Daily Phonics, Grades 4-6+ helps struggling readers and English learners develop the phonics skills necessary to become proficient, on-grade-level readers. Students learn basic phonics skills typically mastered in grades 1, 2, and 3. Lessons and activities are designed with age-appropriate formats that respect the older learner. The 32 weekly units in grades 4-6+ cover: — Initial, Medial, and Final Consonants: b, f, r, k, m, p, d, l, n; — Initial, Medial, and Final Consonants: s, t, v, h, w, j, y, q, x, z; — Short Vowel Sounds: a, e, i, o, u; — CVC Words; — Long Vowel Sounds: a, e, i, o, u; — CVCe Words; — Long Vowel Sounds of y; — Hard and Soft c and g; — Initial Consonant Blends with s, r, or l; — Final Consonant Blends with t, d, p, or k; — Initial and Final Consonant Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh; — Initial, Medial, and Final Consonant Digraphs: ck, ng, ph, gh; — Variant Spellings of Consonant Sounds: tch, dge; — Long a Vowel Digraphs: ai, ay; — Long e Vowel Digraphs: ee, ea, ey, ie; — Long i Vowel Patterns: ie, igh; — Long o Vowel Digraphs: oa, ow, oe; — Long u Vowel Digraphs: ue, ew, ui; — R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, er, ir, ur, air, are, ear; — The Sounds of oo; — Short Vowel Digraphs: ea, ou, ui; — Variant Vowel Digraphs: au, aw, al; — Diphthongs: ou, ow, oi, oy; — Syllabication; — The Schwa Sound; — Silent Consonants: k, w, b, h, t, l; — Plural Noun Endings: s, es, ves, ies; — Irregular Plural Nouns; — Inflectional Verb Endings: -ed, -ing, -s, -es; — Contractions; — Prefixes: re-, un-, mis-, dis-; — Suffixes: -ful, -less, -ly, -er, -or, -ness;
