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Phonetic Words And Stories

Book 1

Basic Vowels

āēī ōū
o ōr ö

Consonant Digraphs
Consonant Blends

Sound City Reading

Note: These glasses
indicate sight words.

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Table Of Contents

Information For The Teacher..................................................................................154

Syllable Awareness 1-1...............................................................................................6
Syllable Awareness 1-2 ..............................................................................................7
Color-Coding Chart ......................................................................................................8
Sight Words .................................................................................................................9
Sound Story, Part 1.....................................................................................................10
Sound Story, Part 2, “Beyond The Alphabet” Sounds ........................................14
Notes About The Alphabet.......................................................................................17
Sound Charts ................................................................................................................18
The Story About The Umbrella Vowels .................................................................26

Short Vowel Review, Closed-Syllables....................................................................34
Sight Word Review With Sentences ......................................................................36
sh/ship ...........................................................................................................................38
o/son, a/what, “Umbrella” Vowels ...........................................................................40
Suffix _s with nouns ..................................................................................................42
i/hi, Open Syllable I, Long I Sound.........................................................................43
e/me, Open Syllable E, Long E Sound .....................................................................44
o/go, Open Syllable O, Long O Sound.....................................................................46
Questions And Statements.......................................................................................48
Story: A Fish ................................................................................................................50

th/thumb .......................................................................................................................52
th/this ............................................................................................................................ 54
Sight word: the ............................................................................................................55
Story: I Wish ...............................................................................................................56

Ending Consonant Blends: ast, amp, ask, and, aft ................................................60
Sentences ...................................................................................................................... 62
Story: Go Fish ..............................................................................................................64

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Ending Consonant Blends: ilk, ift, ist, isk, ind.......................................................66
Sentences ...................................................................................................................... 68
or/horse ......................................................................................................................... 70
Suffix study: _s with nouns and verbs ..................................................................71
Sentences with suffix _s with verbs .....................................................................72
Story: This Is For... ....................................................................................................74

Ending Consonant Blends: ond, oft, omp, olf, ost, ōst.........................................76
Sentences ...................................................................................................................... 78
ck/Jack ..........................................................................................................................80
Story: Rick And Jack..................................................................................................82

Ending Consonant Blends: ump, unt, ulb, ust, usk .................................................84
Sentences ...................................................................................................................... 86
ö/to .................................................................................................................................88
_ve/give .........................................................................................................................89
Story: A Duck...............................................................................................................90
Ending Consonant Blends: est, ent, end, elp, elt, elf, eld, esk, ext, ept .........94
Sentences ...................................................................................................................... 96
Open Syllable A, Long A Sound ................................................................................99
Story: Jump ..................................................................................................................100

ch/chicken ..................................................................................................................... 102
Beginning Consonant Blends: sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, squ, st, sw, tw, dw..................104
Sentences ...................................................................................................................... 106
tch/match...................................................................................................................... 108
nch/lunch .......................................................................................................................110
Story: On A Bench ......................................................................................................112

Beginning Consonant Blends: bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, spl..............................................114
Sentences ...................................................................................................................... 116
wh/when ......................................................................................................................... 118
Sentences with sight word “what” ..........................................................................120
wh/who ...........................................................................................................................121
Story: Who Is This?...................................................................................................122

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Beginning Consonant Blends: br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, scr, spr, str .................124
Sentences ......................................................................................................................126
Story: A Man.................................................................................................................128
Story: A Chicken .........................................................................................................130
ng/ring ............................................................................................................................132
Contractions With Is # 1: He’s; Two Syllable Words: rob-in, chil-dren ......134
Sentences With Contractions...................................................................................136
Story: In The Spring ..................................................................................................138

nk/wink ...........................................................................................................................140
Open Syllable U, Long U Sound ................................................................................142
Story: Get A Drink ......................................................................................................144

PREVIEW: oi/coins, oy/boy .......................................................................................146

PREVIEW: ou/ouch, ow/cow......................................................................................148

PREVIEW: ü/bush.......................................................................................................150

PREVIEW: ä/all ...........................................................................................................152

