Blend Phonics Timed Fluency Drills
For Beginning and Remedial Readers
Designed to Accompany Mrs. Hazel Loring’s 1980 Phonics Masterpiece:
Reading Made Easy with Blend Phonics for First Grade
Mr. Potter’s Secret of Reading: “Look at all the Letters the Right Way, and No Guessing.”
CONTENTS Step 1: Short Vowels & Consonants (Drill 1-9)
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Step 2: Consonant Blends and Consonant Digraphs (Drill 10-17)
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Step 3: Long Vowels VCE, Phonograms & Etc. (Drills 18-26)
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Step 4: R-Controlled Vowels (Drills 27-31)
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Step 5: Vowel Digraphs & Diphthongs (Drills 32-47)
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Step 6: Irregular Spellings (Drills 48-61)
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APPENDICES Calibrated Minimum Oral Reading Speeds
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Foundation for Phonics
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Sound-to-Symbol Association Ladder
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Student Progress Chart
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Fluency Record Sheet
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Notes Concerning the Development of the Drills
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Total Recall of the Alphabet (Exercise & Test)
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Phonovisual Probes and Charts
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Importance of Fluency (Precision Teaching)
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Miller Word Identification Assessment: Level I
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Advice for Remedial Reading Teachers
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Proficiency Graph
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Blend Phonics Fluency Drills Step 1 Short Vowels & Consonants Drills 1 – 9 Units 1 – 5 Decodable Stories 1 – 7 Phonvisual Chart Picture-Sound Correspondences Short Vowels -a- cat, -e- bed, -i- fish, -o- top, -u- duck Single Letter Consonants & qu, ck c-key, d-duck, f-fan, g-goat, h-horn, j-jar k-key, l-leaf, m-monkey, n-nest, p-pig, qu-queen r-rabbit, s-saw, t-top, v-valentine, w-wagon, y-yard, z-zebra, ck-key
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Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 1 (Unit 1) -a-
mat ham fan hag nap rap bat lap mad mass jazz pat tag had wag lad pass lap
b d f g h j l m n qu p r s t v w y z ck
jam Nat bag fat lap tan tag Nat tan pan pat rag jam an cap rap lass bad
rat pad wag pat Sam Pam hat pass bad gas wax fat sad dad tag can cab quack 2
map mad rag tap lass gas nap am yak rat Ann tax sap ran nap tan Ann fat
man bad sad pan dad Ann at zag bat bag pad Pam dad van fan cat pad pat
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 2 (Unit 2) -i-
miss Sis bit sin rip will tip fill sit lip lid rip wig mix zip sip Tim lid
fit nip him sip Tim mill lid kill pig fit tin pill fill rib fig Bill quick him
did fib sit Bill bin zip big sip hit dig pit did Jill Tim big bib hid nip 3
Jim dig hip fig hill dip pig dip nip bill sin in tip six sip win kiss fib
Jill bib hit win pin wig lip jig fig Jim Sis hip bin will lip bit vim Sis
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 3 (Units 1, 2) -a- -i-
bat hat gas Ann dig lap pit mat lass mix jam cab fix nap wig quick
bit hit hill Sam tip ham pal mitt it Max rat zip Tim nip sap quack
bib hid fill bag tap him cat lass at rig van zap tam rag sip zig
did fat in big hip pad sat mass is rag vim fin rip sag map zap
dad lit an dip lip pat mad pass if tag six fan rap wag yak zag
Jim mill
jam fill
rig fell
pin tip
rip sip
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Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 4 (Unit 3) -o-
Bob fog nod pot rod job tot mop bog lop cog loss boss tot nob off lock sod
log fox sod rob rot gob on sop hod rot fog pod pop moss rob fox Bob cod
top box sob cob lock doll mom moss got tog bot got nod on doll top job mop 5
hop hot pod cot bob dot off boss mob bog mob Don lot job on box jot pod
bog not got mob pop lot Don toss pop dog sod Tom mop bog God got lot doll
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 5 – (Units 1 to 3) -a- -i- -o-
Bob gob fog hit Nat pat nit rib pop job fill on off fax sip moss quack quick
bib got fig hid pod cob sob rod top jab hill an Don mop wag boss wig wit
bob big hog hat pad cab cot rot tap jib kill in box map wig toss top pill 6
dot bog hag hod pit nod cat rat tip doll lot log fox sop mass loss tip till
tot bag hot had pot not rob mob tax dill lit lag fix sap miss quick top fill
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 6 (Unit 4) -u-
dug sun rug mud gun lug
rub bug sum tub muff nut
bun fun bud hut muss rut
duck mug but bus tug cub
jug cup fuss gum hug gull
pup up hut us hug mug duff sun jug dud cub fuss
cuff us muss fun cut sum lug mud dug tug run muss
hum buzz cut hum fun tub cuff muff rub hum rum pup
run Gus bus run hum but mud tug hum cup bud nut
cut nut up lug muss bud gun gull hug us dub bum
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Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 7 – (Units 1 to 4) -a- -i- -o- -u-
