Order in Which to Teach Phonics to Older Students - Decoding For Older Students

There is no right or wrong order to teach decoding to older students. It is more about starting where they are. Here is a sample order to follow with resource links.

Basic order for teaching Phonics to Older Students
  1. short vowels
  2. CVC
  3. Digraphs
  4. Double Final Consonants
  5. Blends – Beginning
  6. Beginning Letter Sounds - ex: squ-, scr-, spr-
  7. End Blends –nd), -nt), -mp), -sk), -sp), -lt), -lf), -lp), -ct), -ft), –pt), -xt),-lk), -nch)
  8. Glued Sounds -ing) sing, -ang) san
  9. Suffixes –s) dogs, -es) boxes

Both Multi-Syllable and Single Syllable Words
V/CV
VC/V
R- Controlled
y as a vowel
Diphthongs
Consonant –le) - -ble) bubble, -fle) ruffle, -gle) jiggle
Prefixes
Silent Letters
VC/CV
With Resource Links for Phonics for Older Students – Multiple Syllable Words
1. CVC
b. End Blends
e. V/CV
 
I work these resources in for variety. Either by what time of year it is, by what we are studying or by student level.
JUST THE DECODING RESOURCES FIRST
1. CVC
b. End Blends
d. V/CV
2. VC/V
3. CVe
c. VC/CV

 




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