First Grade Phonics Curriculum SCIENCE OF READING 1st Grade Whole Group Phonics

FLASH SALE through Memorial Day only! Are you looking for a hands-on first grade phonics curriculum for your whole group instruction? The Empowering Little Readers 1st Grade Phonics Curriculum has everything you need to teach meaningful phonemic awareness and phonics lessons in first grade.

Science of Reading aligned whole group phonics instruction! The First Grade Phonics Curriculum was designed with best practices from the Science of Reading in mind. The lessons are systematic and hands-on as they build through the first grade phonics scope and sequence.

⭐️Try out a week for free! Want to see if this curriculum is a good fit for you? Try out Unit 1 Week 1 for FREE here!

The 1st Grade Phonics Curriculum contains 36 weeks, or 180 days, of explicit phonics instruction.

The First Grade Phonics Curriculum includes daily lessons with:

• Phonics warm ups
• Phonemic awareness lessons
• Teacher-led phonics lessons
• Student practice
• Independent phonics worksheets
• Optional phonics partner games for literacy centers

✔️What is this curriculum? The First Grade Phonics Curriculum was designed with whole group phonics in mind. This will be your tier 1 phonics instruction meant to teach every student every day.

✖️This curriculum is NOT meant for small groups phonics instruction. For that, I would highly recommend the Science of Reading Guided Curriculum.

The First Grade Phonics Curriculum will be made up of 5 phonics units:

• CVC Words [alphabet and letter sounds review, short vowels, VCCV syllable division]
• Digraphs and Blends [Digraphs, beginning and ending blends, glued sounds, suffixes]
• Long Vowels [Open and closed syllables, VCe syllables, CVCe words, hard and soft c and g, VCV syllable division, suffixes]
• Advanced sounds [r-controlled vowels, sounds of y, suffixes, r-controlled syllables]
• Long Vowels and Beyond [Vowel teams, diphthongs, multisyllabic words]

1st Grade Phonics Units:

• Unit 1: CVC Words (6 weeks)
• Unit 2: Digraphs and Blends (10 weeks)
• Unit 3: Long Vowels (6 weeks)
• Unit 4: Advanced Sounds (5 weeks)
• Unit 5: Long Vowels and Beyond (9 weeks)

FIRST GRADE PHONICS SCOPE AND SEQUENCE:

1. CVC words with short vowel a; mastp
2. CVC words with short vowel i; nicfd
3. CVC words with short vowel o; horbl
4. CVC words with short vowel e; kegwv
5. CVC words with short vowel u; ujxyz
6. Suffix -s, VCCV syllable division
7. Digraphs sh and ch
8. Digraphs th and ck
9. Digraph wh and qu
10. Double consonants {FLOSS rule}, suffix -es
11. Beginning l blends
12. Beginning r blends
13. Beginning s blends
14. Final ending blends
15. Glued sounds ng and nk
16. Suffix -ed and -ing
17. Open and closed syllables, VCV syllable division
18. CVCe words with long vowel a
19. CVCe words with long vowel i
20. Hard and soft c and g
21. CVCe words with long vowels o and u
22. Suffix -ed and -ing review
23. R-controlled vowels
24. R-controlled vowels
25. R-controlled vowels, r-controlled syllables
26. Sounds of y
27. Changing y to an i
28. Vowel teams ai, ay
29. Vowel teams ee, ea
30. Vowel teams oa, ow, oe
31. Vowel teams igh, y
32. Sounds of oo; vowel team syllables
33. Diphthongs au/au
34. Diphthongs oi/oy
35. Diphthongs ou/ow
36. Diphthongs ew/oo

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

Do you have a free week I can try out? Yes! Try out Unit 1 Week 1 for FREE here.

Can I use the First Grade Phonics Curriculum in a homeschool setting? Yes, absolutely! These phonics lessons will work well in both a classroom and a homeschool setting. For any partner activities, you can complete the game or reader with your child.

Can I use the First Grade Phonics Curriculum in a grade other than 1st grade? Yes, you can, but please note that this curriculum was designed specifically with first grade skills in mind so you will want to look closely at the scope and sequence provided to see if it would be a good fit for you.

You can also find other grade level phonics curriculums here:

• Kindergarten Phonics Curriculum
• Preschool and Pre-K Phonics Curriculum

Do you offer a small group phonics curriculum for 1st grade? Yes! If you prefer to teach your phonics in small groups, or if you want to use this curriculum for whole group instruction but teach differentiated small reading groups, I highly suggest the Science of Reading Guided Curriculum.

Does this 1st grade phonics curriculum align with the Science of Reading? Yes! This curriculum was designed with best practices from SOR in mind. Each week builds through a systematic scope and sequence as students build their foundational skills.

Does this curriculum offer decodable readers? Each week includes partner decodable readers to practice the skills. These are one page decodable passages meant to be read with a partner for support. This curriculum does not include decodable books; you will want the the Science of Reading Guided Curriculum for that.