Sequence for Teaching Phonics (Spache & Spache, 1986)
Element Examples
| Simple consonants | b p, m, w, h, d, t, n, hard g, k, hard c, y, f |
| Short vowels | a, e, i, o, u, y |
| More difficult consonants | v, l, z, s, r, c, q, x, j, g, s |
| Consonant blends and digraphs | ck, ng, th, zh, sh, th, wh, ch |
| Simple consonant blends | with l, r, p, or t, as bl, pl, gr, br, sp, st, tr, thr, str, spl, scr |
| Long vowels | a, e, i, o, u, y |
| Silent letters | knife, write, talk, gnat, black, hour |
| Vowel digraphs | ai, ea, oa, ee, ey, ea |
| Vowel diphthongs | au, aw, oo, oo, ow, ou, oi oy, ow |
| Vowels with r | ar er, ir, or, ur. Same with l and w |
| Phonograms (rimes) | ail, ain, all, and, ate, ay, con, eep, ell, en, ent, er est, ick, ight, ill, in, ing, ock, ter, tion |