Wilson Reading System

Substep 1.5

Part 1Sound Cards

Quick Drill

aa apple /a/

ee Ed /e/

ii itch /i/

oo octopus /o/

uu umbrella /u/

digraphsConsonants ‘stick together’ to form one

sound, even though there are two letters. That is why they are on one card. They

are not separated.

quQ is the chicken letter- it refuses to go anywhere without its friend, u. It is never in a word alone. The u in this situation has no vowel sound. Qu is a digraph as well.

Chicken Letter

thth thumb /th/

chch chin /ch/

shsh ship /sh/

whwh whistle /w/

ckck sock /k/

Part 2 Teach and

Review Concepts for Reading

mm man /m/

nn nut /n/

Make the /m/ sound.

Plug your nose.

Make the /n/ sound.

Plug your nose.

These are nasal sounds because they come from the nose. This means it sometimes makes the short vowel sound different.

Welded Sounds

The consonants change the short vowel sound. The vowel is still considered short.

amam ham /am/

anan fan /an/

b a db a ckb a t

b aman

am

an

p a d

t

Part 3 Wordcards

Part 4 Wordlist Reading

ham

than

fan

jam

Pam

Sam

pan

Jan

Dan

can

man

am

sham

dam

ban

ram

bam

yam

zamnonsense word

zatnonsense word

hannonsense word

kemnonsense word

roffnonsense word

hegnonsense word

kepnonsense word

caxnonsense word

quannonsense word

thamnonsense word

lannonsense word

vamnonsense word

bapnonsense word

yexnonsense word

peshnonsense word

zatnonsense word

Part 5 Sentence Reading

Jill can nap on the bed.

Dad sat in the pig pen!

The dog ran on the path.

Pat hid the jam in the

shed.

Did Beth get the fan from

the den?

Sam will get in the tub for

a bath.

The ram on the hill is big.

Beth had a red and tan

hat.

Pam and Bob had fun at the

mill.

Sam has a bad rash on

his leg.

Did Pam get that wig at the

shop?

Dad will dash to get the

ham.

The moth fell in the yam.

I am sad about the

loss.

Can Liz and Rich do the

job?

Ed and Tom will jam in the

shed.

Dan had to rush the pup to the vet.

The man got a cash tip for

the job.

Mash that yam in the

pan.

Seth had ham with his egg.

Part 6Quick Drill (in reverse)

a b c d e f

h i j k lg

m n o p qu r s

t u v w x y z

sh th ch wh ck all am an

Part 7Teach and

Review Concepts for Spelling

Part 6Quick Drill (in reverse)

a b c d e f

h i j k lg

m n o p qu r s

t u v w x y z

sh th ch wh ck all

Part 7Teach and

Review Concepts for Spelling

Part 8Written Work

Dictation: sounds, words, sentences

Part 9Controlled Passage Reading

Part 10Listening

Comprehension