Phonics Hero is currently available in three orders of sounds: Letters & Sounds, Playing with Sounds and the NSW sequence.
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| Level | Playing with Sounds | Letters and Sounds | NSW Sequence | |
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| 1 | s, m, c, t, g, p, a, o | Phase 2:
A) s, a, t, p B) i, n, m, d |
A) s, a, t, p, i B) n, d, m |
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| 2 | r, l, d, b, f, h, i, u | A) g, o, c, k B) ck, e, u, r |
A) g, o, c, k, ck B) e, u, r, h, b |
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| 3 | v, w, y, z, j, n, k, e | A) h, b, f, l B) ff, ll, ss |
A) f & ff, l & ll, s & ss, z & zz B) sh, ch, th (voiced), th (unvoiced), ng |
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ll, ss, ff, zz |
Phase 3:
A) j, v, w, x B) y, z, zz, qu |
A) y (yes), y (by), j B) v & ve, w & wh, x, qu C) i_e, a_e, o_e, e_e, u_e |
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| 5 | sh, ch, th, wh | A) ch, sh, th, ng B) ai, ee, igh, oa |
A) oi & oy (toy) B) ou & ow (cow) C) oa & ow (snow) |
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| 6 | ck, ng, qu, x | A) oo (zoo), oo (book), ar, or B) ur, ow, oi, ear C) air, ure, er |
A) ai & ay (say) B) ee, ea & e (me) C) oo & ew (soon) |
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| Part 2 | ||||
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| Level | Playing with Sounds | Letters and Sounds | NSW Sequence | |
| 7 | VCC, CCVC, CVCC words | Phase 4:
A) CVCC, CCVC words B) Polysyllabic words |
A) /ay/ say – a_e, ai, ay, a B) /ee/ me – e_e, ea, ee, e, ey, y |
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| 8 | ee, ea, y, e | Phase 5: New Graphemes for Reading:
A) ay, ou, ie, ea B) oy, ir, ue, aw C) wh, ph, ew, oe, au D) a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e |
A) /igh/ my – i_e, ie, i, y, igh B) /ow/ no – o_e, oa, ow, o, oe |
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| 9 | i, igh, y, ie, i_e | Phase 5: Alternative Pronunciations:
A) i (fin vs. find), o (hot vs. cold), c (cat vs. cent), g (got vs. giant) B) u (but vs. put), ow (cow vs. blow), ie (tie vs. field), ea (eat vs. bread) C) er* (farmer vs. her), a (hat vs. salt), y (yes vs. by vs. very), ch (chin vs. school), ou (out vs. shoulder vs. could vs. you) |
A) /ar/ farm – ar, a* B) /or/ fork – or, aw*, ore C) /oo/ soon – u_e, ue, oo, ew |
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| 10 | o, oa, ow, o_e | Phase 5: Alternative Spellings:
A) ch, tu, tch B) f, ff, ph |
A) /ow/ cow – ou, ow B) /e/ egg – e, ea C) /oy/ toy – oy, oi D) /er/ her – er, ir, ur |
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| 11 | a, ai, ay, a_e | A) j, dge, ge, g
B) r, rr*, wr |
A) /oo/ look – u, oo, oul
B) /er/ sister (AU/UK schwa) – er, ar, or C) /j/jab (soft g) – j, g, ge, dge |
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| 12 | oo, ew, ue, u_e | s, c, ce, ss, se |
A) /air/ air – air, are, ear B) /n/ in – n, kn, gn C) /sh/ shop – sh, ch D) /ear/ dear – ear, eer |
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| Level | Playing with Sounds | Letters and Sounds | NSW Sequence | |
| 13 | r, rr*, wr | sh, ci, ti |
medial consonant doubles – tt, bb, dd, pp, mm, gg |
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| 14 | oi, oy | ai, a, ay, a_e |
A) /u/ up – u, o, ou B) /o/ hot – o, a |
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| 15 | ph, f, ff | ee, ea, y, e | /l/ bottle (dark l) – le, el, al | |
| 16 | ow, ou | igh, i, y, ie, i_e | /n/ in – n, kn, gn | |
| 17 | c, ce, s, se, ss | oa, o, ow, o_e | /m/ mit – m, mm, me | |
| 18 | u, oo, oul | oo, ew, ue, u_e | /j/jab (soft g) – j, g, ge, dge | |
| 19 | ar, a* | u, oo, oul | /f/ fin – f, ff, ph | |
| 20 | ar, a* | ir, er, ear, ur, or | /g/ gut (hard g) – g, gu | |
| 21 | or, au*, aw*, al*, ore | or, au*, aw*, al*, ore | /ch/ chair – ch, tch, t | |
| 22 | air, ear, are, ere | or, ir, er, ear, ur | /k/ kid – k, c, ck, ch | |
| 23 | j, dge, ge, g | ow, ou | /sh/ shop – sh, ti, si, ci | |
| 24 | ch, tch, tu | oi, oy | /r/ run – r, rr*, wr | |
| 25 | sh, ci, ti | air, ear, are, ere | /zh/ treasure – s, si, ge | |
| 26 | s, si (zh) | s, si (zh) | /s/ sat – s, se, c, ce | |