Scope and Sequence for Fox Trot & Other Tales: A Decodable Graphic Novel
Readers who have learned how to sound out single and multisyllabic closed syllable words will be able to read most of this graphic novel independently. A single closed syllable has a short vowel sound and ends with a consonant. Examples: CVC (consonant-short vowel-consonant words: sad, hop and rush) and VC (short vowel-consonant words: on, it, and up). Multisyllabic closed syllable words consist of two closed syllables that form one word. Examples: basket, picnic, bottom, and cabin).
Included are single and multisyllabic closed syllable words with these concepts:
♥︎ digraphs: ch, ck, sh, th, wh (examples: path, back, this, then, kick)
♥︎ double consonants: l, f, s, all (examples: will, whiff, kiss, ball)
♥︎ suffix -s (examples: bugs, fits, chips)
♥︎ ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk (examples: thank, think, sink, stink)
♥︎ consonant blends CCVC, CVCC (examples: melt, snug, drag, jump, flick, pond)
♥︎ 5 sounds CCVCC (examples: slept, swept)
♥︎ possessives and contractions (examples: crab’s, frog’s, let’s, that’s)
♥︎ 2 closed syllables forming a single word (e.g. chicken, finish, picnic)
This graphic novel also has “sticky words” or words that have irregular spellings or phonics spellings that have not been learned yet. A list of sticky words precedes each story.
