Scope and Sequence

Kindergartens enjoy these short, quick lessons while building their foundational spelling skills.

Program Overview 

• Sound to letter mapping (the Alphabetic Principle)
• Phonograms 
• Vowel pattern letter combinations
• Compound words
• Suffix rules
• Suffixes
• Silent and special letter combinations
• Study and word practice strategies

Some lessons also contain bonus words to help kindergarten students learn other basic words often seen in easy readers.

Lessons 1-4

• Learn the sound-symbol relationship
• Learn phonograms
• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 5-8

• Vowel-Consonant-Silent E Pattern: Long vowel words 
• Vowel + L Pattern: Words like bell, tall, and hill
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 9-12

• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Review
• Vowel-Consonant-Silent E Pattern: Review
• Vowel-Vowel Pattern oo: Words like boot
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 13-16

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern
• Vowel + R Pattern: Words like car, bird, for
• Silent letter combination ck: Words like back, deck, kick
• Vowel + NG Pattern and Vowel + NK Pattern: Words like rang, sing, sink
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 17-20

• Vowel + W Pattern: Words like cow and slow
• Vowel-Accent Pattern: Words like me, she, try
• Suffixes: s, es, ed, ing
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

First-grade students enjoy these short, quick lessons while rapidly building their spelling skills.

Program Overview

• Sound to letter mapping (the Alphabetic Principle)
• Phonograms 
• Vowel pattern letter combinations
• Compound words
• Suffix rules
• Special letter combinations
• Study and word practice strategies

Lessons 1-4

• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words
• Vowel Consonant Silent E Pattern: Long vowel words
• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with ee, ea, oa, and ai
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 5-8

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with oo and ea
• Vowel + R Pattern: Words like car, letter, first
• Vowel-Vowel + R Pattern: Words like floor and door
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 9-12

• Vowel + L Pattern Pattern: Words like fall and sold
• Vowel-Vowel + L Pattern: Words like tail and real
• One and two-syllable words with digraphs: th, ch, and sh
• Vowel-Accent Pattern: Words like sky and open
• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Review
• Vowel + R Pattern: Review
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 13-16

• Vowel + L Pattern: Review
• Vowel-Vowel + L Pattern: Review
• Consonant + LE Pattern: Words like simple and table
• Vowel + R Pattern: Review
• Silent letter combination ck: Words like brick and clock
• Vowel + NG Pattern and Vowel + NK Pattern: Words like spring and blink 
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 17-20

• Vowel + W Pattern: Words like grew and town
• Vowel-Accent Pattern: Review 
• Suffixes: s, es, ed, ing
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Second-grade students will enjoy these short, quick lessons while rapidly building spelling skills. 

Program Overview

• Sound to letter mapping (the Alphabetic Principle)
• Phonograms 
• Vowel pattern letter combinations
• Compound words
• Suffix rules
• Silent and special letter combinations
• Study and word practice strategies

Lessons 1-4

• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words and blends
• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words and digraphs: th, sh, ch, wh
• Vowel-Consonant-Silent E Pattern: Long vowel words
• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with ee, ea, oa, and ai
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 5-8

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with oo and ea
• Vowel + R Pattern: Words like chart and teacher
• Vowel-Vowel + R Pattern: Words like poor and indoor
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 9-12

• Vowel + R Words: Words like short and smaller
• Vowel + L Pattern and Vowel-Vowel + L Pattern: Words like sell and deal
• Vowel-Accent Pattern: Two-Syllable words like report and poem
• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Review
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 13-16

• Vowel + L Pattern: Review
• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Review
• Consonant + LE Pattern: Words like circle and title
• Vowel + NG Pattern and Vowel + NG Pattern: Words like string and honk 
• Vowel + W Pattern: Words like straw and grew
• The Borrowers C and G: Words like cell and age
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 17-20

• Silent and Special Letter Combinations: gh=f, gh, kn, wr, ck
• Suffixes: s, es, ed, and ing, tion, sion
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Third graders quickly strengthen their spelling skills as they learn to spell effortlessly with spelling patterns.  

