trugs Individual Stages
Further Information about trugs Individual Stages
CONSIDER the suggested reading ages:
Stages 1-5 Reading age 5-7 ½ years
“It is best to start a little lower than their reading ages to build confidence.”
| Stage Focus | Starting With | Building to | Phonic |
| 1 | tan sip pat | fax vet wig | cvc |
| 2 | spin slip frog | strap split snack | ccvc and cccvc |
| 3 | went camp cost | stamp twist croft | cvcc and ccvcc |
| 4 | magnet sunset second | hundred prospect instruct | two-syllable words/closed |
| 5 | arm her for | standard lobster cursor | ‘ar’ ‘or’ ‘er’ sounds |
CONSIDER the suggested reading ages:
Stages 6-10 Reading age 7 ½-9 years
“It is best to start a little lower than their reading ages to build confidence.”
| Stage Focus | Starting With | Building to | Phonic |
| 6 | home vote fine | purchase landscape tuneful | split digraph |
| 7 | soap rain seen | spotlight approach statue | vowel digraphs & trigraphs |
| 8 | owl saw boy | fountain trawler boiling | alternative vowel digraphs |
| 9 | bacon hotel pilot | progress climate detail | two-syllable words/open |
| 10 | hospital interest consider | accountant enormous appointment | three-syllable words |
CONSIDER the suggested reading ages:
Stages 11-15 Reading age 9-14 years
“It is best to start a little lower than their reading ages to build confidence.”
| Stage Focus | Starting With | Building to | Phonic |
| 11 | place city pencil | concentrate intercept circulate | soft ‘c’ sound after an i/e/y |
| 12 | stage bridge gem | nitrogen engagement generate | soft ‘g’ sound are an i/e/y |
| 13 | table little candle | printable tentacles triangle | consonant-le |
| 14 | development altogether | independent disappointment automatic accelerate | four-syllable words |
| 15 | station gracious junction | identification atrocious | electrician ‘ti’ ‘ci’ ‘si’ at end of words |