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Separate a word’s spelling from its spoken form. You’ll practice asking “What sound did I hear?” before letting the printed letters tell you what to expect.
Use what you learned in the previous lesson to solve real-world problems.
Compare words where the number of letters and the number of sounds do not match. You’ll count the spoken pieces in words like ship, knee, box, and though without relying on the spelling.
Check what you understood with a short quiz.
Notice how the same letter can point to different sounds in different words. You’ll compare examples like cat, cake, father, city, and cup so one printed letter stops feeling like one guaranteed sound.
Recognize that one spoken sound can be written several ways. You’ll group spellings like see, sea, key, and machine by what they sound like instead of how they look.
Break the habit of saying letter names inside words. You’ll compare the name of a letter, like “bee” or “double-u,” with the shorter sound it may represent in real speech.
Spot letters that are printed but not pronounced. You’ll use words like knife, debt, sign, and walk to practice ignoring silent letters when you say the word.
Treat common letter teams as sound clues, not separate letters to pronounce one by one. You’ll read spellings like sh, ch, th, ng, oo, and ea as teams that may represent one sound.
Notice words that look the same but are pronounced differently. You’ll compare pairs like present, read, wind, and tear and use meaning or sentence context to choose the spoken form.
Notice words that sound the same even when their spellings and meanings differ. You’ll compare to, two, and too or there, their, and they’re to separate pronunciation from spelling and grammar.
Catch common words whose everyday pronunciation is weaker than their spelling suggests. You’ll listen for words like to, of, can, and and in sentences, where fast speech often changes what you actually hear.
Review this chapter with practice based on your mistakes.
