Index of Letters and Sounds

A a

[Vowel]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|ă|

am (A, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9),  at (A, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9),  bat (A, 1),  lab (B, 1, 3),  ban (B, 1, 5, 7),  ram (C, 1, 5, 9),  ax (E, 1),  ad (10, 11, 12),  cat (13, 16),  back (14, 16, 18, 34, 80),  cap (33),  admire (34, 64),  laugh (85)

|ā|

cape (33),  game (34),  aim (39),  day (39, 73),  play (39, 40),  chain (40),  pay (44),  spray (47),  quail (47),  gray (39, 50),  playback (53),  maybe (54),  graded (59),  faded (60),  halo (61),  face (71),  ache (79),  bacon (80)

|ngk| and |ng|

bank (39, 40),  sang (39, 40)

|ȃr| or |ĕr|

pare (34),  pair (39),  hair (39, 40),  share (39, 40)

|ô| or |ôr|

ball (55),  law (55),  fault (55),  war (55),  quart (55)

|ä|

calm (55),  watts (55),  quad (55),  star (55),  heart (77)

|ä| or |ô|

want (55),  quash (55),  ma (55)

|ər|

polar (69),  nectar (69)

|ә|

dental (65, 66, 72),  ago (66),  vacant (72), balance (72),  captain (89)

silent

seat (36),  ear (36),  boat (41),  Cairo (89)

|ōr| or |ō|

war (55),  quart (55),  taupe (89)

B b

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|b|

bat (A, 1),  lab (B, 3),  bag (C, 1),  bit (2, 3),  bib (2, 3),  bob (4, 5),  bug (6),  buzz (6),  bus (6, 7, 9),  ebb (8),  bet (8, 9),  bell (8),  bad (12),  back (14, 16),  blot (22, 24),  brim (22),  bless (22, 23),  blastoff (28)

silent

lamb (81),  climb (81)

C c

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|ks|

rocks  (14, 15, 16),  locks (15, 21, 80)

|s|

face (71),  city (71),  cycle (71),  balance (72),  absence (72),  ceiling (76),  façade (89)

|ch|

chop (26),  much (26),  inch (26),  match (26),  teacher (79, 83),  church (83),  cello (83),  cappuccino (83)

|sh|

chef (78, 79),  facial (78),  ocean (78)

|shŭn| |shәn|

ocean (78),  musician (78)

silent

czar (82),  scene (82)

D d

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|d|

ad (10, 11, 12),  add (10, 11, 12),  bad (12),  dill (18),  held (19),  land (19),  drug (22),  dress (23),  address (28),  added (30),  dot (33),  dream (47),  cleaned (56),  drummed (57),  fibbed (58),  tuned (59)

|əd|

added (30, 56),  batted (57),  kidded (57),  faded (60),  raided (60)

|t|

cooked (56),  snapped (57),  hopped (57),  tripped (57, 58),  joked (59)

silent

welds (20),  lands (20),  mends (20)

|j|

soldier (89)

E e

[Vowel]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|ĕ| |ĕr|

net (8, 37),  bet (8, 9, 18),  red (10, 11),  led (10, 11),  den (10, 11),  text (24),  met (8, 33),  set (8, 37),  best (19, 37),  stretch (26),  ready (77),  deaf (77),  pear (77),  there (27),  they’re (83),  their (84)

|ĕm| |ĕn|

hem (8),  ten (8),  den (11),  enlist (64)

|ē|

mete (33),  Pete (34),  free (35),  feet (35),  be (36),  we (36),  the (36),  seat (36, 37),  meat (37, 38),  week (38),  weak (38),  seaside (53),  weekday (54),  rebate (61, 64),  veto (61),  prevent (64),  redo (64),  before (64),  ceiling (76),  seize (76),  beyond (76),  key (76),  money (76),  deice (76),  being (76),  each (77)

|ēr|

here (34),  deer (35),  ear (36),  hear (36),  near (38),  steer (38),  seize (76),  weird (76)

|ĕs| or |әs|

boxes (30),  classes (30)

