Sample Lessons

These files are electronic versions of actual lessons from the Discover Intensive Phonics for Yourself Teacher's Manual. Look inside and see for yourself why teachers all over the country love to use Discover Intensive Phonics for Yourself.

Section 3, Lesson 12

This lesson teaches:

• Introduction to the consonants N, P, R, and S.
• Sliding from those consonants and the eight consonants taught previously to the vowels A and E.
• Exclamation marks.
• Question marks.
• Most Common Words: I, a, the, come, some, said, you, your, from, he, me, to, do, mother, father, are.

Download PDF: Elementary - Lesson 12 (ages 4-9)
Download PDF: Intermediate/Adult - Lesson 12 (ages 10+)
Download PDF: Decoding Strategies* - Letter Group #3 (all ages)

L-Blends Lesson

This lesson teaches L-Blends, L-Blend slides, and L-Blend words.

Download PDF: Elementary - Lesson 24 (ages 4-9)
Download PDF: Intermediate/Adult - Lesson 24 (ages 10+)
Download PDF: Decoding Strategies* - L-Blends (all ages)

Silent E Lesson

This lesson teaches the fourth of the Five Phonetic Skills: the silent E skill.

Download PDF: Elementary - Lesson 37 (ages 4-9)
Download PDF: Intermediate/Adult - Lesson 37 (ages 10+)
Download PDF: Decoding Strategies* - Phonetic Skill 4 (all ages)

AU and AW Lesson

This lesson teaches Pigpen #1: au and aw.

Download PDF: Elementary - Lesson 54 (ages 4-9)
Download PDF: Intermediate/Adult - Lesson 61 (ages 10+)
Download PDF: Decoding Strategies* - Special Vowel Sounds (all ages)

* The Decoding Strategies for Literacy Development manual is a fully condensed version of both the Elementary and the Intermediate/Adult teachers manuals with heavy ESL/ESOL emphasis.