Phonics Picnic

Program

CKLA Skills

23 units · 21 with words

Words by CKLA Skills grade and unit.

Kindergarten

10 units
  1. Unit 1Listening for noises and wordsListening, left and right, and prewriting strokes; no letters or written words yet.
  2. Unit 2Blending sounds by earOral blending of syllables and sounds, tracking, and prewriting; no letters or written words yet.
  3. Unit 3m a t d o c g i
  4. Unit 4n h s f v z p e
  5. Unit 5b l r u w j y x, and k
  6. Unit 6s as /z/, words with blends
  7. Unit 7ch sh th qu ng
  8. Unit 8Double consonants, first tricky words
  9. Unit 9Tricky words and capital letters
  10. Unit 10ee and silent e (a_e i_e o_e u_e)

Grade 1

7 units
  1. Unit 1All single letters, ch sh th ng qu, double consonants
  2. Unit 2ee and silent e again
  3. Unit 3oo (moon, book), ou, oi, aw
  4. Unit 4er ar or, two-syllable words
  5. Unit 5More spellings for p b k ch g j t d f v r l
  6. Unit 6Soft c, kn, wh, n as /ng/
  7. Unit 7ai ay, oa

Grade 2

6 units
  1. Unit 1Review of the basic code, double consonants, first spelling alternatives
  2. Unit 2Review of vowel spellings; ow (cow), oy
  3. Unit 3Long a, o, i, u spellings; aw au augh
  4. Unit 4ur ir, igh, y, ey, ow (snow), al
  5. Unit 5o and ou as /u/, schwa, -al -el -le, -tion
  6. Unit 6ph, ea (head), ar and or as /er/, ch as /k/, a as /o/

Units follow the 2013 edition's scope and sequence.

Phonics Picnic is original work, lined up with the unit order of CKLA Skills (Core Knowledge Language Arts). It is not made or endorsed by the Core Knowledge Foundation or Amplify; unit numbers are here only to help you find your place.