English Phonics Curriculum

Children learn to recognize and pronounce the sounds of all 26 letters of the alphabet.

• Introduction to Phonics
• Letter Sound A to G
• Letter Sound H to N
• Letter Sound O to U
• Letter Sound V to Z
• Alphabetical Order

Focuses on short vowel sounds and blending them with consonants to form simple Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC) words.

• Short Vowel 'a' (cat, map)
• Short Vowel 'e' (pen, wet)
• Short Vowel 'i' (pig, sit)
• Short Vowel 'o' (hot, top)
• Short Vowel 'u' (sun, cup)
• Reading CVC Sentences

Introduces consonant blends (e.g., bl, st) and digraphs (e.g., sh, ch) where two letters make one sound.

• Beginning Blends
• Ending Blends
• Consonant Digraphs
• Vowel Digraphs
• Reading Sentences

Covers long vowel sounds, vowel teams (like 'ea' in 'read'), and diphthongs (like 'oi' in 'coin').

• Long Vowel Sounds
• Vowel Teams (ai, ay, ea)
• Diphthongs (au, aw, oi)
• R-Controlled Vowels
• Advanced Word Reading

Focuses on high-frequency words that don't always follow phonetic rules but are essential for reading.

• Intro to Sight Words
• Dolch Sight Words
• Fry Sight Words
• Memorizing Tricky Words
• Building Sentences

The final level where children practice reading connected text smoothly, accurately, and with expression.

• Reading with Punctuation
• Improving Reading Speed
• Reading with Expression
• Story Comprehension
• Independent Reading