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Little Learners

Dandelion & Catch-up

P honics Code

Foundation: Phases 1-3

Lessons 1-34

Phase 2

Simple Code Set 1-3

Stages 1-4

Seed 1-2 (lessons 1-18)

Units 1-7

a m s t p f i n o d c u g b e n -s k h r l al w j y x qu v z

s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h b f ff l ll ss

s a t p i n m d g o b h e r f u l c k ck j v w qu x y z zz ff ll ss

m s f a p t c i b h n o d g l v y r e qu z j u k x w -s

m a d p o t n i s l e c f u b g r h

s a t p i n m e h r d o f c b g l u

s a t i m n o p b c g h d e f v k l r u j w z x y ff ss

Phase 3

Complex Code Set 4-5

Year 1: Phases 4-6

Lessons 35-40

Stage 5 -6

Seed 3 (lessons 19-29)

Units 8-20

Adjacent consonants (blends) ch sh th ck ng qu ve wh suffixes -ed -ing word ending: le

Adjacent consonants (blends)

ck & Adjacent consonants (blends) sh ch th ng

k j v w y z -ck th ch sh ng

j v w x y z zz qu sh ch th ng ai ee igh oa oi oo oo ow or air ear ur or ure er

th ch ng nk sh al ee igh oa oo oo ar or ur ow oi ear air ure -er

k ck v y z w j qu x open/closed syllables e.g. met/me

Phase 4 & 4b

Complex Code Set 6-7

Year 1: Phases 7-8

Lessons 42-53

Stage 7 Units 1-3

Seedling 1 (lessons 30-42)

Vowel Spellings Level 1

Adjacent consonants, suffixes -ing -est -er -ed endings -tch -y -ey -ve le

Adjacent consonants (blends) with short & long vowels

ai ee igh oa oo oo ow oi ea or ar air ear

ff ll ss zz sh th ch wh ng Adjacent consonants (blends)

ff ll ss zz -all -oll -ull ck sh th wh ph ng

ai ay ee ea y igh ie oa ar or aw er ur ir air oo ow ou oi oy

Seedling 2 (lessons 43-51) ff ll ss zz x tch qu wh dge Adjacent consonants (blends)

Phase 5

Extended Code Sets 8-9 (series 2)

Year 1: Phases 9-10

Lessons 54-62

Stage 7 Units 4

Vowel Spellings Level 2

Sound Spelling(s) /ā/

Sound

Spelling(s)

Sound

Spelling(s)

Sound

Spelling(s)

Sound

Spelling(s)

Sound

Spelling(s)

Sound

Spelling(s)

/ā/ /ē/ /ī/ /ō/ /ū/

a-e e-e o-e u-e i-e

/ā/ /ē/ /ī/ /ō/ /ū/

ay a-e ea e-e

/ā/ /ē/ /ī/ /ō/ /ū/

a-e e-e o-e u-e i-e

/ā/ /ē/ /ī/ /ō/ /ū/ /s/

a-e

ay a-e ea eigh ey aigh a

/ā/ /ē/ /ī/ /ō/ /ū/

a-e e-e o-e u-e i-e

/ā/ /ē/ /ī/ /ō/

ay a e ea

e-e e

/ē/ /ī/ /ō/ /ū/

ea e-e y ey ie e

ie i-e

i-e

ie i-e y i

i y

oa oe o-e ue ew u-e ue ew u-e

o-e u-e

oa oe o-e o ue ew u-e u

o ow ew ue oul u

/ō−ō/ /oo/ /ow/

/j/

ge

/ō−ō/ /ow/

/ō−ō/ /w/

ew u-e

c

/ō−ō/ ue ew u-e /oo/ u oul

open/closed two-syllable words e.g. emu (open) even (closed) suffix -ing

ou oy

wh ph

/ō−ō/ /oo/

oo oo

ou oy

/oi/ /or/ /ur/ /w/

/f/

/ow/ ou /oi/ oy /or/ aw a al au oor our ore /ur/ ir or ear er /w/ wh /f/ ph

/oi/ /e/ /or/ /ar/

aw au

e ai

Lessons 63-76

Year 1: Phases 11-12

ir

a aw

Sapling 1-2 (lessons 52-79)

Stage 7 Unit 5

wh ph

a al

Sound

Spelling(s)

-es -ed -ing closed & open syllables closed/closed open/closed tch dge -ild -old -ind -olt -ost y (sky) y (funny) -le ending patterns

/f/

/air/ /ear/

are ere er ere

/ā/ /ē/ /ī/ /ō/

ai ay ee y igh y

suffixes -ed -ing

Sound

Spelling(s)