Sequence Chart ............................................................................................................154
Who Should Use This Book?; Number Of Patterns Taught ..............................156
Lesson Outline ..............................................................................................................157
Extended Lesson Outline - Science, Social Studies, Literature......................160
Working With Plastic Letters ..................................................................................162
Answer Key For The Picture/Word Pages By Page Number .............................164
Handwriting Models.....................................................................................................172
How I Chose The Colors For The Vowel Sounds ..................................................176
Lined Paper To Use In Dry-Erase Frames .............................................................177
Directional Arrows With Stars................................................................................179
How To Make A Dry-Erase Frame ...........................................................................180

Patterns Taught In Phonetic Words And Stories, Books 1-8 ............. Back Cover

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Syllable Awareness 1-1 The teacher names each picture. Students clap their hands as they say the word, then
count the claps and tell how many syllables. If necessary, to assist the students, pause between the syllables.

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

The teacher says each word, one at a time: toast-er, el-e-phant, kite, coat, ti-ger, chain, zuc-chi-ni, bush.
The syllable breaks are marked. Students do not read the words, they just listen and respond orally.

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Syllable Awareness 1-2 The teacher names each picture. Students clap their hands as they say the word, then
count the claps and tell how many syllables. If necessary, to assist the students, pause between the syllables.

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

The teacher says each word, one at a time: mail-box, ham-bur-ger, barn, lla-ma, soap, vol-ley-ball, es-ca-la-tor,
a-pron. The syllable breaks are marked. Students do not read the words, they just listen and respond orally.

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Color-Coding Chart

a ant bright red

ā rain, play, safe, carrot dark red

ä Paul, saw, ball, salt, talk, wasp, swan pink

quarrel, squash, bought

e egg, head, heron light green

ē he, feet, weird, key, eat, these, happy dark green

ë veil, they, steak, eight, ballet dark red

i in, gymnastics light violet

ī pie, pine, night, find, wild, my dark violet

ï shield, pizza dark green

o ox, car, sorry, father light orange

ō go, horse, boat, toe, home, snow, four, dark orange

gold, bolt, troll, yolk

ö to, moon, soup dark blue

u up, what, across, panda, son, love, country light blue

ū fruit, cue, cube, few, Europe dark blue

ü bush, book, should olive green

oi coin, boy gold

ou ouch, cow brown

ir bird, her, turtle, dollar, tractor, early, gray

journal

wor worm gray

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Review Sight Words has A
of both
is his as

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I was

the most post wolf two

rich much such which what

who whom whose truth

Review his Sight Words has A
of both
is as

a Book 1

I was

the most post wolf two

rich much such which what

who whom whose truth

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A Sound Story The sound story introduces pictures that represent all
of the speech sounds in the English language. The
About Audrey and Brad capital and lower case letters beside each picture
represent the same sound in words. The pictures are
used on the sound charts in this program to help
students remember the sound for each letter pattern.

Part 1 Tt
One Saturday morning, Audrey and Brad sat in the
den, watching the pendulum swing back and forth on
the clock on the wall, “t, t, t, t.” They were bored.

“Hey, Mom,” said Brad. “Can we walk down to the

park?” “Yes,” said Mom. “But we must be back in

time for your violin lessons.” Soon Audrey and Brad Ii
Hh
were swinging as high as they could at the park. They

could hear the loud sound of the chains screeching as

they went back and forth, “i, i, i, i.” (i/in)

Then they jumped down and ran around the park
playing chase. Before long, they were out of breath.
Brad could hear himself breathing hard, “h, h, h, h.”

They all walked home and Mom drove them to their Īi
violin lessons. Mrs. Russ was pleased to see them. Ll
“Did you practice every day?” she said. “I did,” said
Audrey quickly. Brad replied that he had practiced,
too. (i/island)

Soon they were playing music. Each violin made a
beautiful sound as they pulled their bows across the
strings. The sound was “l, l, l, l, l.”

If students are not familiar with the sound story, read it aloud to them over a period of several days.

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Just as they arrived home from their music lesson, Nn
they heard the “n, n, n” sound of the engine on a big Ww
delivery truck. It pulled into their driveway and the Uu
delivery man handed Mom a package. Audrey and Brad Bb
were pleased to see that new books had arrived from Mm
their book club.

