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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 |
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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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.