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Phase 6a

By the beginning of Phase Six, children should know most of the common grapheme– phoneme correspondences (GPCs). They should be able to read hundreds of words, doing this in three ways: 


• reading the words automatically if they are very familiar; 

• decoding them quickly and silently because their sounding and blending routine is now well established; 

• decoding them aloud. Children’s spelling should be phonemically 

accurate, although it may still be a little unconventional at times. 


Spelling usually lags behind reading, as it is harder. During this phase, children become fluent readers and increasingly accurate spellers.

Alternative Spellings
Index to worksheets

Lesson 165: /ai/

Teach: /ai/ ay, a-e, a, ey, ea, eigh aigh

Blending:  /ai/ train, wait, (ay) stray, play, (a-e) made, snake, (a) acorn, bacon, (ey) grey, obey (ea) break, great, steak (eigh) eight  (aigh) straight

Apply: The snail ate a steak and a cake.

Book: The Great Pyramid

Lesson 166: /ee/

Revisit:/ai/ ay, a-e, a, ey, ea, eigh, aigh

Teach: /ee/ y, ey, ea, e-e, ie, e

Blending:  /ee/gree, bee, (y) very, baby, ey) trolley, key, (ea) bread, seal,(e-e) even, centipede, (ie) shield, field, (e) she, equal

Apply: The baby seal was in a field.

Book: Rosie Lee's Chimpanzee

Lesson 166: /igh/

Revisit:/ai/ ay, a-e, a, ey, ea, eigh, aigh; /ee/ y, ey, ea, e-e, ie, e

Teach: /igh/ ie, i-e, y, i

Blending:  /igh/ tight, night, (ie) pie, cried, (i-e) bike, slide, (y) why, my, (i) mind, blind

Apply: Thefly can find the pie at night.

Book: The Firefly

Lesson 167: /oa/

Revisit:/ai/ ay, a-e, a, ey, ea, eigh, aigh; /ee/ y, ey, ea, e-e, ie, e; /igh/ ie, i-e, y, i

Teach: /oa/ oe, o-e, o, ow, ou

Blending:  /oa/ coat, loaf, (oe) woe, goes, (o-e) home, stone, (o) go, both, (ow) grow, blow, (ou) shoulder, boulder

Apply: Go wash your toes with soap.

Book: Mt Pinatubo

Lesson 168: /o-o/

Revisit:/ee/ y, ey, ea, e-e, ie, e; /igh/ ie, i-e, y, i; /oa/ oe, o-e, o, ow, ou

Teach: /o-o/ ue, ew, u-e, ou

Blending:  /o-o/ moon, soon, (ue) blue, glue, (ew) screw, grew, (u-e) flute, rude, (ou) group, soup

Apply: There is a flute and a screw in my soup!

Book: Blue Shampoo

Lesson 169: /yoo/

Revisit: /igh/ ie, i-e, y, i; /oa/ oe, o-e, o, ow, ou; /o-o/ ue, ew, u-e, ou; /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u

Teach: /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u

Blending:  (ue) venue, argue, (ew) few, nephew, (u-e) cube, use, (u) unit, unicorn

Apply: I ate a huge stew on Tuesday.

Book: My Stupid Computer

Lesson 170: /oi/

Revisit: /oa/ oe, o-e, o, ow, ou; /o-o/ ue, ew, u-e, ou; /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u; /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u

Teach: /oi/ oy

Blending:  /oi/ join, coil, soil, (oy) toy, joy, oyster

Apply: The boy enjoyed the royal parade.

Book: Boiling Monster Stew

Lesson 171: /ow/

Revisit:  /o-o/ ue, ew, u-e, ou; /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u; /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u; /oi/ oy

Teach: /ow/ ou

Blending:  /ow/ now, town, growl, (ou) out, about, found

Apply: How about that cow house?

