How to Teach Phonics | Page 5

enjoy forming all the families possible with the known sounds.
Short "a" Families or Phonograms.
at an ap ad ack ag and r ang b ank b at c an c ap h ad b ack b ag b and s ang r ank c at m
an g ap l ad h ack f ag h and b ang s ank f at p an l ap m ad J ack j ag l and h ang t ank m
at t an m ap g ad l ack l ag s and f ang bl ank p at r an n ap b ad p ack n ag st and cl ang cr
ank N at f an r ap c ad r ack r ag gr and spr ang dr ank s at b an s ap f ad s ack s ag br and
Fr ank r at D an t ap p ad t ack t ag str and pl ank h at N an tr ap s ad st ack w ag th ank th
at V an str ap gl ad sl ack st ag sn ap br ad tr ack br ag wr ap bl ack dr ag
After a little drill in analyzing the words of a family, (sounding the consonant and
phonogram separately) they should be pronounced at sight, analyzing the word only
when the pupil fails in pronunciation.
The teacher's chart of phonograms as she works it out for herself may be something like

this.
[(a] [)e] i [)o] [)u] at et it ot ut ack ed ick ock ub ad en id od uck ag est ig og ug an end im
op um ap edge in ong un and ent ip oss uff ang ess ift ung ank ell ing unk ash ink ump
amp ill ush ust
While this gives the teacher a working chart, it is neither necessary nor advisable that the
above order be always followed in teaching the phonograms and sounding series of
words, nor that they be systematically completed before other phonograms found in the
words of the reading lessons are taught. Such phonograms as "ound" from "found", "un"
from "run", "ight" from "bright", "est" from "nest", "ark" from "lark", etc., may be taught
as soon as these sight words are made a part of the child's reading vocabulary.
f ound r un br ight ound un ight s ound f un m ight r ound s un r ight gr ound b un f ight b
ound g un fr ight p ound n un l ight f ound r un s ight h ound s un sl ight ar ound st un n
ight
n est l ark c atch est ark atch b est d ark h atch l est b ark m atch p est m ark m atch r est h
ark b atch t est p ark l atch v est sp ark p atch w est st ark th atch cr est sh ark scr atch ch
est sn atch gu est
Attention is not called here to the various vowel sounds, but the complete phonogram is
taught at sight.
Short "e" Phonograms.
bed h en b end b ent fed d en l end c ent led p en m end d ent n ed m en s end l ent r ed B
en t end s ent Fr ed t en bl end r ent sh ed wr en sp end t ent sl ed th en tr end w ent bl ed
wh en sp ent gl en
edge B ess b ell sh ell h edge l ess c ell sm ell l edge bl ess s ell sp ell s edge ch ess t ell
sw ell w edge dr ess f ell dw ell pl edge pr ess n ell sl edge gu ess w ell
Short "i" Phonograms.
D ick s ick cl ick th ick k ick t ick qu ick tr ick l ick w ick sl ick p ick br ick st ick
b id p ig d im p in th in d id b ig h im t in tw in h id f ig J im b in k id d ig r im f in l id r ig
T im s in r id w ig tr im w in sl id tw ig br im ch in sk id sk im gr in sl im sk in sw im sp
in
d ip l ift s ing p ink b ill h ip g ift k ing l ink f ill l ip s ift r ing m ink h ill n ip dr ift w ing
s ink