Details
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