but hut dig bog rod bun sun fix wag sum fuss tab tag not till pit cub wax
bat hat dog hug rib duck sin ax wig lass buzz bus cup up will him cob mix
bit hot bug hog van jug fun box rug bud mud kiss cap hill gal ham cab log 8
kit hit big rub ban jig fan fox rag bad mad gun cop fill got run cut quick
kid dug bag rob bin jag fin mug rig bid tub tug nut pill pat ran cat quack
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 8 (Unit 5) -e-
bell peg fed pen less wed mess vex let well sell yell set beg tell bet wed less
dell Ted jet dell set met men meg bet led leg dell sell less den men met mess
tell bet get red vet net ten yes Ted den vet Ed peg led mess ten get Les 9
fell let pet den wet sell keg beg men Ned Ben hen get net Ben keg fell vex
beg led bed hen web well leg Deb fell fed egg well less den hen wet leg bed
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 9 – (Units 1 to 5) -a- -i- -o- -u- -e-
get rot red bag hen bet bid fad wax wed tell fox den man miss mat tax cup
got rut set bog ham bit bud fit pen wet hill fix less mom pass met keg cop
net rat sit bug him bat bad jet pin doll fell well loss sell yes ten buzz cap 10
nut rod sat big peg but let pet pan bill fill will kiss less mop tin kid quack
not rid beg box pig bed fed pat web bell full pull men mass map tan kit quick
Blend Phonics Timed Fluency Drills Sound-to-Symbol Skills & Drills Coalition Step
Step 6 Advanced Spellings & Open Syllables
Step 5 Vowel Digraphs & Diphthongs
Step 4 R-Contr. Vowels
Step 3 Long Vowels (VCE)
Step 2 Consonant Blends & Digraphs & Compound Words
Step 1 Short Vowels & Consonants
Unit -47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Association 3 & 4 Syllable Words 37 Dolch List Words and 3 /zh/ words Long Vowels in Open syllables ed with short e; ed sounds like ‘d; ed sounds like ‘t Final le, tion, sion ph sounds like f se sounds like z Silent k, w, t, b, l. and h Silent gh, and gh like f Soft sound of g in dge & sometimes before e, i, y. Soft sound of c (before e, i, & y); s like sh (sugar) Phonograms: ul, ull, ush (u sound like short oo) Unaccented a at beginning of words & a Diagraphs ew, ue Phonograms: al, all Vowel Digraphs aw, au Short sound of oo Long sound of oo Diphthong: oy, oi Diphthong ou; Digraph ōu, often Irregular Digraph: ōw, Diphthong: ow Vowel Digraph: oa, oe (like long ō) Final Vowel y (ē); Long ī in single syllable words Vowel Digraph ie (long ī and long ē) Vowel Digraph ea (long ē, short ĕ, long ā) Vowel Digraph: ee Vowel Digraph: ai, ay Phonogram er, ir, ur, and sometimes or Phonogram: or Phonogram: ar Short words ending in long vowels: be, go, he, me, etc. Phonograms - Long Vowels: old, olt, oll, ost,, oth, ild, ind VCE (long vowels) Short Vowel Compound Words Initial Consonant Blends: br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr Initial Consonant Blends: bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sc, sk, sm, sl, sn, sp, st, sw nk (ank, ink, onk, unk) ng (ang, ing, ong, ung) Consonant Digraph: wh Consonant Digraphs: ch, tch (ch = k) Consonant Digraphs: th (voiced); th (unvoiced) Consonant Digraph: sh Final Consonant Blends Short vowel ĕ Short vowel ŭ Short vowel ŏ Short vowel ĭ Short vowel ă b c d f g h j k l m n p qu r s t v w y z ck
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Drills 61 60 59, 57, 58 Suffixes 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 43, 44 Mixed oo 42 40, 41 Mix 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 29, 30, 31 Review 28 26 25, 26 Rev. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25 17 15, 16 13, 14 12
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10 8, 9 6, 7 4, 5 2, 3 1
Blend Phonics Timed Fluency Drills Student Progress Chart
Name: __________________________________ Grade: _______ Teacher: _______________________________ Goal________
Step 1
Short Vowels & Consonants
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Consonant Blends & Digraphs
Long Vowels v-e
R-Controlled Vowels
Vowel Digraphs & Diphthongs
Irregular Spellings
Drill 1
Drill 10
Drill 18
Drill 27
Drill 32
Drill 48
ă
End Blends
a-e
ar
ay/ai
Beg. unacc. a=ū
Drill 2
Drill 11
Drill 19
Drill 28
Drill 33
Drill 49
ĭ
Cons. Digraphs
e-e i-e
or
ēe/ēa
u =Short oo
Drill 3
Drill 12
Drill 20
Drill 29
Drill 34
Drill 50
ăĭ
-ng – kn
āēī
er, ir, ur, or
ĕa, eā
Soft c /s/
Drill 4
Drill 13
Drill 21
Drill 30
Drill 35
Drill 51
ŏ
Beg. Cons. Blends 1
o-e
R-Cont. Vowels
īe, iē
Soft g /j/
Drill 5
Drill 14
Drill 22
Drill 31
Drill 36
Drill 52
ă, ĭ, ŏ
Beg. Cons. Blends 2
āēīō
Review Steps 1-4
Final -ȳ --y=ē
gh=f & silent gh
Drill 6
Drill 15
Drill 23
Drill 37
Drill 53
ŭ
Beg. Cons. Blends 3
u-e
oa/oe
Silent k w t b l
Drill 7
Drill 16
Drill 24
Drill 38
Drill 54
ăĭŏŭ
Beg. Cons. Blends 4
āēīōū
ōw: rose, ow: cow
s=z
Drill 8
Drill 17
Drill 25
Drill 39
Drill 55
ĕ
2-syl. words
LV Phonograms
ou/ow: cow
ph = /f/ ; gh = f
Drill 9
Drill 26
Drill 40
Drill 56
ăĭŏŭĕ
SV/LV Rev.
oi/oy
-le; tion/sion = sh
Drill 41
Drill 57
Digrah/Diph. Mix
ed = ĕd, d, t
Drill 42
Drill 58
Long oo
-y, -ier, -ies.- ily
Drill 43
Drill 59
Short oo
LV Open Syll.
Drill 44
Drill 60
oo Mixed
37 Dolch, zh
Drill 45
Drill 61
aw/au/a(l)
3 & 4 Syll. Words
Drill 46 ew/ue
Drill 47 aw/au/a(l), ew/ue
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