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Scheme of P.1 Phonics

Short Vowels / short a, short e, short i, short o, short u
Consonants / b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, ck, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z, qu
Word Families / at, am, ap, an, ank, ad, amp, ack, and, ang, in, it, ip, ig, id, ib, im, ick, ink, ill, ing, int, ot, og, op, ock, od, ob, ox, ost, ong, et, en, ent, ed, eg, est, end, elt, ell, um, ump, ut, ud, ug, ub, ust, uck, ung, up

Scheme of P.2 Phonics

Blends / S-Blends, R-Blends, L-blends
sp, st, sl, sm, fl, bl, cl, tr, gr, cr, etc
Long Vowels / Long a, Long e, Long i, Long o, Long u
R-Controlled Vowels / or, ur, ir, er , ar
Vowel Digraphs / ai, ay, ea, oa, ie, ue, ee, oe
Consonant Digraphs / sh, ch, th,
Diphthongs / oi, oy, ou, ow, al, au, aw, oo, ew,
others / igh,y,

Phonics Rules

  1. Sometimes the rules don't work.
  2. Every syllable in every word must have a vowel.
  3. "C" followed by "e, i or y" usually has the soft sound of "s". Examples: "cyst", "central", and "city".
  4. "G" followed by "e, i or y" usually has the soft sound of "j". Example: "gem", "gym", and "gist".
  5. When 2 consonants a joined together and form one new sound, they are a consonant digraph. They count as one sound and one letter and are never separated. Examples: "ch,sh,th,ph and wh".
    6. When a syllable ends in a consonant and has only one vowel, that vowel is short. Examples: "fat, bed, fish, spot, luck".
  6. When a syllable ends in a silent "e", the silent "e" is a signal that the vowel in front of it is long. Examples: "make, gene, kite, rope, and use".
  7. When a syllable has 2 vowels together, the first vowel is usually long and the second is silent. Examples: "pain, eat, boat, res/cue, say, grow". NOTE: Diphthongs don't follow this rule; In a diphthong, the vowels blend together to create a single new sound. The diphthongs are: "oi,oy,ou,ow,au,aw, oo" and many others.
  8. When a syllable ends in any vowel and is the only vowel, that vowel is usually long. Examples: "pa/per, me, I, o/pen, u/nit, and my".
  9. When a vowel is followed by an "r" in the same syllable, that vowel is "r-controlled". It is not long nor short. "R-controlled "er,ir,and ur" often sound the same (like "er"). Examples: "term, sir, fir, fur, far, for, su/gar, or/der".

a / e / i / o / u / y / r / w / l / Magic e
a / ai / au / ay / ar / aw / al / a-e
e / ea
great
long a
head
[E] / ee / ei
veil
long a
their
[E] / eo
Leo
[io]
leopard
[E] / eu / ey
hey
long a
Valley
short i / er / ew
screw
Long u
sew
long o
i / ie
field
long e
friend
[E] / igh
y / ir / i-e
o / oa / oe / oi / oo
food
long u
book
[U] / ou
soup
long u
touch
short u / oy / or / ow
town
[aU] / o-e
u / ue / ui
build
short i / ur / u-e

Sound recognition

Practice Phonics Quiz

  1. Spelling Games: e.g. sound matching, rhyming game, trace a beginning / ending consonant, discrimination of vowels, choose the right word, word unscramble, spelling a word, etc.( )

2. Nonsense word checking

(Ruth Miskin’s Nonsense Word Test)

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3. Sight word recognition

(Phonics-Web\Spelling and sight recognition in the National Literacy Strategy.htm)

  1. Reading Competency Test( )

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