Daily Phonics, Grade 3 helps struggling readers and English learners develop the phonics skills necessary to become proficient, on-grade-level readers. Students first learn basic phonics skills typically mastered in grades 1 and 2, and then they progress to skills taught in grade 3. Lessons and activities are designed with age-appropriate formats that respect the older learner. The 32 weekly units in grade 3 cover: — Initial and Final Consonants: b, f, r, k, m, p, d, l, n; — Initial 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; — Syllabication; — Vowel Sounds of y; — Sounds of c and g; — Initial Consonant Blends: cl, fl, gl, pl, br, dr, gr, tr, sk, sl, sp, sw, spl, str; — Final Consonant Blends: ft, lt, nt, st, ld, nd, mp, nk; — Consonant Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh; — Consonant Digraphs: ph, gh, ck, ng; — Variant Spellings: dge, tch; — Silent Consonants: k, w, b, h, l; — Long Vowel Digraphs: ai, ay; — Long Vowel Digraphs: ee, ea, ey, ie; — Long Vowel Patterns: ie, igh; — Long Vowel Digraphs: oa, oe, ow; — Long Vowel Digraphs: ew, ue; — Short Vowel Digraphs: ea, ou; — The Sounds of oo; — Variant Vowel Digraphs: au, aw; — Diphthongs: ou, oi; — R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, er, ir, ur; — R-Controlled Vowels: air, are, ear; — Plural Noun Endings: s, es, ies; — Irregular Plural Nouns; — Inflectional Verb Endings: -ed, -ing, -s, -es; — Contractions; — Prefixes: dis-, re-, un-; — Suffixes: -ful, -less, -er, -ly;