|ĕd| or |әd|

tested (30),  added (30, 56),  bunted (32),  jolted (56),  batted (57),  kidded (57),  clotted (58),  graded (59),  faded (60),  raided (60)

|d|

cleaned (56),  drummed (57),  fibbed (57, 58),  tuned (59),  heaved (60)

|t|

cooked (56),  snapped (57),  tripped (57, 58),  joked (59),  braked (60)

silent

mane (33),  ride (33),  bake (34),  free (35),  weed (37),  peel (38),  toe (41, 43),  pie (45),  bye (45),  cue (48),  loose (51),  jolted (56),  drummed (57),  fibbed, (58),  joked (59),  shined (59),  tithed (60)

|ā|

veil (76),  they (76),  great (77),  eight (81)

|ī|

feisty (76),  eye (76)

|ü|

new (48, 49),  flew (48, 49)

|ū| and |ūr|

few (48),  feud (48),  beauty (89),  Europe (89)

|ər|

her (69),  learn (77)

|är|

heart (77),  hearty (77),  sergeant (89)

|

simple (65),  camel (65),  seven (66),  the (66),  fallen (72),  parent (72),  absence (72),  women (89),  sergeant (89)

|ŏn|

envoy (89),  encore (89)

|

pretty (89)

|

sew (89),  bureau (89)

F f

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|f|

fan (C, 1, 9),  if (2),  off (4, 18),  gift (19),  golf (21),  flag (22),  fled (22),  fret, (23),  fifteen (87),  office (87)

|v|

of (67)

G g

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|g|

gas (C, 1, 9),  bag (C, 1),  big (2),  got (4),  rug (6),  egg (8),  legs (19),  glad (22, 23),  grass (24),  crabgrass (28),  glint (32),  green (35, 47),  garage (84),  ghetto (85),  afghan (85)

|ng| |ngs|

song (20),  songs (20)

|j|

age (71),  engine (71),  gym (71),  garage (71, 84)

|zh|

garage (71, 84),  mirage (71, 84)

|f|

rough (85, 87),  cough (85),  laugh (85)

silent

gnu (81),  sign (81),  light (81),  eight (81),  taught (81, 85),  ought (85)

H h

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|h|

hat (D, 1, 9),  ham (D, 3),  hip (2, 3),  hit (3, 5),  hog (4),  hut (6),  hop (7),  hem (8),  huff (9)

silent

ad (10, 11, 12),  add (10, 11, 12),  bad (12),  dill (18),  held (19),  land (19),  drug (22),  dress (23),  address (28),  added (30),  dot (33),  dream (47),  cleaned (56),  drummed (57),  fibbed (58),  tuned (59)

I i

[Vowel]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|ī|

site (33),  pile (34),  bike (34),  pie (45),  kind (45),  mild (45),  quite (46),  shined (60),  silent (61),  sign (81),  light (81)

|ĭ|

if (2, 7),  it (2, 3),  in (2, 9),  bit (2),  mill (2, 3, 5),  tip (2, 18),  sit (3, 9),  ill (7),  dill (10, 11),  is (17),  mistake (64),  disclose (64),  include (64),  picnic (72),  racism (72)

|īr|

fire (45),  tire (45)

|ē|

boxing (31),  batting (57),  patting (58),  grading (59),  handiest (63),  handiness (63),  manliness (63),  taxi (70),  field (74),  babies (74)

|ә|

devil (65, 66),  rapid (66),  finish (72)

|ər|

first (69),  bird (69)

|y|

million (89),  onion (89),  opinion (89),  milieu (89)

|ü|

milieu (89),  lieutenant (89)

silent

rain (39),  seize (76),  plaid (89)

J j

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|j|

jam (D, 1, 5),  jazz (E, 1, 3),  Jim (2),  job (4, 7),  jug (6),  jet (8),  jog (9)

|y|

hallelujah (89)

|h|

jalapeño (89)

|ē|

fjord (89)