As they went into the house, they could see dark
clouds gathering overhead. Soon, lightning was
flashing and rain was pouring down. The wind blew
hard enough to make the branches on the trees sway
back and forth. Audrey and Brad could hear the sound
of the wind forcing it’s way into the house around the
front door, “wwwwww.”

“Well,” said Mom. “The weather is so bad, this is the

perfect time to go over your math facts.” It was

Brad’s turn to go first. “Uuuuhhh,” was all he could

say as he looked at the flashcards. He had not been

practicing his math facts. When Audrey had her turn,

she got every one right. (u/up)

They ate lunch and then Audrey and Brad and Dad got into
the car to go to basketball practice. The wind had stopped
blowing, but it was still drizzling. At the gym, all the kids
on the team warmed up by dribbling a basketball. “B, b, b,
b,” was the sound of the balls bouncing on the hardwood
floor. Then they practiced passing and shooting.

After basketball practice they went home. Soon, Mom
called Audrey and Brad to dinner. “Mmmmmm,” they
said when they saw their plates. They were having
scrambled eggs, ham, and muffins. It looked delicious.

Just as they sat down to eat, they heard a loud Rr
“Rrrrrr” coming from the back yard. They ran to look
out the back door. Chewie had cornered a
neighborhood cat in the yard. She was growling at the
cat.

Model the sound for each new picture. Point to the picture and each letter; students say the sounds.

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The cat had no intention of putting up with Chewie. She Ff
reached out and scratched Chewie right on the nose, Xx
“fffff.” Chewie cried out in pain as the cat quickly Ee
jumped over the fence and ran away.
Ss
“Poor, Chewie!” said Brad. “She’ll know to leave cats Jj
alone, next time.” He reached into the refrigerator Oo
and pulled out a soft drink. “Kssss,” was the sound of
the air rushing out as he pulled the tab off the can.

After dinner, the whole family watched a movie

together. It was pretty good. One character was a

man who couldn’t hear very well. He kept saying

“Ehh?” whenever someone spoke to him. He couldn’t

understand a word they were saying. “That man

should get hearing aids,” said Mom. “He could hear

much better with them.” (e/egg)

The following Monday morning, Audrey and Brad took
the bus to school. As Audrey slipped into her desk,
she saw that a classmate had brought a snake to
school in a cage. They talked about the snake during
science class. It slithered around in its cage, flicking
its tongue in and out with a soft “sssss” sound.

Audrey worked hard all morning. After lunch, her
class went outside for recess. She enjoyed jumping
rope with her friends. The rope made a “j, j, j”
sound as it slapped the concrete.

After recess Audrey realized that her throat was

hurting. It had been sore all day, but now it was

worse. Her teacher sent her to the office to see

the school nurse. Audrey opened her mouth wide and

said “Ahhhh” while the nurse examined her throat.

Then the nurse took her temperature. “You don’t

have a fever,” said the nurse. “It will be all right for

you to go back to class.” (o/ox)

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Back in the classroom, Audrey picked up her pencil Cc
to begin her afternoon assignment. “Ccc,” the lead Dd
broke on her pencil as soon it touched the paper.
She reached into her desk to get out another Aa
sharpened pencil. It was a good thing she had an Vv
extra one. Gg
Pp
At 2 o’clock, Audrey heard a knock at the door, “d,
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students work on the computers in the back of the
room. It wasn’t Audrey’s turn to work on the
computers, today, so she smiled at her dad and then
continued working on her assignment.

At the end of the day, Audrey and Brad met their

bus group in the hall. Their bus teacher waited for

their group to be called. As they stepped outside,

they could barely see their bus in the distance,

already on its way. “AAAaaah!” screamed Audrey

and Brad. All the children were upset. “It’s OK,”

said the teacher. “We’ll call your parents to come

pick you up.” (a/ant)

The children waited in the office for their parents.
They could hear the sound of the vacuum cleaner as
Mrs. Taylor vacuumed the rug, “vvvvv.”

