Introduction -- About phonics pathways -- Teaching aid: short-vowel stick -- Game: Short vowel shuffle -- Short-vowel sounds -- Game: Blendit! (Similar to Bingo) short-vowel review -- Two-letter blends ("Eyerobics") -- Game: Train game -- Game: Starsearch -- Three letter-words -- Game: Bag the bugs -- Pyramid -- K = C, K, -CK" -- Two-consonant endings -- "Y" suffix -- Twin-consonant endings -- Fluency reality check: real and nonsense words -- Consonant digraph endings ("-sh," "-th," etc.) -- "-NG, -NK" endings -- Simple long vowel sounds -- Suffixes: Short-vowel words -- Long-vowel words -- Suffix spelling chart -- Multisyllable words -- "K = -IC, -ICK" -- Plural, possessive, and "X" -- Consonant digraph beginnings ("Sh-, ch-," etc.) -- Two-consonant beginnings ("Bl-, fl-, pl-, cl-, gl-, sl-") -- Fun and games -- Two-consonant beginnings ("Sm-, sn-, st-, sc-, sk") -- Two-consonant beginnings ("Br-, cr-, dr-, fr-, gr-, pr-, tr-") -- "R" modified vowels -- Long-vowel digraphs -- Vowel dipthongs -- New vowel sounds -- Three-consonant beginnings -- Short-vowel spelling patterns -- Contractions -- Silent letters -- Silent "GH" -- Long "A" spelling patterns -- "Z, ZH, SH = S," "F = PH, GH," "K = CH" -- Another "R" modified vowel sound -- A spelling grab bag -- Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs -- Multisyllable words with suffixes -- "-ce, -ge" and "-able, -ible" -- Prefixes ("Pre-, sub-, re- auto-, un-, dis-, inter-, super-") -- More suffixes ('-tion, -sion, -able, -ness, -ful, -less, -ment") -- Compound words -- "Building blocks" -- Appendix A: Reference & Supplemental Practice -- Spelling strategies -- Index to spelling rules and patterns -- Spelling and pronunciation charts -- Plural spelling chart -- Suffix spelling chart -- Student progress forms -- Vision/motor development exercises -- Another Pyramid -- Appendix B: Games and Activities -- Hot Tips -- "Dewey-the-bookworm" bookmark -- Shoo-fly-shuffle (aka short-vowel shuffle) -- The train game -- Blendit! (similar to Bingo) -- StarSearch -- Bag The Bugs -- Appendix C: A word about curriculum and state standards -- Reviews and results.
