First Sounds & Blending

Skill 1 of the Wiggler phonics curriculum: lessons 1–11, 11 in all. All 42 phonics sounds taught via 7 sound groups (satpin first); full CVC blending fluency; reads first decodable story.

Skill 1 · 11 lessons

What this skill covers

• Lessons 1–11 · 11 lessons · about 2.2 weeks
• Sounds and patterns: s a t p i n · c k e h r m d · g o u l f b · all 42 sounds
• New heart words: the, I, a, is, to

Lessons in this skill

Every lesson below is a decodable story a child reads once the sounds in it have been taught.

• Lesson 1 · Sat, Tap, Pin — New Concept — First blending adventure using only these 6 letters.
• Lesson 2 · Red Ted — New Concept — Ted the dog finds a red hat.
• Lesson 3 · Bob's Big Bag — New Concept — Bob fills a bag with fun things.
• Lesson 4 · Bootcamp Day — New Concept — A full obstacle course of CVC words.
• Lesson 5 · Jog, Jam, Jug — New Concept — A j-focused blending story with bonus sound-spotting.
• Lesson 6 · Zig-Zag Zip — New Concept — A z/w/v blending story with bonus sounds to spot.
• Lesson 7 · Yes, Fox! — New Concept — A y/x blending story with bonus digraph sounds to spot.
• Lesson 8 · Quiz Time! — New Concept — A qu-blending story with 5 bonus sounds to spot.
• Lesson 9 · Bootcamp Finale — Review — Every sound learned so far, one big challenge.
• Lesson 10 · The Big Red Mat — Heart Words — First story using heart words naturally.
• Lesson 11 · The Sun Hut — Checkpoint — Checkpoint story with only taught CVC patterns.

• Next skill: CVC Word Mastery
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