What is the usual sequence in which phonic patterns are taught?
A common developmental progression for teaching phonic patterns might look like this. (Note: When teaching phonic patterns, use words that include ONLY the pattern being taught. This is why I have given the maximum number of letters for words used as examples.) 1. Three-letter, regular consonant-vowel-consonant, words eg, sat, pig, den, rob, cut 2. Four-letter words with a beginning consonant blend eg, spot, flag, grin, step followed by words with an end consonant blend eg, belt, mask, list, lump 3. Four-letter words where two consonants make a new sound eg, /th/ in thin, /sh/ in wish, /ch/ in chip, /wh/ in when, /ng/ in king 4. Four-letter words where a vowel and a consonant make a new sound eg, /or/ in fork, /ow/ in down, /ir/ in dirt, /aw/ in yawn 5. Long vowel sounds can be written in three ways. At the learning stage, stick to words with four letters 5.1 silent ‘e’ at the end (Rule: When a word has the vowel-consonant-final ‘e’ pattern, the final ‘e’ makes the vowel say its long s
