Phonics Progression
(Scope and Sequence)

The phonics progression is cumulative, with new additions at each step.

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DOG ON A LOG Parent and Teacher Books

(Additional titles listed under More DOG ON A LOG Books.)

Prepare For Reading (Activities for Pre-Readers)

Phonological/Phonemic Awareness

  • Words
  • Rhyming
  • Identifying syllables then blending them and segmenting them.
  • Identifying individual letter sounds

Learn to Read (Letters Make Words)

(The Manual for Using Get Ready! Readers)
Phonemic Awareness/Phonics

  • Consonants, primary sounds
  • Short vowels
  • Blending
  • Introduction to High Frequency Words

DOG ON A LOG Get Ready! Readers 1 to 7

Books 1-7

Phonemic Awareness/Phonics  

  • Consonants, primary sounds  
  • Short vowels  
  • Blending  
  • Introduction to High Frequency Words  

Letter Groups:  

  1. a, s, m, f, t, n  
  2. r, d, c, g  
  3. o  
  4. b, h, l, x  
  5. i, p, k, j  
  6. u, y, z, qu  
  7. e, v, w  

 

DOG ON A LOG Get Set! Books

3-letter word (cvc) books

  • Consonants, primary sounds
  • Short vowels
  • 2 and 3 sound words
  • Closed syllables

DOG ON A LOG Let’s GO! Readers and Chapter Books

Step 1

  • Consonants, primary sounds
  • Short vowels
  • Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh, ck
  • 2 and 3 sound words
  • ‘s (Possessive s)
  • Closed syllables

Step 2

  • Bonus letters (f, l, s, z after short vowel)
  • “all”
  • –s suffix

Step 3

  • Letter buddies: ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk

Step 4

  • Consonant blends to make 4 sound words
  • 3 and 4 sound words ending in –lk, -sk

Step 5

  • Digraph blends
  • Silent e, including “-ke” (vce syllables)

Step 6

  • Exception words containing: ild, old, olt, ind, ost

Step 7

  • 5 sounds in a closed syllable word plus suffix -s (crunch, slumps)
  • 3 letter blends and up to 6 sounds in a closed syllable word (script, spring)

Step 8

  • Two-syllable words with 2 closed syllables, digraphs, but not blends (sunset, chicken, unlock)

Step 9

  • Two-syllable words with all previously introduced sounds including blends, exception words, and silent “e” (blacksmith, kindness, inside)
  • Double vowel syllables
  • Vowel digraphs: ai, ay, ea, ee, ie, oa, oe (rain, play, beach, tree, pie, boat, toe)

Step 10

  • Open syllables (be, so, hi)
  • “Y” as a vowel with the long “I” sound in open syllables (my, spry)
  • Two-syllable words containing:
    • Open syllables (beside, rerun)
    • Vowel teams ai, ay, ea, ee, ie, oa, oe (raindrop, teacup)
    • Previously learned High Frequency Words (somewhere, friendship)

Step 11

  • R-controlled syllables ar, er, ir, or, ur (star, fern, bird, fork, surf)
  • One-syllable words with -ire (tire)
  • Three-syllable words with known phonics and high frequency words (chimpanzee, Wyoming, waterway)