Teaching Reading Level 4

Before beginning Level 4, children should be able to:

❖Recognize and say the names of all the letters

❖Make primary consonant sounds

❖Read two-letter long-vowel words

❖Read short-vowel CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words

❖Read Digraphs CH, TH, SH, CK, WH

The goals at this fourth level are for children to be able to:

❖Blend consonants

❖Recognize common silent letter combinations

❖Read vowel diphthongs

❖Transition between uppercase and lowercase letters

❖Know the different sounds letters and letter combinations can make, remember the rules for which sound is more likely based on the other letters in the word, and experiment with different pronunciations when more than one rule can apply

❖Important Reminder❖

The phonics rules for reading and spelling overlap in many areas but are very different in others. Children will have more success with both reading and spelling if the phonics rules for reading are mastered before phonics rules for spelling are taught. Teaching reading and spelling phonics rules simultaneously can cause confusion.

Lesson 1: Alphabet/Sight Word AND Review

Lesson 2: Long Vowel/Sight Word THE Review

Lesson 3: Short Vowel/Sight Word YOU Review

Lesson 4: FLOSS Words/Sight Word TO Review

Lesson 5: Hard S/Sight Word HAVE Review

Lesson 6: Adding S/Sight Word OF Review

Lesson 7: Adding ES/Sight Word WAS Review

Lesson 8: CK/Sight Word SAID Review

Lesson 9: CH/Sight Word SAYS Review

Lesson 10: SH/Sight Word DO Review

Lesson 11: TH/Sight Word DOES Review

Lesson 12: Hard TH/Sight Word WHAT Review

Lesson 13: QU Review

Lesson 14: WH Review

Lesson 15: Sight Word ARE

Lesson 16: Apostrophe + S

Lesson 17: Two-Syllable Words

Lesson 18: Compound Words

Lesson 19: Sight Word FOR

Lesson 20: Blend BL

Lesson 21: Blend BR

Lesson 22: Blend CL

Lesson 23: Blend CR

Lesson 24: Blend DR

Lesson 26: Sight Word FROM

Lesson 27: Blend FL

Lesson 28: Blend GL

Lesson 29: Blend GR

Lesson 30: Blend PL

Lesson 31: Blends PR & TW

Lesson 32: Sight Word ONE

Lesson 33: Blend SK

Lesson 34: Blend SC

Lesson 35: Blend SL

Lesson 36: Blend SM

Lesson 37: Blend SN

Lesson 38: Sight Word TWO

Lesson 39: Blend TR

Lesson 40: Blend SP

Lesson 41: Blend ST

Lesson 42: Blend LF

Lesson 43: Blend CT

Lesson 44: Blend FT

Lesson 45: Sight Word BEEN

Lesson 46: Blend LK

Lesson 47: Blend LP

Lesson 48: Blends LB, LM, SW

Lesson 49: Blend LT

Lesson 50: Sight Word BECAUSE

Lesson 51: Blend MP

Lesson 52: Blend ND

Lesson 53: Blend NT

Lesson 54: Blends PT, PTH

Lesson 55: Sight Words There & Where

Lesson 56: Blends SCR, SPL, STR, SQU

Lesson 57: Blends SHR, LTH

Lesson 58: Blend NCH

Lesson 59: Blend TCH

Lesson 60: The Other Short U

Lesson 61: ANG

Lesson 62: ANK

Lesson 63: ING

Lesson 64: INK

Lesson 65: Final Blend + Suffix ING

Lesson 66: Double Final Consonant + Suffix ING

Lesson 67: Sight Words WHO & WERE

Lesson 68: ONG, ONK & ENGTH

Lesson 69: UNG

Lesson 70: UNK

Lesson 71: GU & GH

Lesson 72: Wild Colts 1

Lesson 73: Wild Colts 2

Lesson 74: Wild Colts 3

Lesson 75: Sight Words THEY & THEIR

Lesson 76: Long A, Silent E 1

Lesson 77: Long A, Silent E 2

Lesson 78: Long A, Silent E 3

Lesson 79: Long A, Silent E 4

Lesson 80: Long A vs. Short A

Lesson 81: Long E, Silent E

Lesson 82: Long I, Silent E 1

Lesson 83: Long I, Silent E 2

Lesson 84: Long I, Silent E 3

Lesson 85: Long I vs. Short I

Lesson 86: Long O, Silent E 1

Lesson 87: Long O, Silent E 2

Lesson 88: Long O, Silent E 3

Lesson 89: Long O vs. Short O

Lesson 90: Long U, Silent E 1

Lesson 91: Long U, Silent E 2

Lesson 92: Long U vs. Short U

Lesson 93: Sight Words COME & SOME

Lesson 94: Suffix -ED 1

Lesson 95: Suffix -ED 2

Lesson 96: Long Vowels with Suffixes

Lesson 97: Long & Short Vowels with Suffixes

Lesson 98: PH

Lesson 99: Soft C

Lesson 100: Soft G

Lesson 101: NCE, NGE & DGE

Lesson 102: Sight Words ONCE & DONE

Lesson 103: 2nd Long Y

Lesson 104: Short Y

Lesson 105: Diphthong AI

Lesson 106: Diphthong AY

Lesson 107: Diphthong EE

Lesson 108: Diphthong OA

Lesson 109: Diphthong IE 1

Lesson 110: Diphthong IE 2

Lesson 111: Sight Word FRIEND & Diphthong OE

Lesson 112: Diphthong EA 1

Lesson 113: Diphthong EA 2

Lesson 114: Diphthong EA 3 & Sight Word LOSE

Lesson 115: Diphthong EY

Lesson 116: Diphthong UE

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