Practice phonograms and spelling rules.

1. With rules & time for echoing in Cursive First order

2. sh
/sh/
* SH is used at the beginning of a
word at the end of a syllable, but not
at the beginning of any syllable after
the first one except for the ending
–ship.

3. th
/th/ /th/ (voice off/voice on)

4. oo
/OO/, /oo/, /O/
Examples: boot, book, door

5. ch
/ch/, /k/, /sh/

6. ng
/ng/ the nasal /ng/

7. ar
/ar/ of “car”

8. oy
/oy/ that we MAY use at the end of
English words

9. oi
/oi/ that we MAY NOT use at the end
of English words

10. ow
/ow/, /O/

11. ou
/ow/
/O/
/OO/
/u/

12. or
/or/

13. ea
/E/, /e/, /A/

14. ay
/A/ two-letter /A/ that we MAY use at
the end of English words
* A-Y usually spells /A/ at the end of
a base word. When a word ends
with the letter A it says /ah/.

15. ai
/A/ two-letter /A/ that we MAY NOT
use at the end of English words

16. ew
/OO/, /U/ that we MAY use at the end
of English words

17. eu
/OO/, /U/ that we MAY NOT use at
the end of English words

18. ui
/OO/ /I/ /i/ that we DO NOT use at the
end of English words.

19. aw
/aw/ that we MAY use at the end of
English words

20. au
/aw/ that we MAY NOT use at the end
of English root words

21. er
/er/ as in her

22. ir
/er/ as in first

23. ur
/er/ as in nurse

24. wor
/er/ as in works

25. ear
/er/ as in early

26. oe
/O/ two-letter /O/ that we DO use at
the end of English words

27. oa
/O/ two-letter /O/ that we DO NOT use
at the end of English words

28. igh
/I/ three-letter /I/

29. ie
/E/, 2-letter /E/
* Use I before E except after C, if we
say /A/, and in some exceptions.

30. dge
/j/ three-letter /j/
* DGE is used only after a single
vowel which says /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/.

31. ti
/sh/ tall /sh/

32. ci
/sh/ short /sh/
* TI, CI, SI are Latin spellings of /sh/
at the beginning of any syllable after
the first one.

33. si
/sh/, /zh/
* TI, CI, SI are Latin spellings of /sh/
at the beginning of any syllable after
the first one.

34. tch
/ch/ three-letter /ch/

35. eigh
/A/ four-letter /A/

36. ei
/E/, /A/ that we MAY NOT use at the
end of English words
* Use I before E except after C, if we
say /A/, and in some exceptions.

37. ey
/E/, /A/ that we MAY use at the end of
English words

38. ee
/E/ double /E/

39. ed
/ed/, /d/, /t/
* E-D past tense ending forms another
syllable if the base word ends with
/d/ or /t/ . If not ED sounds like /d/
or /t/.

40. kn
/n/ two-letter /n/ used ONLY at the
beginning of a base word

41. gn
/n/ two-letter /n/ used BOTH at the
beginning AND end of a base word

42. ough
/O/
/OO/
/uff/
/off/
/aw/
/ow/

43. ph
/f/ two-letter /f/

44. ck
/k/ two-letter /k/
* CK is used only after a single vowel
which says /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/.

45. wr
/r/ two-letter /r/

46. wh
/wh/ (unvoiced w)