TEACHING SEQUENCE
The Reading Doctor® Synthetic Phonics Sequence includes approximately three years of phonics content. It explicitly teaches students over 90 English letter-sound patterns and thousands of words for students to practice decoding, all with accompanying definitions and illustrations to assist comprehension and strengthen vocabulary skills.
The Reading Doctor® Synthetic Phonics Sequence includes approximately three years of phonics content. It explicitly teaches students over 90 English letter-sound patterns and thousands of words for students to practice decoding, all with accompanying definitions and illustrations to assist comprehension and strengthen vocabulary skills.
The sequence includes activities designed to strengthen Letter-Sound (Grapheme) Knowledge, Blending, Decoding, Segmentation, Spelling & Sight Word skills. A summary of the sequence is presented at the bottom of this page. The sequence consists of sets of activities that target a specific skill (e.g. ‘CVC Decoding’):
The sequence includes activities designed to strengthen Letter-Sound (Grapheme) Knowledge, Blending, Decoding, Segmentation, Spelling & Sight Word skills. A summary of the sequence is presented at the bottom of this page. The sequence consists of sets of activities that target a specific skill (e.g. ‘CVC Decoding’):
Sets are unlocked as the student progresses through the sequence. For example, if a student starts at the beginning of the sequence, only the ‘Single Letter Graphemes’ and ‘CVC Blending’ sets will be available. As the student masters skills taught in each set, new sets are unlocked for the student (e.g. completing ‘Single Letter Graphemes’ and ‘CVC Blending’ unlocks ‘CVC Decoding’).
Sets are unlocked as the student progresses through the sequence. For example, if a student starts at the beginning of the sequence, only the ‘Single Letter Graphemes’ and ‘CVC Blending’ sets will be available. As the student masters skills taught in each set, new sets are unlocked for the student (e.g. completing ‘Single Letter Graphemes’ and ‘CVC Blending’ unlocks ‘CVC Decoding’).
Activities within sets are arranged in order of increasing difficulty, with scaffolding (help given to the student) decreasing until a student shows mastery in a skill without help from the program.
Activities within sets are arranged in order of increasing difficulty, with scaffolding (help given to the student) decreasing until a student shows mastery in a skill without help from the program.
To move to the next level of difficulty in a set, students must achieve at least 80% accuracy. If they score between 50% and 80%, that activity will be repeated next time the set is played. If the student scores 50% or less, the program will present the previous (easier) activity in the set the next time the set is played.
To move to the next level of difficulty in a set, students must achieve at least 80% accuracy. If they score between 50% and 80%, that activity will be repeated next time the set is played. If the student scores 50% or less, the program will present the previous (easier) activity in the set the next time the set is played.
Please note that the sequence cycles between sets, presenting whichever activity the student is up to in the current set. This means students may (for example) begin with a letter-sounds activity followed by a blending activity, followed by a sight words activity.
Please note that the sequence cycles between sets, presenting whichever activity the student is up to in the current set. This means students may (for example) begin with a letter-sounds activity followed by a blending activity, followed by a sight words activity.
Summary of skills taught in the sequence
Summary of skills taught in the sequence
A pdf of the below summary may be downloaded HERE. Please note that numbers appear after letter patterns when the pattern represents more than one speech sound (e.g. oo¹ represents oo as in spoon, whereas oo² represents oo as in book).
Order of the teaching sequence
Order of the teaching sequence
A pdf of the below summary may be downloaded HERE. Please note that the sequence begins at single letter graphemes and CVC blending. The white arrows in the summary (below) indicate activities that are unlocked once an 80% success rate is achieved in a skill. For example, CVC decoding of words containing s, a, t, p, i, n, e (such as pat, tin) will not be unlocked until s, a, t, p, i, n, e single letter graphemes and CVC blending of words containing s, a, t, p, i, n, e have been mastered.