Brad was thirsty, so he asked for permission to go to
the hall to get a drink of water. He went straight to
the water fountain. He turned the handle and
leaned over to swallow the gushing water. “G, g, g,
g,” went the water as it streamed out of the faucet.
“G, g, g, g,” went his throat as he guzzled the water.

When Mom arrived at school she took them straight
to the doctor’s office to get Audrey’s throat
checked. She wanted to be sure it wasn’t strep
throat. As they waited in the waiting room, they
watched the fish swim back and forth in the large
aquarium. They could hear the “P, p, p, p” sound of
the air pump pushing air into the water.

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Audrey looked up when she heard the “K, k, k” Kk
sound of the receptionist’s heels stepping across
the tile floor. “I need to ask you a question about
your insurance,” said Mrs. Kendrick to Audrey’s
mother. “Certainly,” said her mother, as she
stepped to the office counter.

When Audrey’s exam was finished, the doctor said Yy
that she didn’t have strep throat after all. Mom
was relieved. As Audrey, Brad and Mom returned
to their car, Brad accidentally stepped on a piece
of yucky bubble gum. “Yyyy,” he said. He tried to
scrape it off on the edge of the sidewalk.

Mom took the kids to the park on the way home.

They sat at a picnic table and had a snack that she Qu qu

had packed. It was a pretty day. They could hear

a mourning dove cooing in the distance, “coo, coo,

coo.” (qu/quilt)

Suddenly they heard a loud buzzing sound, Zz
“zzzzzzz.” They turned to see an enormous swarm
of bees moving through the air. It landed in a pine
tree near their picnic table. Other bees flew
around in the air nearby. “Let’s go home,” they all
yelled in unison. And that is exactly what they
did.

Part 2 Beyond The Alphabet Sounds

A few weeks later, Audrey and Brad and mom and

dad heard about a great new movie about a boy sh

and his dog. So, they decided to go to the

theater. At the theater, someone in front of them

started talking on a cell phone. “Shhh,” Mom said,

leaning forward in her seat. (sh/ship)

The movie was action packed and very exciting. ē
Before they knew it, the movie was over. They
were the last people to leave the theater. As they
walked along the rows, they heard a squeaking
sound, “eee, eee, eee.” It was a tiny mouse
scurrying along the floor under the seats. He was
collecting dropped pieces of popcorn. (e/emu)

Part Two of the sound story teaches the “Beyond The Alphabet” sounds.

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At first, they didn’t see the mouse. Then it ran

right by Mom’s foot. “Oh!” she exclaimed, jumping ō
th
up on the nearest seat. “It’s a mouse!” Audrey and th

Brad giggled a little. They were not afraid of a

mouse. (o/ocean)

A Snowy Day

The next morning Audrey and Brad didn’t go to

school, because it was Saturday. It was cold in the

house. Mom got up while it was still dark to boil

water for some hot tea. A soft “ttthhhh” sound

could be heard as the steam escaped from the tea

kettle. (th/thumb)

Dad was up early, too. After his shower, he shaved
with an electric razor. “Tttthhh,” was the sound
that it made as he trimmed off his whiskers.

(th/this)

Before long, it was light enough to see outside.

The sky was overcast, so the sun was covered by

the clouds. Audrey sat up in bed and looked out ö

the window. A white blanket of snow covered the

ground. “Ooooo,” she exclaimed. “It snowed last

night!” (o/to)

By this time Mom was calling everyone to come to

breakfast. Brad pulled a paper out of his backpack

and carried it downstairs. It was his spelling test ā

for the week. He proudly hung it on the

refrigerator. At the top of the paper was a large

red A. (a/apron)

When they were finished eating, Brad and Audrey

got dressed and went outside. Everything was

quiet. As they walked down the driveway, their ch

feet crunched in the deep snow. Ch, ch, ch, ch. A

few snowflakes were still falling. The whole

neighborhood was beautiful. (ch/chicken)

The sounds include long and dotted vowel sounds, diphthongs oi, oy, ou, and ow, and consonant digraphs.

