The Big Red Mat

First story using heart words naturally.

Lesson 10 · Unit 1 · First Sounds & Blending · Heart Words

New this lesson: Heart Words Set 1: the, I, a, is, to

Heart words: the, I, a, is, to

I sat. The cat is on a mat. Sam ran to the van.

Lesson 10. Sounds: review. Mastery: All 5 heart words read in <1 sec

In the lesson

Practice: Say-map-write-check each word; irregular part in red

With Wiggler: Child reads story with heart words; AI checks instant recognition

Sounds: varied

Unit 1: First Sounds & Blending

11 lessons All 42 phonics sounds taught via 7 sound groups (satpin first); full CVC blending fluency; reads first decodable story

• 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.

Part of Skill 1: First Sounds & Blending

• Previous lesson: Bootcamp Finale
• Next lesson: The Sun Hut
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