Book: Smartest Around

Lesson 172: /e/

Revisit:  /o-o/ ue, ew, u-e, ou; /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u; /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u; /oi/ oy; /ow/ ou

Teach: /e/ ea

Blending:  /e/ ever, end, (ea) deaf, ready

Apply: "Any bread left?" said Ted.

Book: Explosive Eddie

Lesson 173: /i/

Revisit:  /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u; /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u; /oi/ oy; /ow/ ou; /e/ ea

Teach: /i/ y

Blending:  /i/ ink, insect, pit, (y) gymnast, crystal, mystery

Apply: The busy gymnast found the crystal.

Book: The Myth of Icarus

Lesson 174: /o/

Revisit:  /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u; /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u; /oi/ oy; /ow/ ou; /e/ ea; /i/ y

Teach: /o/ a

Blending:  /o/ orange, on, hot, (a) wash, what, wasp

Apply: Watch out for wasps with orange spots!

Book: Watch for Wasps

Lesson 175: /u/

Revisit:  /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u; /oi/ oy; /ow/ ou; /e/ ea; /i/ y; /o/ a

Teach: /u/ o-e, ou

Blending:  /u/ under, such, (o-e) come, some, (ou) couple, cousin, touch

Apply: My cousin will come over on Monday.

Book: What's Underneath?

Lesson 176: /oo/

Revisit:  /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u; /oi/ oy; /ow/ ou; /e/ ea; /i/ y; /o/ a; /u/ o-e, ou

Teach: /oo/ u, oul

Blending:  /oo/ look, foot, (u) pull, push, (oul) could, should

Apply: Should I push the book off the table?

Book: A Good Idea

Lesson 177: /ar/

Revisit:  /yoo/ ue, ew, u-e, u; /oi/ oy; /ow/ ou; /e/ ea; /i/ y; /o/ a; /u/ o-e, ou; /oo/ u, oul

Teach: /ar/ a, al

Blending:  /ar/ bar, card, (a) fast, parth, (al) calf, half 

Apply: My father hit the palm tree with his car.

Book: Martha Martello

Lesson 178: /or/

Revisit:  /oi/ oy; /ow/ ou; /e/ ea; /i/ y; /o/ a; /u/ o-e, ou; /oo/ u, oul; /ar/ a, al

Teach: /or/ aw, au, ore, oar, oor, al, a, our, augh

Blending:  /or/ sort, order, (aw) claw, jaw, (au) launch, haunted, (ore) more, before, (oar) soar, board, (oor) poor, floor, (al) all, talk, (a) water, (our) course, court, (augh) caught, taught

Apply: Pour the warm water into the sauce and stir with a fork.

Book: Dinosaurs Galore!

Lesson 179: /ur/

Revisit: /i/ y; /o/ a; /u/ o-e, ou; /oo/ u, oul; /ar/ a, al;  /or/ aw, au, ore, oar, oor, al, a, our, augh

Teach:  /ur/ ir, er, or, ear

Blending:  /ur/ burp, hurt, (ir) shirt, dirt, (er) her, stern, (or) word, world, (ear) heard, learn

Apply: The bird sat on the fern eating an earth worm.

Book: Arthur the Earthworm

Lesson 180: /air/

Revisit: /i/ y; /o/ a; /u/ o-e, ou; /oo/ u, oul; /ar/ a, al;  /or/ aw, au, ore, oar, oor, al, a, our, augh; /ur/ ir, er, or, ear

Teach:  /air/ are, ear, ere

Blending:  /air/ fair, hair, (are) care, share, (ear) bear, swear, (ere) there, nowhere

Apply: I dare you to sit in the chair next to the bear.

Book: Beware!

Lesson 181: /ear/

Revisit: /oo/ u, oul; /ar/ a, al;  /or/ aw, au, ore, oar, oor, al, a, our, augh; /ur/ ir, er, or, ear; /air/ are, ear, ere

Teach:  /ear/ eer, ere

Blending:  /ear/ gear, near, (eer) jeer, peer, (ere) here, severe

Apply: I can hear the deer from over here.

Book: Blackbeard

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