Letter Names: stop on words that showcase letter names.

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listen: Letter Name listen: Letter Name   n a m e           listen: Letter Name   b a b y           Listen: Letter Name   L a c y           Listen: Letter Name   d a d d y             Listen: Letter Name   e a t         Listen: Letter Name   l e f t           Listen: Letter Name   g e n i e

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

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listen: Silent Listen: Silent   a r m         Listen: Silent   c o m b           Listen: Silent   d u c k           Listen: Silent   b r i d g e               Listen: Silent   a x e         Listen: Silent   w a f f l e               Listen: Silent   l i g h t

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

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listen: Common Listen: Common   a n g e l             Listen: Common   b a k e           Listen: Common   c a k e           Listen: Common   d i a l           Listen: Common   e a t         Listen: Common   f u n n y             Listen: Common   g r o w

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

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listen: Schwa Listen: Schwa   a w a y           Listen: Schwa   i t e m           Listen: Schwa   p o s s i b l y                   Listen: Schwa   l o v e           Listen: Schwa   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: Multiple PQ Types Listen: Dropped Exception   e i g h t             Listen: Dropped Exception   c o o k           Listen: Dropped Exception   G e o r g e               Listen: Dropped Exception   o n i o n             Listen: Raised Exception   b l u e           Listen: Dropped Exception   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: Blended Listen: Blended   c h e r r y               Listen: Blended   b e a r           Listen: Blended   m o r e           Listen: Blended   w e i r d             Listen: Blended   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: Combined Listen: Combined   t h e m           Listen: Combined   p e a c h             Listen: Combined   p h o n e             Listen: Combined   c o u g h             Listen: Combined   m o t i o n               Listen: Combined   t o y         Listen: Combined   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.