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.”
Blend Phonics Fluency Drills Step 5 Vowel Digraphs & Diphthongs Drills 32 - 47 Units 22 - 35 Decodable Stories 22 - 49 Phonvisual Chart Picture-Sound Correspondences ay/ai: cake; ee: tree; ea: tree, bed, cake; ie: five, tree y: tree, five; oa/oe: rose; ow: rose, cow; ou: cow; oy/oi: boy; oo: moon, book; aw/au: saw; al/all: saw
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Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 32 (Unit 22) Vowel Digraphs ai, ay: (ate)
ail bait day rail drain jail train mail strain chair chain maid chair sway ray faint wail may
paid laid brain pay rain tail jay wait strait tray aim clay pair fair gray pair pay Kay
pail lay clay pray ray trail gay plain pain railway pray quaint bray lay trail paid saint May 38
may bail bay hay gray fail grain gain sail say sway maid way wail play claim paint faint runway away strain hair drain ray say rail nay mail mail bay aim Cain stray sway quail sail
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 33 (Unit 23, 24) Long Vowel Digraphs ēe, ēa: (tree)
bee peep sweet deed greet heel weed sleep three beach bean meal dream tea peach scream seem meet
keen sweep beet green seed seen feet peel beat leaf leave cheap seat east steal steel seam meat
sleet beech fleet see need wee feel keep each beast cream least feast teach fear steal week teem 39
beef freeze reed meet breeze fee feed sleeve reach leap lean deal treat eat near deer weak team
free peek sheep deep heed seem jeep weep read real cheat sea team feat clean dear leap queen
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 34 (Unit 24) Vowel Digraphs ĕa, eā
threat read health sweater heaven
ĕa (bed) thread tread weather breath instead deaf spread treads leaven sweats eā (cake)
steak break daybreak swear
bread dead sweat heather threads
great bear tear bears ĕa, eā mixed
read tear pears health break bears sweater daybreak breath tread swear deaf heather breaker instead wear bread tread heaven stead leaven 40
wealth death treading head stead breaker wear
wear head death wealth weather swearing sweat head health breaker weather great thread treading
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 35 (Units 25) Vowel Digraph ie: īe and iē
īe: (five) cried tried spies
lies dried fried
tied pie lie
cries dries tie
lied pies ties
iē: (tree) priest yield
relief grief
believe brief field thief
chief priests
Mixed īe, iē chief tried yield believe pies
cried thief pies lied brief
pie lie grief ties lied 41
field priests dries grief thief
tie cries dried tied yields
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 36 (Unit 26) y = ī in 1-syllable words; y = ĭ (or ē) in Polysyllables
army hilly twenty try dusty by party fly copy sandy windy dandy dizzy sky sandy shy my sloppy
handy thirty sly dolly messy why rainy myself sloppy spy puppy my jelly daddy shy fly myself by
sleepy ply daddy fifty shy gummy dry pretty sixty fishy try sadly Jimmy Billy sadly army sixty hungry 42
my guppy bunny wealthy funny puppy happy foggy flimsy witty penny fly silly gladly madly candy fishy starry
candy healthy silly sky penny cry sunny Henry pry by messy empty thirty grumpy sky my funny sky
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 37 (Unit 27) Long ō Vowel Digraphs oa, oe (rose)
boat loaf toes coast hoe coal goad whoa Moe goat toe hoe oak oats roads foam roast soak
load soap coach soak float oak toast loan goal foe soak roast roam boast goads toes roasts oats
roast toe soapy goes throat cloak bloat oats goals doe boast loaf Joe toe boat hoes hoe doe 43
Joe coat foe goat hoed foam oat hoe goad woe boat groan toads toes toads soak Joe toe
boast road woe toad board loam goes Joe load roam boats toes coach loads boat groan moat toad
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 38 (Unit 28) Digraph ow; Diphthong ow
Digraph ōw: (rose)
bow throw shown growth pillow
slow window yellow crow grow snow follow flow shadow shown
bowl show grown hollow own
blow glow fellow low row
Diphthong ow: (cow)
frown howl powder brown slow brown pillow shadow show
flower gown growl cow crowd power how clown crown drown town down now sow howls prowl Mixed ow Practice frown crow flower sow crown low blow cow flow powder hollow clown crowd glow drown grow own how crown blows 44
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 39 (Units 28, 29) Diphthongs ou, ow: (cow)
out count pouch mouth drown owl crown stout hound flower town proud sprout fowl pound trout growl mouth
found scout loud howl crouch grouch clown round scout powder cloud spout down flour flower flout brow pouch
flour cow down pout fowl gown drown trout count proud mouth growl crown foul bow sour hound couch 45
south pound ground sound gown round clown prowl ouch scout brown pouch wound drown plow bow sound out