K k

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|k|

kit (13),  back (14),  rocks (14, 15, 16),  milk (19),  ask (19, 21),  bunk (20),  bunks (20, 21),  asks (21),  skit (22),  napkin (29),  kind (45, 80),  locks (80)

silent

knot (81),  knees (81)

L l

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|l|

lab (B, 1, 3),  ill (2, 7),  lot (4),  held (19),  melt (19),  milk (19),  hulk (19),  elm (20),  films (20),  helps (20),  blot (22),  flag (22),  clip (22),  black (22),  spell (23),  caplet (28),  inlet (29),  landed (32),  quail (47),  rule (50),  playback (53),  yellow (54),   ball (55),  joyful (72),  usefully (72)

|әl|

simple (65),  travel (65),  dental (65, 72),  devil (65),  carol (65),  mogul (65)

silent

half (82)

|y|

tortilla (89)

M m

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|m|

mat (A, 1),  am (A, 1, 3),  mass (C, 1, 3, 7),  mill (2, 3, 5),  mop (4),  mum (6),  met (8),  ram (9),  jump (19),  films (20),  lamps (21),  smug (22),  smog (23),  drumstick (28),  freshman (29),  dream (44, 47),  room (50),  streamline (53)

N n

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|n|

nap (B, 1),  in (2),  ban (3),  not (4, 5),  run (6),  man (7),  net (8),  on (9),  land (19),  hints (20),  lands (20),  font (21),  snap (22),  snug (23)

|ngk| and |ng|

bunk (20),  song (20),  bunks (20),  songs (20)

silent

hymn (82),  column (82)

|ny|

vignette (89)

O o

[Vowel]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|ä|

pop (4),  not (4, 33)

|ô|

off (4, 18),  boss (4)

|ŏ|

pop (4),  not (4, 33),  off (4, 18),  on (4),  job (4, 5),  top (7, 18),  toss (9),  hop (33),  cost (42),  jog (43),  cough (85, 86),  ought (85, 86)

|ō|

note (33),  code (33),  hope (33, 41, 42),  boat (41),  soul (41, 86),  toe (41),  coast (42),  soap (43),  quote (43),  snow (43),  hold (43),  go (43),  coach (44),  roadside (53),  joked (59),  zoning (60),  open (61)

|ōr|

score (34),  more (34, 41),  oar (41),  door (41, 42),  four (41, 68, 86),  horse (42, 67),  your (43, 86),  born (43),  offshore (54)

|ü|

moon (48, 51),  too (48, 51),  loose (48, 51),  choose (48, 51),  do (48, 51, 70),  lose (48, 51),  room (48, 50, 51),  who (51, 70),  shoe (70),  soup (70, 86),  you (70, 86)

|ů|

book (51, 52),  could (70, 86)

|ŭ| or |ə|

blood (51),  convert (64),  carol (65),  lemon (66),  famous (66, 67, 86),  of (67),  front (67),  money (67),  does (67),  conspire (67),  complain (67),  rough (85, 86),  touch (86)

|ər|

flavor (69),  word (69),  journey (69, 86),  nourish (69, 86),  courage (86)

|ōē| or |ōĭ|

boil (68),  boy (68)

|ow|

out (68),  proud (68),  owl (68),  down (68),  shout (86),  ground (86)

|wə| or |w|

one (67, 89),  once (67, 89),  choir (89),  memoir (89)

|ĭ|

women (89)

silent

people (89)

P p

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|p|

pat (B, 1),  pass (C, 1),  pit (2),  top (7),  gaps (19),  kept (19),  jump (19),  helps (20),  camps (20),  spin (22),  pled (22),  sped (23)

|f|

phone (87),  graph (87)

silent

Psalms (81),  pterodactyl (81),  pneumonia (81),  psychology (81)

Q q

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|khw|

quiz (13, 16),  squid (22),  quick (80)

|k|

mosquito (89),  antique (89),  quiche (89)

R r

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|r|

ram (C, 1),  rib (2),  brim (22),  trip (22),  trust (22),  scram (22)

|ər|

her (69),  first (69),  polar (69),  flavor (69),  word (69),  turn (69),  syrup (69),  learn (69),  journey (69)

