| Primary 1: |
| English Alphabet |
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Letter names
5 vowel letters
Letter writing |
| Letter sounds |
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Vowels
Voiced consonants
Voiceless consonants |
| Rime in a word |
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Voice + Voiceless Consonants (VC) words
VC endings
Finding rhymes |
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| Primary 2: (Primary 1 +…) |
| Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC) |
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C + VC = onset + rime (e.g. str + ap)
Short a
Short o
Short i
Short u
Short e |
| Word patterns: closed +open syllabus |
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Closed syllables: short sounds
Open syllables: long sounds |
| Consonants (a single letter) |
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Voiceless consonants
Voiced consonants |
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| Primary 3: (Primary 1 + Primary 2 +…) |
| Consonant Digraphs |
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Ch, Sh, Th
Interrogatives: wh |
| Consonant Blends (Initial) |
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Blend with s (e.g skin)
Blend with l (e.g. black)
Blend with r (e.g brush)
Blend with w (e.g wreath)
3-letter blends (with r or s) (e.g spr/spl/str)
Closed syllables: CVC; CCVC; CCCVC |
Short Sound
(doubling endings) |
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ll; ff
ss; zz
ck |
| Ending Blends |
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Blends with n; /ng/; s; l; t; ch
Blends: mp mb
Closed syllables: short sounds |
| Count syllables |
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Monosyllable words: short sounds with CC
Monosyllable words: short or long
Counting syllables |
| Irregulars |
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Irregular words 1
Irregular words 2
Wh_silent h
Compound words |