town cloud our sour mouth out spout stout south how out pout ground hound stout fowl grouch clout
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 40 (Unit 30) Diphthongs oy, oi: (boy) )
toys point oil spoil boys moist cloy coil joins joy toil oil foist coy hoist toys spoil loin
boil oyster Troy coin coy oil loin boil join coil loin boy hoist coin Roy point toil coin
coy foist broil spoil soil Roy toil soy soil toil foil point point coins boil coin Troy joy 46
coin joy foil Roy boil soil point joy join soil joint oink Troy coils toil join boy boil
point toil join boy cloy toil joys join broil moist joints hoist Roy coil toy joys Loy foil
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 41 (Unit 22-30) -y & Vowel Digraphs & Diphthongs (Mixed Practice)
loin toys cow crown bread why crow messy shy see pillow dry cream Roy thief paid rainbow steal
coin town great daddy hay by crowd daddy toast rainy show real fear cry hoe petty flow steel
joy army day by goat brown power loin deer oil steak teach flower cried toe fly Roy copy 47
boil boat paid pie Joe break flour weather dear crow funny sandy shown field dead glow yield fishy
foil read sheep head soak bears shy sadly sea own bunny mail coin happy pray grow toad my
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 42 (Unit 31) Long o͞o: (moon)
boot moon roof spoon spool coo noonday cool toothbrush mood gloom tooth troop tooting coolness goose smoother stool loop broom groove choose cool moon proof bloom tooth loose smooth spooky school room teaspoon
stoop foolish smooth bloom room shoot proof too tool scooter papoose food groom soon roost zoo cooler scoop root roomy soothe boom coo moo zoo smooth fool pool scooter choose
booth loose spoon boost droop noon tool doom pool hoot boot loose scoop spoon doom
broom room roomy cool broom groom smooth food croon fool zoom tool 48
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 43 (Unit 32) Short Sound of o͝o: (book)
book booklet footstep goodness woolen shook fishhook woodpile woodshed plywood book cook stood look fishhook plywood good foot
good look looking wooden cooker book took look brook wooden shook hood cookout unhook foot rook rookie look
hood wool wood brook hook nook shook hook took hood brook sooty hook nook rook brook hook soot 49
shook cook crook hoof stood foot footer foot soot rook hood cookie took wood woof foot look brook
foot soot hook took book look stood book wood hook soot hoof crook brook wool book soot hook
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 44 (Unit 31, 32) Long o͞o: (moon), Short o͝o: (book) (Mixed Practice)
foot shook troop pool good stood tooth zoo soot cool bloom groove loose mood noon shoo cooker roof
moon room gloom spoon wood look smooth shook moon footstep took goose croon cook book smooth shook look
good spoon look rook troop pool look hook spooky hoof wood wool brook foot took brook bloom book 50
stoop book foot look choose cooker school foot scooter gloom tooth smooth hood hoof room rook loose boom
loose foot hood rookie moo good roost book roomy proof school bloom nook cool shoot tool noon soon
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 45 (Unit 33, 34)
Vowel Digraphs aw, au & a(ll): (saw) crawl bald hawk call saw salt clause crawling shawl halt draw mall drawn also dawn fall lawn law almost malt tall thaw haul yaw yawn fault fawn faun cause false all pause ball paw jaw already saw false draw wall small dawn stall hawk gall gawk always chalk launch fault thaw crawl drawl salt sprawl cause haul yawn drawn also yawn all jaw paw pawn ball dawn call calm drawn bald saw hawk fall paws balls pause lawns salts shawl crawl malts launch small draws bald tall thaws shawls yaw 51
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 46 (Units 35) blew threw
Digraphs ew, ue: (mule) flew news flue pew glue chew
stew drew new slew fewer rescue value pew hue few brew fewer blues curfew whew
true mew clue curfew blues statue blew flue chew fewer few hew drew values blew
crew blue Sue mildew chews tissue new pews slew statue hue flew hue threw brews
blues
clues
flew 52
brew
dew few due hue grew brew chew few screw pursue clue sue cue news glues blew blue due dues dew threw blue chews true blue hues Sue clue mew Sue’s drew
cues Lew
Blend Phonics Fluency Drill 47 (Units 33-35) aw, au & a(ll) and ew, ue (Mixed Practice)
crawl salt few call flew saw bald threw gawk few lawn clause malt always law saw sue slew
blew also always chew chalk pew fewer ball chew paw sprawl crawl fewer tissue gall bald curfew thaw
call crew blues slew malt faun statute true hawk fault Sue halt false chews new crawl rescue fawn 53
flue blue dawn yawn blew fawn paw shawl mall value few saw yaw clue brew chew news pew
stew stall hawk jaw blues wall gall false brew whew yawn shawl thaw salt true hew brew yaw
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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