Program Overview

• Sound to letter mapping (the Alphabetic Principle)
• Phonograms 
• Vowel pattern letter combinations
• Compound words
• Suffix rules
• Silent and special letter combinations  
• Study and word practice strategies

Lessons 1-4

• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words and blends
• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words and digraphs: th, sh, ch, wh
• Vowel-Consonant-Silent E Pattern
• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with ee, ea, oa, and ai
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 5-8

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with oo, ou, ea, and ai
• Vowel + R Pattern: Words like garden and catcher
• Vowel-Vowel + R Pattern: Words like indoors and trapdoor
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 9-12

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern:  Words with ai, ea, ei, ou, and oa
• Vowel + R Pattern: Words like toaster and leader
• Vowel + L Pattern: Words like hallway and chapel
• Vowel-Vowel + L Pattern: Words like coastal and colorful
• Vowel-Accent Pattern: Two-Syllable words like area and reflect
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 13-16

• Vowel + L Pattern: Review
• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Review
• Consonant + LE Pattern: Words like capable and example
• Vowel + NG Pattern and Vowel + NK Pattern: Words like morning and thankful 
• Vowel + W Pattern: Words like shadow and crawling
• The Borrowers C and G: Words like pencil and tragic
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 17-20

• Silent and Special Letter Combinations: gh=f, gh, kn, wr, ck
• Suffixes: s. es, ed, ing, tion, sion
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Fourth graders quickly strengthen their spelling skills as they learn to spell with spelling patterns.  

Program Overview

• Sound to letter mapping (the Alphabetic Principle)
• Phonograms 
• Vowel pattern letter combinations
• Compound words
• Suffix rules
• Silent and special letter combinations  
• Study and word practice strategies

Lessons 1-4

• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words and blends
• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words and digraphs: th, sh, ch, wh
• Vowel-Consonant-Silent E Pattern
• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with ee, ea, oa, and ai
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 5-8

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with oo, ou, ea, and ai
• Vowel + R Pattern: Words like garden and catcher
• Vowel-Vowel + R Pattern: Words like indoors and trapdoor
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 9-12

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern:  Words with ai, ea, ei, ou, and oa
• Vowel + R Pattern: Words like toaster and leader
• Vowel + L Pattern: Words like hallway and chapel
• Vowel-Vowel + L Pattern: Words like coastal and colorful
• Vowel-Accent Pattern: Two-Syllable words like area and reflect
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 13-16

• Vowel + L Pattern: Review
• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Review
• Consonant + LE Pattern: Words like capable and example
• Vowel + NG Pattern and Vowel + NK Pattern: Words like morning and thankful 
• Vowel + W Pattern: Words like shadow and crawling
• The Borrowers C and G: Words like pencil and tragic
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 17-20

• Silent and Special Letter Combinations: gh=f, gh, kn, wr, ck
• Suffixes: s. es, ed, ing, tion, sion
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Fifth graders strengthen their spelling skills as they learn the formula to spelling with spelling patterns.  

Program Overview

• Sound to letter mapping (the Alphabetic Principle)
• Phonograms 
• Vowel pattern letter combinations
• Compound words
• Suffix rules 
• Silent and special letter combinations 
• Study and word practice strategies

Lessons 1-4

• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words and blends
• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words and digraphs: th, sh, ch, wh
• Vowel-Consonant-Silent E Pattern
• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with ee, ea, oa, ai, ie
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 5-8

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with oo, ou, ea, ie
• Vowel + R Pattern: Words like garden and catcher
• Vowel-Vowel + R Pattern: Words like a doormat and outdoors
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 9-12

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with ou, ea, and ei
• Vowel + R Pattern: Words like interest and inventor
• Vowel + L Pattern: Words like calendar and shelter
• Vowel-Vowel + L Pattern: Words like double and essential
• Vowel-Accent Pattern: Words like predict and remain
• Consonant + LE Pattern: Words like goggles and struggle
• Silent and Special Letter Combinations: gh, gh as f
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 13-16

• Vowel + NG Pattern and Vowel + NK Pattern: Words like fungus and spunky
• Vowel + W Pattern: Words like fellow and awkward
• The Borrowers C and G: Words like specific and register
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 17-20

• Silent and Special Letter Combinations:  gh, ck kn, ph, wr
• Suffixes: ed, er, s, es, ing, tion, able
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Sixth graders learn to accurately and confidently spell with spelling patterns.  