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Audrey and Brad decided to have a snowball throwing

contest. They took turns throwing the snowballs at

the basketball backboard that stood beside the ng

driveway. “Nnnggg,” went the backboard as Brad’s ū
oi
first snowball hit. “Nnngg,” it sang out again as oy
ou
Audrey’s snowball hit it, too. (ng/ring) ow

Dad and Mom came outside to shovel the snow off of ü
the front driveway. They all took turns shoveling the
snow. Audrey and Brad worked hard, too. After a ä
long time, the driveway was clear. “You two did a
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(u/uniform)

“Hey, now we have room to use our new pogo stick,”
said Brad. He ran into the garage and brought it out.
He started to jump up and down with it on the drive-
way. “Oi, oi, oi,” went the coiled spring on the pogo
stick as he bounced up and down. (oi/oil, oy/boy)

Audrey noticed some icicles hanging down from the

front porch. As she reached up to get an icicle, she

slipped on the icy concrete and fell. “Ou,” she said in

a loud voice as her elbow hit the icy pavement. Brad

went to help Audrey up. She stood up carefully and

rubbed her arm. She decided to leave the icicles

where they were. (ou/ouch, ow/cow)

Then Audrey and Brad decided to build a snowman.

They rolled up balls of snow for the head and middle

part of the snowman. Brad rolled up a huge ball of

snow for the bottom of the snowman. He rolled until

he couldn’t go any farther. “Uuuhh,” he said as he

pushed hard against the giant snowball. “That’s as

far as I can go.” (u/push)

As they finished the snowman, they looked up and
saw a large crow sitting in the tree beside their
driveway. He flapped his wings and let out a loud
“aw, aw, aw, aw” before he flew away.

(a/all)

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By this time both of the children were worn out. They were tired, cold,

and wet from being out in the snow all morning. They went inside and

changed into some warm dry clothes. Audrey’s mom used the hair dryer to

dry her damp hair. “Zzzzhhhh,” was the sound of the hair dryer as it

blew. (The sound in measure, vision, garage, azure)

After eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and apples for lunch,
everybody picked out a good book and curled up in front of the wood
burning stove in the den to read for a while. They spent a cozy afternoon
reading together.

Notes About the Alphabet

We have forty-one sounds in our language, but the alphabet has only twenty-six letters. This means

that students cannot just study the alphabet when learning to read. It is also necessary for students

to learn the “Beyond the Alphabet” sounds, which include long vowel sounds, dotted vowel sounds, and

consonant digraph sounds.

Students must learn the following information about the sounds in our language in order to be able

to process words when reading.

a) Each vowel can represent three different sounds.

a/ant, ā/apron, ä/ball e/egg, ē/emu, ë/ballet i/in, ī/island, ï/pizza

o/ox, ō/ocean, ö/to u/up, ū/uniform, ü/push

b) There are two additional vowel sounds represented by vowel pairs.

Sound # 1 ou/ouch, ow/cow Sound # 2 oi/oil, oy/boy

c) There are five extra consonant sounds represented by consonant pairs, with one more that is not

represented by a specific letter pattern.

sh/ship th/thumb th/this ch/chicken ng/ring

The sound in vision, measure, azure, garage

d) There can be more than one letter pattern to represent a particular sound.

Vowels: a/apron, ai/rain, ay/play, a_e/safe Consonants: f/fan, ph/phone, ugh/laugh

e) Sometimes single consonants represent more than one sound.

c/cat, c/cent g/gum, g/giant x/box, x/xylophone

f) Sometimes pairs of letters represent more than one sound.

Vowels: ou/ouch, ou/four, ou/soup Consonants: ch/chicken, ch/chorus, ch/chef

g) The letter “r” after a vowel affects its sound.

ar/car, ar/dollar, ar/carrot er/her, er/heron ir/bird

or/horse, or/tractor, or/sorry ur/turtle wor/worm, ear/early, our/journal

h) The placement of a vowel within a syllable affects its sound.

rab-bit, ra-ven sev-en, se-cret sil-ly, si-lent

rob-in, ro-bot muf-fin, mu-sic

i) These vowel patterns sometimes have the short u sound. They are called “umbrella” sounds.

a/what a/away a/panda o/son o_e/love ou/country

j) Some words cannot be “sounded out.” Letters in these words do not represent the expected

sounds. These words must be memorized.

said been any bury friend

k) Some ending syllables must be learned as whole units; they cannot be “sounded out.”

sion/mansion sion/vision ture/future cle/circle ate/pirate

l) Words can be combined with prefixes, suffixes, or other words.