/zh/ si su alternative pronunciations

/s/ /g/ /l/ /r/

c

Sound

Spelling(s)

ge dge gi gy

suffix -ed

oa ow

/ā/ /ē/ /ī/ /ō/

ai ay

le

ea

wr

Phase 5 long vowel sounds

Year 2: Phases 13-17

Lessons 77-98

Extended Code Sets 10-11 (series 2)

Vowel Spellings Level 3

igh ie

oa ow oe

Sound

Spelling(s)

Morphology (su  xes) -ed -ous -tion -sion -ture -sure

Sound

Spelling(s)

Sound Spelling(s) /ear/ ere eer /air/ are ear ere /j/ ge dge g /s/ c ce sc se st /k/ /ch/ /u/ o o-e ou /e/ ea /r/ wr /ar/ a al /o/ (w)a /m/ mb /n/ kn gn /i/ y /l/ le al /v/ ve /z/ se ze /sh/ ch ti ssi si ci /ch/ tch /or/ augh oar /zh/ si s

Sound

Spelling(s)

/ō−ō/ /ar/ /or/ /er/ /ear/ /air/

ew ue

Sound

Spelling(s)

/ā/ /ē/ /ī/ /ō/ /ū/

a ea

/ā/ /ē/ /ī/ /ō/

a-e ea

/ar/ /or/

ar

ar or

/ē/ /ī/ /ū/

ea

y ey ie

y

or ore

igh y ew ue

y i

i-e oe

/schwa/ er /er/

er ir ur

Stage 8

ow ou revise revise revise ue

ir ur er

ear air

/ō−ō/ /oo/

oo ew ue

/ō−ō/ /oo/ /ow/

u-e

/ā/ /ē/ /ī/ /ō/

ai ay

oo ea

Morphology mis- dis- sub- in- im- non- -er -or -al -ive -ish -able -en

/ō−ō/ /ow/

alternative pronunciation alternative pronunciation

ee ea ey

/f/ /j/

ph ge

/e/ /oi/

ie igh

oi oy

/oi/

/oi/ /e/ /or/ /ar/

uoy

oa ow oe

/ow/

ow ou

/ow/ /or/ /ar/

ou ow

alternative pronunciation

/oo/ /ō−ō/ /or/

oo u

/oi/

oy oi

or ar

Phase 5 short & ‘r’ controlled

au al

oo ue ew

au ear ear eir

au aw augh

Sound

Spelling(s)

/er/

er ir ur g dge

/air/ /ear/

/e/ /o/ /oi/

ea

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/j/ /s/

/e/ /i/

revise

alternative pronunciation

a

c

y

oi oy

/ch/

tch ph

/oo/ /air/ /ar/ /ear/

oul u

/ow/ ou ow /n//r//m/ kn wr mb (silent letters)

/f/ /n/

are ear

kn

al a

eer ere au ore al

Year 3: Phases 18-24

Split Vowel Spellings

Lessons 99-118

/or/ /ur/

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revise

/ā/ /ē/ /ī/ /ō/

a-e e-e

Sound

Spelling(s)

Morphology (su  xes) -ed -ing, er, est

Phase 5 consonants

/ā/ /ē/ /ī/ /ō/ /or/

ey eigh

i-e

Sound schwa

Spelling(s) ar or our air are ear

ie ey

A successful decodable book aligns strictly with a systematic phonics scope and sequence, using only previously taught letter-sound correspondences.

o-e

Sound

Spelling(s)

ie

/l/

il el al mb mn

oe ough

/air/

Vowel Spellings Level 4

/m/

au aw al all oar ore a ar

/ā/ /ū/

ei ey eigh aigh ea

/s/ /z/ /j/ /r/ /n/

se ce st sc

Australian font on a coloured background to reduce visual stress.

/l/

le

ue ew

Sound

Spelling(s) u-e ue ew u

se ce

/are/ /ere/ /ire/ /ure/ /ear/

are air ear

/ō−ō/

ou

/ū/ /u/ /o/ /s/ /l/ /j/ /f/

g ge dge

ere ire ure ear ch ch wr gn s si o

/ō/

ough

ou o

wr

Phonics focus clearly shown on cover.

Other key features:

/s//j/ /er/ /air/ /ear/ /sh/

c g (signal vowel)

a ou au

kn gn

ar or

se st sc c ce el il al le ol

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air are ear

Phase 5 consonant digraphs

/u/ /er/ /sh/

ear

g ge dge

(w)or

ch ch ng gh

Sound

Spelling(s)

gh ph

/k/ /n/ /g/

/ch/ /sh/ /ng/ /zh/

revise

/k/ /r/ /n/

ch c ti ss

suffixes -ture -tion -ssion -cian -sure -sion

n(k)

silent t

ge

/zh/

Lessons 119-128

Phase 6

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suffixes -est, -ful, -ly prefixes re-, pre-, mis-

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