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PCUE STYLE Function Examples
Bold Says its name ate, bee, deep, pea, car, tea, obedient
Normal common sound bat, can, it, run, sam, tip, top, credited
Gray No sound any, bone, light, itch, baby, expediency
Shrunken ‘uh’ (schwa) sound about, bagel, diet, April, color, oxygen
PCUE Style Function Examples
Rotated ‘r’ ‘er’ sound razor, liar, dirt, fire, burn, murderer, ogre
Raised Higher sounding boots, dancing, dry, of, mini, says, Xerox
Lowered Lower sounding books, cage, eight, onion, gym, hymnal
Stretched Longer/drawn out ball, doll, cough, quack, yarn, suave, yearly
PCUE Style Function Examples
Dotted Underline Blended Letters Harry, pyramid, length, learning, airplane
Solid Underline Combined Letters about, beach, phone, motion, stew, mirror
 

INSTRUCTIONAL EXAMPLES

READ TO THEM: STOP AND LEARN

  PA GAMES: LISTEN TO WORDS AND LETTER SOUNDS

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.    *
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.    *
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