Phase 3b: cvc words

Children entering Phase 3b have been taught all the sounds of the alphabet and the consonant digraph sounds. They should be able to blend phonemes to read and spell CVC words. The purpose of this phase is to teach 15 long vowel and 'r' controlled digraphs:

ai /ai/, ee /ee/, igh /igh/, oa /oa/, oi /oi/, oo /o-o/, oo /oo/, ow /ow/, ar /ar/, air /air/, ear /ear/, ur /ur/, or /or/, ure /ure/,

er /schwa/ 

After this phase children will know 42 common sounds (the additional sounds /zh/ and /yoo/ are taught at Phase Five).  They will learn to read some more tricky words and also begin to learn to spell some of these words.
The buttons link to the primer font books. For sassoon font versions click here.

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for /w/, x, /y/, /z/, zz, qu, /sh/, /ch/, /th/, /ng/, /ai/

Teach: Letter recognition and recall for the letter-sound /ee/

Blending: s-ee, f-ee-l, w-ee-p, f-ee-t, j-ee-p, s-ee-m, m-ee-t, w-ee-k, d-ee-p

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘The jeep is deep in the mud.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  zz, qu, /sh/, /ch/, /th/, /ng/, /ai/, /ee/, /igh/

Teach: Letter recognition and recall for the letter-sound /oa/

Blending: c-oa-t, t-oa-d, g-oa-t, l-oa-f, r-oa-d, s-oa-p 

Tricky words: w-e, m-e

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘We can see a goat on the road.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /ch/, /th/, /ng/, /ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/, /oi/

Teach: Letter recognition and recall for the letter-sound long /o-o/

Blending: t-oo, z-oo, b-oo-t, h-oo-f, z-oo-m, c-oo-l, f-oo-d, r-oo-t, m-oo-n

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘I can zoom to the moon.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for  /th/, /ng/, /ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/, /oi/, /o-o/

Teach: Letter recognition and recall for the letter-sound /ow/

Blending:  n-ow, d-ow-n, ow-l, c-ow, h-ow, t-ow-n

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘Did you see the owl in the town?’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for /ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/, /oi/, /o-o/, /ow/, /ar/

Teach: Letter recognition and recall for the letter-sound /air/

Blending:  air, f-air, h-air, l-air, p-air

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘The kid had fair hair.’

1. Say the word ‘farmyard’ then clap each syllable.

2. Repeat and ask the children to join in.

3. Tell the children that the first clap is ‘farm’ and the second clap is ‘yard’.

4. Ask the children for the sounds in ‘farm’, then the sounds for ‘yard’.

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for /oa/, /oi/, /oo/, /ow/, /ar/, /air/, /ear/, /ur/

Teach: Letter recognition and recall for the letter-sound /ur/

Blending:  f-or, f-or-k, c-or-d, c-or-k, s-or-t, b-or-n, w-or-n, f-or-t, t-or-n

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘A fork is in the cork.’

Revisit: Letter recognition and recall for /oo/, /ow/, /ar/, /air/, /ear/, /ur/, /or/, /ure/

Teach: Letter recognition and recall for the letter-sound /er/

Blending: h-a-mm-er, l-e-tt-er, l-a-dd-er, s-u-pp-er, d-i-nn-er 

Apply: Read/write the sentence ‘They farmer got a cow in summer.’