Scope & Sequence
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SyllaSense Decodables follow a well-defined and robust Scope and Sequence.
Covering more than just grapheme/phoneme correspondence, our Scope and Sequence systematically lays out all of the literacy concepts found in each book. The books and Scope and Sequence are tightly aligned – if you do not see a concept in the Scope and Sequence, you will not see it in the books.
Our teacher resources support this tight alignment, and give tips and suggestions for teaching the concepts, including each introduced high-frequency word. At the end of our Scope and Sequence, notes are provided to define and explain the terms we use in our series.
- Grapheme/Phoneme Correspondence
- Orthographic Patterns and Generalisations
- Morphology
- Punctuation/Text Features
- High Frequency Words
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Yellow Series
Our Yellow Series provides a great starting point for beginning readers. We currently have 2 sets of books available: Yellow Series and Yellow Square, along with a set of DECK-odable cards.
- All Short Vowels & Single Consonants
- Consonant Digraphs <ck>, <ff>, <ll>, <ss>, and <zz>
- Suffix <-s>
- High-Frequency Words (“a”, “and”, “the”, and “to”)
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Green Series
The Green Series contains two separate but parallel series – 10 Illustrated Stories and 10 Photo Stories.
- Consonant Clusters in Initial and Final Position
- Consonant Digraphs <sh>, <th>, <ch>, and <qu>
- Suffix <-ed> and <-ing>, and Suffix <-s> as Possessive
- High-Frequency Words (“of”, “was”, “said”, and “they”)
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Blue Series
The Blue Series has a range of text structures, including fiction and non-fiction. It is parallel to the Teal Series in terms of difficulty level. You can choose to start with Blue or Teal, depending on your teaching sequence.
- Long Vowels in Open Syllables
- Vowel Digraphs <ee>, <ay>, and <ai>
- R-Controlled Vowels <er> and <or>
- Compound Words
- High-Frequency words (“you”, “do”, “are”, “from”, and “one”)
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Teal Series
The Teal Series has a range of text structures, including fiction and non-fiction. It is parallel to the Blue Series in terms of difficulty level. You can choose to start with Teal or Blue, depending on your teaching sequence.
- Long Vowels in Open Syllables
- Vowel-Consonant-e Pattern (e.g., “cake”)
- R-Controlled Vowels <ar>, <ur>, and <ir>
- Compound Words and Suffix <-es>
- High-Frequency Words (“you” and “are”)
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Red Series
The Red Series introduces a wider range of graphemes, many of which can represent more than one phoneme. The books are predominantly non-fiction.
- Vowel Digraphs <oa>, <ea>, <ow>, and <oo>, and Trigraph <igh>
- Diphthongs <ow>/<ou> and <oi>/<oy>
- Consonant-le Pattern
- High-Frequency Words (“many”, “once”, “come”, “people”, and “some”)
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Purple Series
The Purple Series is our final series, and it introduces a wider range of affixes and suffixing conventions.
- Digraphs <wr> and <kn>
- Suffix <-y>, <-er>, <ful>, <-est>, and <-ly>
- Prefix <un-> and <re->
- High-Frequency Words (“their”, “where”, and “there”)
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UFLI Foundations Decodable Text Guide
This table has been copied directly from UFLI’s Decodable Text Guide. As they state on their original document, “this chart does not imply endorsement of a book, or set of books, or a statement about the quality of the book”. We are grateful to UFLI for creating this list, and for their ongoing work creating quality resources for teachers.
Click here for UFLI Decodable Text Guide with only SyllaSense
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The Phonics Companion Correlation Guide
We have completed this chart with permission from Pearson Canada, George Georgious, and Kristy Dunn.. We have done our best to show where each SyllaSense book fits with The Phonics Companion’s Scope and Sequence. We appreciate feedback from educators using both The Phonics Companion and SyllaSense. Please reach out if you find any inconsistencies with this chart. As always, professional judgment will dictate if our recommendations make sense for your student(s).