Prefix: unhappy Suffix: sleeping Compound Word: mailbox Contraction: doesn’t

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Aa Alphabet Sounds Ee

Bb Cc Dd

Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj

Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo

P p Qu qu R r S s T t

Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

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“Beyond The Alphabet” Sounds

i sh ē ō

th th ö ā

ch ng ū oi oy

ou ow ü ä measure, vision,
azure, garage

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Some letters can represent more than one sound. Say the sound or sounds for each letter.

Alphabet Some letters can represent more than one sound.

a bc d

ā

ä

i j kl
i

qu r s tu
s ū
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Alphabet f Some letters can represent more than one sound.

e gh

ē

mn o p
ō
ö

v wxy z

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Short Vowels Closed Syllables Long Vowels Open Syllables Dotted Vowels

aā ä

eē

ii

oōö

uū ü

Say each vowel sound going down and across the columns.

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Short Vowels Closed Syllables Long Vowels Open Syllables Dotted Vowels

aā ä

ax ra ven all

eē

egg be gin

ii

in li lac

oōö

ox ro bot to

uū ü

tu lip bush
up mu sic

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sh Consonant Patterns ch

th

th

wh

wh

In words where the wh pattern 24 The patterns on this page are
is followed by the letter o, it consonant digraphs. Two letters work
often represents the /h/sound: together to represent a single sound.
who, whom, whose, whole.
Say the sound or sounds for each
Students say the sound for each pattern. pattern.

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ck Ending Consonant Patterns

ack tch nch
eck
ick atch anch
ock etch ench
uck itch inch
otch onch
ng utch unch

ang nk

ank

ing ink Say the sounds and letter
ong onk combinations.
ung unk These ending patterns are used
after a short vowel.
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Bossy R ōr The teacher reads the umbrella
story aloud.
Patterns
Students say the sound for each
The letter R is very bossy. When letter or letter pattern on this page.
it follows a vowel, it tells the vowel
what to say. Watch out! It may o
not be the sound you expect.

Umbrella a
Vowels

In some words the vowel doesn’t
represent its regular sound. It
has the short u sound, instead.

oi oy The Story About
The Umbrella Vowels
In the middle At the end
One day the vowels went for a
ow Odd O walk. Suddenly it started to
Patterns rain. So the letter U put up his
ou large umbrella, which he always
The Odd O Patterns don’t say the carried, because “umbrella”
© 2019 by Kathryn J. Davis sounds you would expect. You starts with his “uh” sound. The
just have to memorize them. other letters, A, E, I, and O,
asked if they could get under
the umbrella, too. “Yes,” said U,
“if you promise to say my ‘uh’
sound in words.” The other
letters were sad. They wanted
to say their own sounds. But
then it started to rain even
harder. “Please, we want to say
our own sounds,” said the vowels,
“but we are getting wet.” The
letter U said, “If you promise to
say my sound in some words, I’ll
let you get under the umbrella.”
And that is why, to this very
day, the letters A, E, I, and O
say their own sound in most
words, but in some words they
say the “uh” umbrella sound.

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Bossy R ōr

Patterns horse Students say the sound and key word
for each letter or letter pattern on
The letter R is very bossy. When this page.
it follows a vowel, it tells the vowel
what to say. Watch out! It may o
not be the sound you expect.

Umbrella a
Vowels

In some words the vowel doesn’t what son
represent its regular sound. It
has the short u sound, instead.

oi oy

coin boy

ow Odd O
Patterns
cow
The Odd O Patterns don’t say the
ou sounds you would expect. You
just have to memorize them.
ouch
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ast ond est

ask omp esk

and oft elt

amp olf elf
ost
elp
aft ōst

ist eld
ump
end
isk unt

The teacher models ift ent
the sounds, students ulb
repeat.
ind ust ext
When ready,
students say the
sounds without help.

ilk usk ept

Ending Consonant Blends

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The teacher models the cl pr
sounds, students repeat.
When ready, students say st fl tr
the sounds without help.
sp gl br
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sm pl
dr

sn sl
fr

sc bl gr

sk spl scr

sw tw spr

squ dw str

Beginning Consonant Blends

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Syllable Patterns

• Words are made up of one or more syllables. Each syllable contains a vowel and any
consonants that are pronounced with it. Syllables are rhythmic units in words.

