Daily Phonics, Grade 3 helps struggling readers and English learners develop the phonics skills necessary to become proficient, on-grade-level readers. Students first learn basic phonics skills typically mastered in grades 1 and 2, and then they progress to skills taught in grade 3. Lessons and activities are designed with age-appropriate formats that respect the older learner.

The 32 weekly units in grade 3 cover:

• Initial and Final Consonants: b, f, r, k, m, p, d, l, n
• Initial and Final Consonants: s, t, v, h, w, j, y, q, x, z
• Short Vowel Sounds: a, e, i, o, u
• CVC Words
• Long Vowel Sounds: a, e, i, o, u
• CVCe Words
• Syllabication
• Vowel Sounds of y
• Sounds of c and g
• Initial Consonant Blends: cl, fl, gl, pl, br, dr, gr, tr, sk, sl, sp, sw, spl, str
• Final Consonant Blends: ft, lt, nt, st, ld, nd, mp, nk
• Consonant Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh
• Consonant Digraphs: ph, gh, ck, ng
• Variant Spellings: dge, tch
• Silent Consonants: k, w, b, h, l
• Long Vowel Digraphs: ai, ay
• Long Vowel Patterns: ie, igh
• Long Vowel Digraphs: oa, oe, ow
• Long Vowel Digraphs: ew, ue
• Short Vowel Digraphs: ea, ou
• The Sounds of oo
• Variant Vowel Digraphs: au, aw
• Diphthongs: ou, oi
• R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, er, ir, ur
• R-Controlled Vowels: air, are, ear
• Plural Noun Endings: s, es, ies
• Irregular Plural Nouns
• Inflectional Verb Endings: -ed, -ing, -s, -es
• Contractions
• Prefixes: dis-, re-, un-
• Suffixes: -ful, -less, -er, -ly