Wilson 2.1

1. Wilson Reading System
Substep 2.1
Kelly Smith
Willoughby Eastlake Schools

2. Part 1
Sound Cards
Quick Drill

3. Welded Sounds
•Welded sounds are green sound cards.
•The three letters have individual sounds,
but they are welded together and difficult
to separate
•To tap this out, use three fingers tapping
together at the same time.

4. angfangang
ang

5. ingringing
ing

6. ongsong ong
ong

7. unglungung
ung

8. ankbank ank
ank

9. inkpink ink
ink

10. onkhonk onk
onk

11. unkjunk unk
unk

12. Notebook Entry
The eight new welded
sounds should go in your
Rules Notebook in the
Sound Section

13. Part 2
Teach and
Review Concepts
for Reading

14. ang
ing
ong
ung
ank
ink
onk
unk

15. angbhfrsingsthwkonkhbv
Make Words

16. Syllables
•Words have parts that go together called
syllables.
•A syllable is a word that can be pushed out in
one breath.
•Cat is one syllable
•Catnip has two syllables

17. Syllables
•There are six types of syllables
•All the words so far have been closed syllables
•A closed syllable only has 1 vowel and must be
closed in.
•A closed syllable gives the vowel a short
sound.
bat

18. Syllables
•There need not be a consonant in front of the
vowel. The important point is that one vowel in
closed in by one consonant
at

19. Syllables
•A vowel can be closed in with more than one
consonant
athb
uchs

20. Which ones are closed?
hes
uchs
it
loaf

21. Which ones are closed?
such= has one vowel closed with ch
she= has only one vowel, but is not
closed in.
it= has one vowel closed in by t, no
need for any letter before the vowel.
loaf= has two vowels

22. Marking a closed syllable
such
c

23. Part 3
Wordcards

24. Part 4
Wordlist
Reading

25. bang

26. long

27. king

28. sing

29. thing

30. pink

31. think

32. sink

33. chunk

34. link

35. sunk

36. rings

37. wings

38. thinks

39. fangs

40. thanks

41. lungs

42. ring

43. song

44. wing

45. fang

46. rang

47. honk

48. junk

49. thank

50. Part 5
Sentence
Reading

51. Tom sang the
song to the
kids.

52. Get the ping-
pong balls.

53. Bob has bad
lungs.

54. It is a long run
up the hill.

55. Kim will sing
at the shop.

56. Did Bob hang
this up?

57. The king has
had bad luck.

58. The ring did
not fit Meg.

59. What is the
thing in this
jug?

60. Thank Dad for
the gum.

61. Ed sank the
shot to win!

62. The cat got a
big chunk of
fish.

63. Mom had Ben
get rid of the
junk.

64. The wings on
the bug are
pink.

65. Jim had the
top bunk for
his nap.

66. The ship sank
in the bath
tub.

67. The kids are
at the rink.

68. My cash is in
the bank.

69. Dad had a
wink for Pam.

70. Hank had to
get the map
for Tom.

71. I will thank Ed
for the mink.

72. Jim did not
think of his
job at all.

73. I think that Bill
has the top
rank.

74. Did Bess
bang on the
gong?

75. Part 6
Quick Drill
(in reverse)

76. ang
ing
ong
ung
ank
ink
onk
unk
what
says
?

77. Part 7
Teach and
Review Concepts
for Spelling

78. ang
ing
ong
ung
ank
ink
onk
unk
Using
these
sounds,
spell….

79. Part 8
Written Work
Dictation: sounds,
words, sentences

80. SOUNDS
1.ank
2.ung
3.j
4.ch
5.e
Real Words
1.pink
2.sung
3.bang
4.honks
5.yank
Nonsense Words
1.zong
2.hink
3.pank
4.shong
5.rull
Sight Words
1.chalk
2.comb
3.want

81. Part 9
Controlled
Passage
Reading

82. Part 10
Listening
Comprehension