Program Overview

• Sound to letter mapping (the Alphabetic Principle)
• Phonograms 
• Vowel pattern letter combinations
• Compound words
• Suffix rules 
• Silent and special letter combinations 
• Study and word practice strategies

Lessons 1-4

• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words and blends
• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words and digraphs: th, sh, ch, wh
• Vowel-Consonant-Silent E Pattern
• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with ee, ea, oa, ai, ie
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 5-8

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with oo, ou, ea, ie
• Vowel + R Pattern: Words like garden and catcher
• Vowel-Vowel + R Pattern: Words like a doormat and outdoors
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 9-12

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with ou, ea, and ei
• Vowel + R Pattern: Words like interest and inventor
• Vowel + L Pattern: Words like calendar and shelter
• Vowel-Vowel + L Pattern: Words like double and essential
• Vowel-Accent Pattern: Words like predict and remain
• Consonant + LE Pattern: Words like goggles and struggle
• Silent and Special Letter Combinations: gh, gh as f
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 13-16

• Vowel + NG Pattern and Vowel + NK Pattern: Words like fungus and spunky
• Vowel + W Pattern: Words like fellow and awkward
• The Borrowers C and G: Words like specific and register
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 17-20

• Silent and Special Letter Combinations:  gh, ck kn, ph, wr
• Suffixes: ed, er, s, es, ing, tion, able
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Seventh graders learn to accurately and confidently spell with spelling patterns.  

Program Overview

• Sound to letter mapping (the Alphabetic Principle)
• Phonograms 
• Vowel pattern letter combinations
• Compound words
• Suffix rules
• Special letter combinations  
• Study and word practice strategies

Lessons 1-4

• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words  and blends
• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words and digraphs: th, sh, ch, wh
• Vowel Consonant-Silent E Pattern
• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with ee, ea, oa, ai, and oo
• Vowel-Vowel + R Pattern: Words with oor 
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 5-8

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern:  Words with oo, ou
• Vowel + R Pattern: Words like ancestor and suburban
• Vowel + L Pattern: Multisyllable words like alternate and traveler
• Consonant + LE Pattern: Words like thimble and crumble
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 9-12

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with oi, oa, ou
• Vowel-Accent Pattern: Multisyllable words like bacteria and devoid
• Vowel-Accent Pattern: Multisyllable words where y gives the long e sound
• Vowel + L Pattern: Multisyllable words like internally and individual
• Consonant + LE Pattern: Words like capable
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 13-16

• Vowel + NG Pattern and Vowel +  NK Pattern: Words like breathing and hyperlink
• Vowel + W Pattern: Words like bylaws and sorrowful
• The Borrowers C and G: Words like democracy and legible
• Silent and Special Letter Combinations: kn, gh, ph, wr
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 17-20

• Suffixes: s, es, ed er, ies, ing, tion, sion, able
• Prefixes: sub, pro, and pre
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Eighth graders learn to accurately and confidently spell with spelling patterns.  

Program Overview

• Sound to letter mapping (the Alphabetic Principle)
• Phonograms 
• Vowel pattern letter combinations
• Compound words
• Suffix rules
• Special letter combinations  
• Study and word practice strategies

Lessons 1-4

• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words  and blends
• Vowel-Consonant Pattern: Short vowel words and digraphs: th, sh, ch, wh
• Vowel Consonant-Silent E Pattern
• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with ee, ea, oa, ai, and oo
• Vowel-Vowel + R Pattern: Words with oor 
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 5-8

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern:  Words with oo, ou
• Vowel + R Pattern: Words like ancestor and suburban
• Vowel + L Pattern: Multisyllable words like alternate and traveler
• Consonant + LE Pattern: Words like thimble and crumble
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 9-12

• Vowel-Vowel Pattern: Words with oi, oa, ou
• Vowel-Accent Pattern: Multisyllable words like bacteria and devoid
• Vowel-Accent Pattern: Multisyllable words where y gives the long e sound
• Vowel + L Pattern: Multisyllable words like internally and individual
• Consonant + LE Pattern: Words like capable
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 13-16

• Vowel + NG Pattern and Vowel +  NK Pattern: Words like breathing and hyperlink
• Vowel + W Pattern: Words like bylaws and sorrowful
• The Borrowers C and G: Words like democracy and legible
• Silent and Special Letter Combinations: kn, gh, ph, wr
• Puzzles and Application Lessons

Lessons 17-20

• Suffixes: s, es, ed er, ies, ing, tion, sion, able
• Prefixes: sub, pro, and pre
• Puzzles and Application Lessons