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SPIRE Intervention Scope & Sequence

Explore the skills covered in each level of SPIRE Intervention and SPIRE Foundations: Sounds Sensible.

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SPIRE Foundations: Sounds Sensible

  • Consonants
  • Short a

SPIRE Level 1

  • Short a
  • Short i
  • Short o
  • Short u
  • Short e
  • sh
  • ch
  • th
  • wh
  • ang, ing, ong, ung
  • ank, ink, onk, unk
  • closed syllables

SPIRE Level 2

  • ff, ll, ss
  • al
  • wa
  • qu
  • ck
  • tch
  • a-e, i-e, o-e, u-e, e-e
  • Vse

SPIRE Level 3

  • open syllables (so, he, fly)
  • exceptions (ild, old, ind, ost, oll)
  • ay
  • -ed
  • suffixes -s, -es, -ing, -er, -est, -en, -ish, -ly, -y, -ful, -ness, -less
  • twin-consonant syllable division
  • nontwin-consonant syllable division
  • ou
  • prefix a-

SPIRE Level 4

  • ea
  • consonant-le syllables
  • oa
  • ai
  • ee
  • oo
  • igh
  • ie 

SPIRE Level 5

  • soft c
  • soft g
  • er, ur, ir, ear, wor
  • dge
  • s = /z/
  • ow
  • kn
  • oe
  • or
  • ar

SPIRE Level 6

  • prefix a-, ending -a, suffix -able
  • ph
  • ought, aught
  • ue, ew, tu
  • oi, oy
  • aw, au
  • ey
  • kn, wr, mb, gh, gu
  • suffix -age
  • open syllables (a/CV, i/CV, o/CV, u/CV, e/CV)