This is the Spelfabet Workbook 3 version 3 teaching sequence, both the parent/aide (print up to 5 copies) and teacher clinician (print up to 30 copies) editions. The Phonic Books Split Vowel Spelling books provide reading practice of ‘split’ vowel spellings, and are suitable for children aged 4-7. The printable Phonics With Feeling books now available from this website also include books targeting these sounds/spellings, especially books in sets 2, 3 and 4. I am searching for similar books for older learners, so please tell me if you find some!
| Sounds/spellings, word structures and prefixes/suffixes introduced: | High frequency words (tricky bits are in bold) |
| Introducing a…e as in case, safe, lane | ate, cake, came, cave, gave, late, made, make, name, plane, snake, take |
| Introducing a as in races, raced, racing, racer or racy (dropping e before vowel suffix) – see column 1 | |
| Introducing a as in able, baby, fatal, major, vacant – see column 2 | table |
| Introducing c as in cent, race, ice | once, place, princess, race, racing |
| Introducing g as in gem, page, magic | magic |
| Contrasting a and a…e as in cap/cape, man/mane, tap/tape (column 1) | having |
| Doubling consonants after a as in matter – see column 1 | |
| Introducing ee as in see, tree, green | |
| Introducing e as in be, demon, secret | |
| Introducing e…e as in these, concrete, athlete | |
| Doubling consonants after e as in better – see column 2 | better |
| Contrasting e and e…e as in them/theme – see column 2 | |
| Introducing prefixes be, de, pre and re – see column 2 | |
| Introducing prefixes en and ex – see column 6 | |
| Introducing i…e as in hide, wide, smile | bike, fire, five, hide, like, nice, ride, slide, time, tired, while, white |
| Introducing i as in find – see column 3 | climb, find |
| Introducing i as in giant, climate, silent – see column 4 | lion, riding |
| Doubling consonants after i as in bigger- see column 3 | bigger, dinner |
| Contrasting i and i…e as in fin/fine, pip/pipe, win/wine (column 3) | sometimes |
| Introducing words starting with prefixes ‘dis’ and ‘in’ – see column 6 | decide, excite, inside |
| Introducing y as in my, cry, rely | butterfly, buy, by, cry, fly, guy, why |
| Changing y to i before suffix ‘es’ – see column 6 | |
| Introducing o…e as in broke, rope, stroke | broke, clothes, drove, whole, woke |
| Introducing o as in closed-closing-closes-closer-closest – see column 1 | |
| Introducing o as in both, hippo, poncho | ghost, o’clock, open, over |
| Doubling consonants after o as in hotter – see column 4 | soccer |
| Contrasting o and o…e as in hop/hope, not/note, rod/rode (column 4) | because |
| Introducing words starting with prefix ‘con’ – see column 6 | |
| Introducing words starting with prefix ‘over’ – see column 5 | person, paper, later, after |
| Introducing o as in dozen, front, wonder (sounds like /u/) | brother, coming |
| Introducing u…e as in cute and tune (“you” sound) | cute, use |
| Introducing u as in emu, student, tuna | computer |
| Introducing u…e as in flute and June (“ooh” sound) | |
| Introducing u as in fluid, scuba, tofu | |
| Doubling consonants after u as in butter – see column 5 | |
| Contrasting u and u…e as in cub/cube or run/rune (column 5) | under, versus |
| Introducing u as in push, full, bushy | put |
| Introducing oo as in look, good, foot | |
| Introducing oo as in soon, food, boot | |
| Adding adjectival suffix ‘y’ to words ending in le, like twinkle-twinkly – see column 2 | baby, buddy, family, funny, happy, city, only, puppy, twenty, very, yummy, |
| Adding adverbial suffix ‘ly’ to words ending in ‘y’, like cranky-crankily – see column 1 | happily, quickly, suddenly |
| Introducing suffix ‘ify’ as in simple-simplify – see column 3 | |
| Changing y to i before suffix ‘ed or ‘es’, as in copies-copied – see column 3. | tried |
| Changing y to i before suffix ‘ed or ‘es’, as in relies-relied, see column 2. | |
| Introducing y…e as in type, and ye as in bye (not very common, but follow the same patterns) | buy, guy, guys |
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