• A syllable in which a vowel is followed by a consonant is called a closed syllable. In closed
syllables, the vowel usually represents its short vowel sound.

• A syllable with a vowel at the end is called an open syllable. When a vowel is at the end of a
syllable, it usually represents its long vowel sound.

CLOSED CLOSED OPEN OPEN
SYLLABLE SYLLABLE SYLLABLE SYLLABLE
(Words)
(Words) (Words) (First Syllables Only)

ax ran rā

egg ten wē bē

ill fin hi li

off box gō rō

us cut tū
flū mū

Syllable Patterns

Students read each word in the first
three columns. Model as needed.

4th Column: Students listen as the teacher says each word: ra-ven, be-gin, li-lac, ro-bot, tu-lip, mu-sic.

Students read the first syllable and then say the whole word.

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Suffix Review Contractions

cat he is
cats he’s

run she is
runs she’s

it is
it’s

that is
that’s

what is
what’s

who is
who’s

when is
when’s

© 2019 by Kathryn J. Davis Read each word.
Read each contraction.

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Say the sound for each letter and letter pattern. Some sounds can be shown in more than one way.

Alphabet cd

ab

ck

i j kl

ck

qu r s t u

ao

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Say the sound for each letter and letter pattern. Some sounds can be shown in more than one way.

Alphabet gh

ef

wh

mn o p

v wxy z

_ve wh s

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The answer key for all of the picture/word pages can be found on page 164.

A.

aei o u

Review sight words: A, a, as, has, is, his, I D.

B. C.

E. F. G.

H. I. J.

1) The teacher looks at the words in the first column, one at a time, pronouncing each sound separately, pausing at the arrows. Students look at

the pictures (not the letters). They put the sounds together mentally, find the matching picture, and say the word normally.

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Syllable Study, Closed Syllables: One vowel followed by one or more consonants usually represents its short vowel sound.

This kind of syllable is called a closed syllable. Notice that either a vowel or a consonant can come at the beginning of a
closed syllable.

1. a  x ax

2. i  ll ill

3. o  ff off

4. e  gg egg

5. u  s us

6. f  i  n fin

7. r  a  n ran

8. c  u  t cut

9. t  e  n ten

10. b  o  x box

2) The teacher looks at the pictures, one at a time from A to J, pronouncing the sounds separately. Students look at the words in the first column, find the correct

word, and read it, putting the sounds together smoothly. 3) Students read the words going down and up the second column, referring to the first column as needed.

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These glasses are used to show sight words. Sight words are words that can’t be “sounded out” in the usual way.

Sight
z Word

s A a Review

In some words the letter s sounds like z. In this word the letter a has the short u sound, as heard in u/umbrella.

is A
his
as aĪ
has
I In this word the letter i has its long i

sound. It is always a capital letter.

A. B. C.

D. E. F.

Say the sound for each letter pattern shown above. Read the sight words.

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Sentences

1. Jeff has a pig.

2. It is a big bell.

3. I will hit it.

4. Gus is in his van.

5. Dan has a cat.

6. It is as big as a bus.

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The answer key for all of the picture/word pages can be found on page 164.

A.

sh

This pattern is a consonant digraph. Neither the letter s nor the letter h represents its
usual sound. The two letters work together to show one, completely different sound.

B. C. D.

E. F. G.

H. I. J.

1) The teacher looks at the words in the first column, one at a time, pronouncing each sound separately, pausing at the arrows. Students look at

the pictures (not the letters). They put the sounds together mentally, find the matching picture, and say the word normally.

