A Research-Based Inclusive Guide to Sound Spelling Frequencies Phonics

Dear parents & teachers: I created this manual as a helpful guide when you are teaching sounds and/or their spellings. When I started to learn more about frequencies, I found it helpful when teaching my students. I used to focus on certain spellings until I found out they really are not that common. This information also helped me better explain things to my students. I hope you find it just as helpful! NOTE The percentages may not always add up to 100%. There is almost always a word or two that have an unusual sound spelling. For example. AU spells the short A sound but only in ONE word… laugh. If you have seen other resources for spelling frequencies, you may notice they are not inclusive. For example, many do not include the UR or IR spelling for the /er/ sound (as they are usually all taken from the same study). This manual was made to include as many sound spellings as I could find. Each page contains a mouth articulation picture, spelling frequencies, voiced/unvoiced, stop/continuous, and either a fun fact, additional spellings, or exceptions. References: I used a variety of research studies and books to create the most accurate and inclusive spellings with their frequencies. The resources used to create this manual are: Fry, E., Phonics: A Large Phoneme-Grapheme Frequency Count Revised. Journal of Literacy Research, V. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1207/s15548430jlr3601_5Murry, B. A Catalog of Spellings. Retrieved 1/28/22 in http://wp.auburn.edu/rdggenie/home/teaching-ideas/spcat/Hanna, P. R., Hanna, J. S., Hodges, R. E., & Rudorf, E. A Summary:: Linguistic Cues for Spelling Improvement. Elementary English, 44(8), 862–865. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41387640Bishop, Margaret M. The Complete Reference Book of Phonics and Spelling : The Abc’s and All Their Tricks. Milford, Mi, Mott Media, 1986. Moats, Louisa Cook, and Carol A Tolman. LETRS : Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling. Volume One. Units 1-4.