Phonics Six Easy Steps to Reading

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1.Learn to recognize the
short vowels and their
sounds.
Vowel Chart
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Vowel Chart from
Phonics Charts
and Games
Aa
Ii
Ee
Miniature
Alphabet
Flashcards
Oo Uu
2.Learn to recognize the consonants and their sounds.
Consonant Chart (front and back)
from Phonics Charts and Games
Consonant Chart A · 2A
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3.Learn to blend.
Blending the
sounds of a
consonant and
a vowel is the
first step to
reading words.
My Blend
ook
& Word B
Blend L
adders
Blend Practice
Cards A
4.Learn to sound one-vowel words. When there is
one vowel in a word,
that vowel usually says
its short sound.
My Blend &
Word Book
I Learn to
Read, Bo
ok A
Note: Sight words cannot be ­pro­nounced
entirely by phonetic analysis. Children learn to ­recognize sight words
such as the, I, and a.
5.Learn the sounds of the
long vowels. Learn to  sound two-vowel words. When there are two vowels in a word,
the first vowel says its long sound,
and the second vowel is silent.
I Do Read Book 1
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Long Vowe Ladders
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from Ble
My Blend & Word Book
  6.Learn the special phonics sounds.
Phonics
Chart 8
thr in thr
ee
The A Beka Book phonics program
ir in bird
ar in star
s
contains 132 special sounds
oi in coin
ch in chu
rch oy
(often called phonics rules), such
in boy
or in mor
as those listed below:
ning oo
in boo
k
ou in out
oo in tooth
bl in block
ang in bang
ow in owl
wor in wo
ear in bear
gl in glue
rms
ow in bow
l
ig
h
in nig
cr in crab
ay in pray
ht
er in vers
e
a
ll
in ball
alk in walk
str in stream
ur in nur
se
alk in wa
lk
Basic Pho
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Bridge B
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Additional skills:
a. Know and use prefixes and suffixes.
b. Divide words into syllables.
c. Use alphabetical order.
d. Recognize and work with rhyming words, opposite words, same meaning words, same sounding
words, compound words, and contractions.
Aa
Ii
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Oo Uu
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Materials for
Teaching Phonics
A Beka Book offers complete day-by-day lesson
plans for phonics and reading from K4 through
grade 2. Listed below are teaching aids and readers for the six steps of phonics.
1. Short vowels
Miniature Alphabet Flashcards K
Large Alphabet Flashcards K–2
Large Alphabet Vowel Chart from Phonics Charts and Games Set K
Letter Picture Flashcards K
Vowel Chart from Basic Phonics Charts 1–2
2. Consonants
Miniature Alphabet Flashcards K
Large Alphabet Flashcards K–2
Consonant Chart from Phonics Charts
and Games Set K
Letter Picture Flashcards K
Consonant Chart from Basic Phonics
Charts 1–2
3. Blends
Blend Ladders K
My Blend and Word Book K
Blend Practice Cards Set A K–1
Basic Phonics Charts 1–2
4. One-vowel words
My Blend and Word Book K
Basic Phonics Charts 1–2
Handbook for Reading 1–2
Readers:
K4 Little Books 1-10 (10 books),
Old MacDonald’s Farm, Tip, Gus,
Wig on a Pig, Matt
K5 My Blend and Word Book
I Learn to Read, Book A, Book B, Book C
1
Fun with Pets, pp. 1–73
5. Long vowels and two-vowel words
My Blend and Word Book K
Basic Phonics Charts 1–2
Handbook for Reading 1–2
Readers:
K4 Pet Pete, Mike’s Coat, A Pal
K5 My Blend and Word Book
I Learn to Read, Book D
I Do Read, Books 1, 2, 3, 4
1
Fun with Pets, pp. 74–126
Tiptoes, pp. 3–42
6. Special phonics sounds
Basic Phonics Flashcards K–2
Clue Word Cards K–2
Basic Phonics Charts 1–2
Large Phonics Teaching Charts 1–2
Handbook for Reading 1–2
Readers:
K5 I Can Read Well, Books 1, 2, 3, 4
Big Owl Books (4 books)
Family Fun Books (7 books)
1
2
Tiptoes, Stepping Stones,
Secrets and Surprises,
The Bridge Book, Animals in the
Great Outdoors, Kind and Brave,
Aesop’s Fables, Strong and True,
Down by the Sea
Story Tree, Treasure Chest
A Beka Book R has a Basic Phonics Sounds CD
to assist in teaching phonics.
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