Letter Names: stop on words that showcase letter names.

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Listen carefully to the word and click the letter that says its NAME sound: n a m e         b a b y         L a c y         d a d d y           e a t       l e f t         g e n i e

Silent Letters: stop on words that reveal the ways letters can be silent.

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Listen carefully to the word and click the letter that is SILENT: a r m       c o m b         d u c k         b r i d g e             a x e       w a f f l e             l i g h t

Common Sounds: stop on words that instruct about letters’ most common sounds.

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Listen carefully to the word and click the letter that says its COMMON sound: a n g e l           b a k e         c a k e         d i a l         e a t       f u n n y           g r o w

Schwas: stop on words that clarify how vowels can make the “uh” sound.

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Listen carefully to the word and click the letter that says its ‘Uh’ sound: a w a y         i t e m         p o s s i b l y                 l o v e         v i n y l

Exceptions: stop on words that show how letters in our language can have exception sounds.

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Listen carefully to the word and click the letter that says its LOWER EXCEPTION sound: e i g h t           c o o k         G e o r g e             o n i o n           b l u e         s y n o n y m

Blends: stop on words containing two or more letters that blend their sounds into a unique sound.

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Listen carefully to the word and click all the letters that join together to say their BLENDED sounds: c h e r r y             b e a r         m o r e         w e i r d           e a t i n g

COMBINES: stop on words containing two or more letters that group together to represent phonemes not otherwise heard in them.

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Listen carefully to the word and click all the letters that join together to say their COMBINED sounds: t h e m         p e a c h           p h o n e           c o u g h           m o t i o n             t o y       a n c i e n t

And many others including the various ambiguous ways the letter r can be used to spell sounds like motor and sports, mirror and girl, cherry and picker, pour and our.