Common Core Top Pick for Reading - Foundational Skills Phonological Awareness Phonics and Word Recognition View all Common Core Top Picks for Reading - Foundational Skills Provide explicit, systematic phonics instruction and practice in just 15 to 20 minutes a day! Daily Phonics, Grade 2 helps students in second grade--including students learning English--develop the phonics skills necessary to become proficient, on-grade-level readers. The 32 weekly units in grade 2 cover: Alphabet Review Initial and Final Consonants: b, f, m, s, k, p Initial and Final Consonants: d, n, r, g, t, l Short Vowel Sounds: a, i Short Vowel Sounds: e, o, u CVC Words Long Vowel Sounds CVCe Pattern Syllabication Long Vowel Sounds of y Initial Consonant Blends: st, sk, sw, sp Initial Consonant Blends: fl, gl, sl, pl, cr, fr, tr, gr Final Consonant Blends: lt, st, nt, mp, nd, ft, ld, nk Initial and Final Consonant Digraphs: sh, ch, wh, th Consonant Digraphs: ph, gh, ck, ng R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, ur, er, ir The Sounds of c, g Long a Vowel Digraphs: ai, ay Long e Vowel Digraphs: ee, ea Long i Spellings: ie, igh Long o Vowel Digraphs: oa, oe, ow Long u Vowel Digraphs: ue, ew Long Vowel Digraphs Review: ai, ay, ee, ea, ie, igh, oa, ow, ew, ue Diphthongs: ou, ow Diphthongs: oi, oy The Sounds of oo Silent Letters: k, w, l, b Plural Forms: s, es, ies Irregular Plurals Verb Endings: Inflectional: -ing, -ed Prefixes: dis-, re-, un- Suffixes: -ful, -less, -ly