Wilson Reading System Substep 1.5

Part 1 Sound Cards Quick Drill

a aapple/a/

e e Ed /e/

i iitch /i/

o ooctopus /o/

u uumbrella /u/

digraphs Consonants ‘stick together’ to form one sound, even though there are two letters. That is why they are on one card. They are not separated.

qu Q is the chicken letter- it refuses to go anywhere without its friend, u. It is never in a word alone. The u in this situation has no vowel sound. Qu is a digraph as well. Chicken Letter

th ththumb/th/

ch ch chin /ch/

sh sh ship/sh/

wh wh whistle /w/

ck ck sock /k/

Part 2 Teach and Review Concepts for Reading

m m man /m/

n n nut /n/

Make the /m/ sound. Plug your nose. Make the /n/ sound. Plug your nose. These are nasal sounds because they come from the nose. This means it sometimes makes the short vowel sound different.

Welded Sounds The consonants change the short vowel sound. The vowel is still considered short.

am am ham /am/

an an fan /an/

badbackbat baman

am an pa d t

Part 3 Wordcards

Part 4 Wordlist Reading

ham

than

fan

jam

Pam

Sam

pan

Jan

Dan

can

man

am

sham

dam

ban

ram

bam

yam

zam nonsense word

zat nonsense word

han nonsense word

kem nonsense word

roff nonsense word

heg nonsense word

kep nonsense word

cax nonsense word

quan nonsense word

tham nonsense word

lan nonsense word

vam nonsense word

bap nonsense word

yex nonsense word

pesh nonsense word

zat nonsense word

Part 5 Sentence Reading

Jill can nap on the bed.

Dad sat in the pig pen!

The dog ran on the path.

Pat hid the jam in the shed.

Did Beth get the fan from the den?

Sam will get in the tub for a bath.

The ram on the hill is big.

Beth had a red and tan hat.

Pam and Bob had fun at the mill.

Sam has a bad rash on his leg.

Did Pam get that wig at the shop?

Dad will dash to get the ham.

The moth fell in the yam.

I am sad about the loss.

Can Liz and Rich do the job?

Ed and Tom will jam in the shed.

Dan had to rush the pup to the vet.

The man got a cash tip for the job.

Mash that yam in the pan.

Seth had ham with his egg.

Part 6 Quick Drill (in reverse)

abcdef hijklg mnop qu rs tuvwxyz shthch wh ckallaman

Part 7 Teach and Review Concepts for Spelling

Part 6 Quick Drill (in reverse)

abcdef hijklg mnop qu rs tuvwxyz shthch wh ckall

Part 7 Teach and Review Concepts for Spelling

Part 8 Written Work Dictation: sounds, words, sentences

Part 9 Controlled Passage Reading

Part 10 Listening Comprehension