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sh ship

1. sh  i  p

2. sh  o  p shop

3. sh  o  t shot

4. sh  e  ll shell

5. sh  u  t shut

6. f  i  sh fish

7. d  i  sh dish

8. c  a  sh cash

9. m  a  sh mash

10. r  u  sh rush

2) The teacher looks at the pictures, one at a time from A to J, pronouncing the sounds separately. Students look at the words in the first column, find the correct

word, and read it, putting the sounds together smoothly. 3) Students read the words going down and up the second column, referring to the first column as needed.

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The answer key for all of the picture/word pages can be found on page 164.

A.

o

In some words, a vowel other than u has the short u sound. In the words on this page, D.
the letters o and a represent the short u sound. These are called “umbrella” vowels.

B. C.

E. F. G.

A box of pens.

A. B.

a

Review sight words: A, a, was The plant was small
and then it grew larger.

1) The teacher looks at the words in the first column, one at a time, pronouncing each sound separately, pausing at the arrows. Students look at

the pictures (not the letters). They put the sounds together mentally, find the matching picture, and say the word normally.

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o Sight words: of, was

1. s  o  n son

2. w  o  n won

3. t  o  n ton
of
v

4. o  f

5. f  r  o  m from

6. f  r  o  n  t front

7. o  v  e  n oven
was
a

z

1. w  a  s

2. wh  a  t what

2) The teacher looks at the pictures, one at a time from A to J, pronouncing the sounds separately. Students look at the words in the first column, find the correct

word, and read it, putting the sounds together smoothly. 3) Students read the words going down and up the second column, referring to the first column as needed.

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Suffix _s Words that tell about people, places, or things
are called nouns. Add an _s to a noun to show
1. that you are talking about more than one.

son

2. son  s sons

3. shell

4. shell  s shells

5. ship

6. ship  s ships

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When a single vowel is at the end of i This kind of syllable is
a syllable, it usually represents its called an open syllable.
long vowel sound. It “says its name.”
hi
I

Read the first syllable. Listen to the teacher say the whole word. Repeat the word.

ti bi

li vi

qui pi

si mi

i i

tiger, lilac, quiet, silo, ivy bison, visor, pilot, minus, icing
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When a single vowel is at the end of ē This kind of syllable is
a syllable, it usually represents its called an open syllable.
long vowel sound. It “says its name.”
fe
Ve

re te

be ze

se be

ee

Read the first syllable. Listen to the teacher say the whole word. Repeat the word.

Venus, refund, begin, secret, equal fever, tepee, zero, beside, egret

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When a single vowel is at the end of ē
a syllable, it usually represents its
long vowel sound. It “says its name.”

1. h  e he
she
2. sh  e we
me
3. w  e be

4. m  e C.

5. be
A.
B.

She will be six on her birthday.

D. E.

ē

The teacher says the sounds in the first column. Students find the matching pictures and say the words. The teachers says the sounds
for the pictures. Students find and read the matching words. Students read the words in the last column, going down and back up again.

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When a single vowel is at the end of ō This kind of syllable is
a syllable, it usually represents its called an open syllable.
long vowel sound. It “says its name.”
to
o

ro o
do po

bo o

to so

Read the first syllable. Listen to the teacher say the whole word. Repeat the word.

open, robot, donut, bonus, topaz total, oboe, pony, over, sofa

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When a single vowel is at the end of ō
a syllable, it usually represents its
long vowel sound. It “says its name.”

1. g  ō go
2. n  ō no
3. s  ō so
4. y  ō y  ō yo-yo

A. B. C.

D.

ō

She is so hot.

The teacher says the sounds in the first column. Students find the matching pictures and say the words. The teachers says the sounds

for the pictures. Students find and read the matching words. Students read the words in the last column, going down and back up again.

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Questions and Statements

1. Is it a fish?
Yes, it is a fish.

2. Is it a big ship?
No, it is not a big ship.

3. Is it a pet shop?
Yes, it is a pet shop.

4. Did he win?
Yes, he won.

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Questions and Statements

1. Is it a fish?
Yes, it is a fish.

2. Is it a big ship?
No, it is not a big ship.

3. Is it a pet shop?
Yes, it is a pet shop.

4. Did he win?
Yes, he won.

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A Fish

Jan has a fish.
She got it at a pet shop.
It is in front of a big shell.
It has fins. It can swim.
Jan is glad she has a fish.

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