S s

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|s|

Sam (C, 1),  sat (C, 1),  pass (C, 1),  bus (6),  ask (19, 21),  gaps (19),  pets (19),  best (19),  lands (20),  bunks (20),  songs (20),  asks (21),  texts (21),  scan (22),  skit (22),  spin (22),  stop (22, 23),  scram (22, 24),  squid (22),  bats (57),  struts (58),  votes (59)

|z|

is (17),  tags (58)

|sh|

dish (25),  shop (25),  sheep (35, 78),  push (70, 78),  issue (78),  assure (78),  Russia (78)

|shr|

shred (25)

|shŭn| |shәn|

session (78),  mission (78)

|zh|

usual (84),  vision (84)

silent

isle (82),  island (82),  Illinois (82),  Arkansas (82)

T t

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|t|

tat (A, 1),  pets (19),  kept (19),  melt (19),  rent (19),  best (19),  act (20),  hints (20),  text (20),  texts (20),  stop (22),  strut (22),  trip (22),  batted (57)

|th|

this (27),  that (27)

|th|

thin (27),  path (27)

|sh| and |shәn|

partial (78),  motion (78),  section (78)

|sh| and |shәn|

match (26),  catch (26, 82),  listen (82),  clothes (89),  croquet (89)

|ch|

future (83),  statue (83),  righteous (83),  Christian (83)

|chē|

Christianity (83)

U u

[Vowel]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|ŭ| or |ə|

ad (10, 11, 12),  add (10, 11, 12),  bad (12),  dill (18),  held (19),  land (19),  drug (22),  dress (23),  address (28),  added (30),  dot (33),  dream (47),  cleaned (56),  drummed (57),  fibbed (58),  tuned (59)

|ūr|

cure (34, 48, 49),  pure (48)

|ū|

use (33),  cute (33, 48),  cue (48),  cube (48)

|ů|

put (70),  full (70),  could (70),  joyful (72),  usefully (72)

|ü|

tube (48),  blue (48),  flu (48),  truth (48),  rule (48),  fruit (48, 49),  ruling (60),  duplex (61)

|ər|

turn (69)

silent

buy (82),  guest (82),  guard (82),  guitar (82),  guy (82),  league (82),  fluoride (89)

|ĭ|

busy (89)

V v

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|v|

van (D, 1),  give (89),  motive (89),  leave (89)

|f|

svelte (87)

W w

[Consonant and Vowel]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|w|

wag (D, 1),  twin (22)

|hw|

which (27),  why (45)

|h|

who (51),  whom (51),  whose (51)

|ow|

brown (68)

silent

snow (43),  law (55),  two (82),  write (82)

X x

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|ks|

ax (E, 1),  six (2, 15),  box (4, 15, 75),  text (20),  texts (20),  exile (75)

|gz|

exit (75),  example (75),  exile (75)

|z|

Xerox™ (75),  xyloid (75)

|ksh|

complexion (75, 78)

Y y

[Consonant and Vowel]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|y|

yam (E, 1, 7),  yes (8, 73),  beyond (73)

|ĭ|

gym (71, 73),  myth (73)

silent

day (39, 73),  play (39, 73),  key (76),  money (76)

|ī|

sky (45, 62),  fly (45),  bye (45),  type (45, 46),  try (45, 46, 62),  reply (62, 73),  myself (62, 73),  apply (73),  eye (76, 89)

|īr|

lyre (45, 46)

|ē|

lady (62),  messy (62),  handy (63),  daily (73),  funny (73),  key (76),  money (76)

|ōē| or |ōĭ|

boy (68, 73),  enjoy (68, 73)

|ər|

syrup (69, 73),  martyr (69, 73)

|

Maryland (87),  Pennsylvania (87)

Z z

[Consonant]

Sound

Sample Words (Lesson Found in)

|z|

zap (E, 1, 17),  jazz (E, 1, 17)

|zh|

seizure (84),  glazier (84)

|s|

pretzel (89),  quartz (89)