: At this level of reading, a student who is decoding at the phoneme level (i.e., “e-n-t-er-t-ai-n”) may decode a given text but will struggle with fluency and comprehension.
As such, phonics instruction should move toward decoding at the syllabication and morpheme level. For example, when a 4th-grader encounters the word “entertain” in text, we want him or her to segment by syllable (i.e., “en-ter-tain”) or by morphological structure (i.e., “enter-tain”).
| Name |
Description |
| Fluency: Phrase Haste | In this activity, students will quickly read phrases containing high-frequency words in a timed activity. |
| Fluency: Fleeting Phrases | In this activity, students will quickly read phrases containing high-frequency words in a timed activity. |
| Fluency: Quick Words | In this activity, students will quickly read teacher-selected target words in a timed activity. |
| Fluency: Read Speed | In this activity, students will quickly read multisyllabic high-frequency words on a practice sheet in a timed activity. |
| Fluency: Give Me Five | In this activity, students will take turns reading multisyllabic high-frequency word cards in a timed activity. |
| Fluency: Quick Sort | In this activity, students will sort and read multisyllabic words with shared rimes in a timed activity. |
| Fluency: Word Part Rush | In this activity, students will quickly read word parts (syllables, affixes, and roots) on a practice sheet in a timed activity. |
| Fluency: Root Rap | In this activity, students will quickly identify roots in a timed activity. As an extension, students will read multisyllabic words containing common roots. |
| Fluency: Speedy Syllables | In this activity, students will quickly read syllables in a timed activity. |
| Advanced Phonics: Word Way | In this activity, students will decode unfamiliar words by analyzing their parts. |
| Advanced Phonics: If the Clue Fits | In this activity, students will identify words based on advanced phonics-related clues (i.e., affixes, roots, base words, syllable types, and vowel patterns). |
| Advanced Phonics: Root Hoot | In this activity, students will identify roots in multisyllabic words and match them to words that have the same root while playing a card game. |
| Advanced Phonics: Embellished Words | In this activity, students will combine base words and affixes to make new words while playing a board game. |
| Advanced Phonics: Double Time | In this activity, students will write corresponding spelling patterns for long vowels in multisyllabic words. As an extension activity, students will write the correct vowel for the schwa sound. |
| Advanced Phonics: Sound Choice | In this activity, students will decode and spell words containing vowel diphthongs while playing a board game. |
| Fluency: Affix Wiz | In this activity, students will quickly read affixes on a practice sheet in a timed activity. As an extension, students will read multisyllabic words containing common affixes. |
| Advanced Phonics: Affix Fit | In this activity, students will combine base words and affixes to make new words. |
| Advanced Phonics: Four Word | In this activity, students will group multisyllabic words containing the same base word. |
| Advanced Phonics: Affix Sort | In this activity, students will sort words based on their affixes. |
| Advanced Phonics: Inflection Reflection | In this activity, students will make new words by combining words with inflections. |
| Advanced Phonics: Compound Construction | In this activity, students will produce compound words that begin with a specific letter. In an extension activity, students will read and segment multisyllabic compound words into two words. |
| Advanced Phonics: Syllable Swap | In this activity, students will match syllable cards to create words. |
| Advanced Phonics: Syllable Sort | In this activity, students will sort words by syllable types. |
| Advanced Phonics: Syllable Score | In this activity, students will segment words into syllables and record the number of syllables. |
| Advanced Phonics: Syllable Game | In this activity, students will count syllables in words while playing a game. |
| Advanced Phonics: The Write Word | In this activity, students will produce words with different spelling patterns while playing a game. |
| Advanced Phonics: Word-O-Matic | In this activity, students will make words using letter cards containing digraphs, silent letter combinations, vowel teams, and vowel diphthongs. |
| Advanced Phonics: Star Search | In this activity, students will decode and spell words with r-controlled vowel patterns. |
