), eu (neutral), eigh (eight), ei
Less common vowel
(vein), ei (ceiling), ie (thief), ie (pie), ey (key), ea (head), ea
teams
(break),ou (youth), y (gym)
Words with the schwa
Examples: abode, dental, plankton
sound
Extra spellings ch (school), ch (machine), s - /z/
un-, re-, in-/im-/ir-/ill-, dis-, en-/em-, non-, in-/im-, over-, mis-,
Words with prefixes sub-, pre-, inter-, fore-, de-, trans-, super-, semi-, anti-, mid-,
under-

-s/-es, -ed, -ing, -ly, -er/-or, -ion/-tion/-ation/-ition, -ible/-able,

Words with suffixes -al/-ial, -y, -ness, -ity/-ty, -ment, -ic, -ous/-eous/-ious, -en, -er,
-ive/-ative/-itive, -ful, -less, -est

©Anna Geiger – themeasuredmom.com

 Looking for more resources?
Join The Measured Mom Plus!

The Measured Mom Plus is the affordable membership site for educators who
want to teach better, save time, and get back their weekends.

For a low monthly fee, you will:

• Get immediate access to hundreds of engaging student printables.

• Look forward to new Pre-K-Grade 3 games and activities every month.

• Browse the library and download any freebies from the main site with a
single click (no ads!).

• Get immediate access to on-demand video workshops and mini-

courses that you can watch 24/7. Print certificates of completion when you
complete a training.

• Get new no-print resources every month … perfect for Google Classroom or
Seesaw.

LEARN MORE HERE

https://membership.themeasuredmom.com/