Hard & Soft G | Muddy Mud Story
Phonics Focus
- Hard & Soft Sounds of G: /g/ and /j/
- Magic E: aCe, iCe, uCe, oCe
- Long Vowel Digraph Team: ai, ay, ea, ee, ey, oa, ow
Scope and Sequence
Phonics Book
Student Book
l. Learn Hard & Soft G
1
Hard & Soft G Sounds 
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 Hard & Soft G: Muddy Mud Story
4
Words Are Made of Sounds 1 
Words Are Made of Sounds 2 
My Syllable Sort 
Words Are Made of Syllables
Prepare to Read
Foster skills for decoding to apply in the Student Book.
5
Read on My Own: 1st Read 
Swoop & Scoop: 2nd Read 
Let’s Talk about It: 3rd Read 
My Story Summary
Give Feedback & Develop Meaning
Focus on accuracy of reading the words in the text and support fluency and comprehension.
6
Cloze My Sentence 
My Word Sums 
My Story Recount 
Talk Like a Teacher
Support Language
Reinforce sentence structure, grammar, and academic language.
7
Word Assessment 1 
Word Assessment 2 
Comprehension Assessment
Assessment
Monitor your readers’ word recognition skills and reading comprehension skills to determine next steps.