Digraph NG | Big Baby Bird Story
Phonics Focus
- Digraph NG
- Consonant Blends
- Open and Closed Syllables
Scope and Sequence
Phonics Book
Read Aloud
Student Book
l. Learn NG Sound
1
NG Sound 
Sounds in Words 
My Fast Words
Prepare to Read
Foster letter-sound knowledge to apply in the Phonics Book.
2
Cover Detectives 
Let’s Read!
Read Together
Focus on accuracy of reading the words in the text.
3
My Word Sort
Review New Phonics Skills
Monitor your readers’ phonics skills to determine next steps.
ll. Apply NG Sound: Big Baby Bird Story
4
Read Aloud Book
Build Listening Comprehension
Familiarize your readers with the characters, settings, and events that they will encounter in the Student Book.
5
Words Are Made of Sounds 
What’s My Word? 
Change My Word 
My Syllable Sort 
My Word Sort 
Words Are Made of Syllables 
My Fast Words
Prepare to Read
Foster skills for decoding and sight word recognition to apply in the Student Book.
6
Read on My Own: 1st Read 
Swoop & Scoop: 2nd Read 
Let’s Talk about It: 3rd Read 
Tell Me What Happened
Give Feedback & Develop Meaning
Focus on accuracy of reading the words in the text and support fluency and comprehension.
7
Cloze My Sentence 
My Word Sums 
Talk Like a Teacher
Support Language
Reinforce sentence structure, grammar, and academic language.
8
Show off What You Know
Assessment
Monitor your readers’ word recognition skills to determine next steps.