Provide explicit, systematic phonics instruction and practice in just 15 to 20 minutes a day! Daily Phonics, Grade 1 helps students in first grade—including students learning English—develop the phonics skills necessary to become proficient, on-grade-level readers. The 32 weekly units in grade 1 cover: Initial Consonants: b, f, h, k, m, p, s, v, j Initial Consonants: c, d, y, l, r, n, w, g, t Final Consonants: g, l, d, f, p, n, b, m, t Initial and Final Consonants: d, m, t, l, p, s Initial and Final Consonants: g, b, n, k, f, r Short Vowel Sounds: a, i Short Vowel Sounds: e, o, u CVC Pattern Long Vowel Sounds: a, e, o, i, u CVCe Pattern Syllabication Long Vowel Sounds of y Initial Consonant Blends: sn, st, sw, sk, sm, sp Initial Consonant +1 Blends: fl, cl, sl, pl, bl, gl Initial Consonant +r Blends: cr, fr, br, tr, gr, dr Final Consonant Blends: st, lt, nk, lf, nt, mp Initial and Final Consonant Blends: st, cl, mp, tr, lt, br, lf, sp, sk, pl Initial Consonant Digraphs: sh, th, wh, ch Final Consonant Digraphs: sh, ch, th R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, ur, er, ir Hard and Soft c Hard and Soft g Double Consonants: ff, ss, ll, zz Long a Vowel Digraphs: ai, ay Long e Vowel Digraphs: ee, ea Long i Spellings: ie, igh Long o Vowel Digraphs: oe, ow, oa Diphthongs: oi, oy Diphthongs: ou, ow The Sounds of oo Plural Forms: s, es Inflectional Endings: -ing, -ed