Level 3 Patterns introduced/practised: Compound words as in cookbook, laptop, softball Two-syllable words with closed syllables, as in invent, upset, camel Contrasting a and a…e as in cap/cape, man/mane, tap/tape (column 1) Contrasting i and i…e as in fin/fine, pip/pipe, win/wine (column 3) Contrasting o and o…e as in hop/hope, not/note, rod/rode (column 4) Contrasting u and u…e as in cub/cube, and e and e…e as in them/theme (columns 2 and 5) a…e as in case, safe, lane i…e as in hide, wide, smile o…e as in broke, rope, stroke u…e as in flute and June (“ooh” sound) or as in cute and tune (“you” sound) c as in cell, race, pencil g as in gem, page, fragile e…e as in gene, concrete, these a as in apron, basin, vacant e as in demon, even, secret i as in kind, child, wind i as in giant, diet, minus o as in both, hippo, poncho u as in emu, student, tuna u as in fluid, scuba, tofu y as in cry, July, tying y as in baby, pony, tidy rr as in parrot, errants, worry Double consonants in two-syllable words, as in affect, happen, witty i as in alien, deli, piano Contractions as in he is = he’s, she has = she’s, we have = we’ve -ing verbs as in camp-camping, kick-kicking, pull-pulling -ing verbs as in clip-clipping, run-running, shop-shopping (doubled last consonant) -ing verbs as in dive-diving, gaze-gazing, shine-shining (drop final e) -ing nouns as in duckling, nothing, stocking Words containing a and ending in le, as in apple, ladle, tackle Words containing i and ending in le, as in bridle, fiddle, title Other words ending in le as in bottle, buckle, kettle Words ending in two consonants then le, as in candle, temple, uncle ai as in rain, fail, stain ee as in heel, reef, sheets ea as in cream, meal, sea oo as in moon, pool, tooth er as in germs, her, serve er as in father, grocer, ladder ar as in car, dark, yard ar as in collar, nectar, solar or as in for, north, torch or as in error, mirror, tractor ou as in ground, out, south Contrasting words with and without double letters, as in diner/dinner, holy/holly, super/supper a as first syllable as in above, afraid, along (columns 3 and 4) a as last syllable as in China, panda, sofa (columns 1 and 2) e as first syllable as in eject, erase, escape (columns 1 and 2) r as in fire, retire, tyre r as in cure, manure, secure Words ending in ture as in culture, future, picture Words that have one more syllable in writing than in speech, as in chocolate, different, Wednesday Homographs as in “We record a record”, “Insert the insert into your shoe” and “I suspect our main suspect is arriving”. FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinemailShare this...