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 1. Learn to recognize the
short vowels and their
sounds.

· 1A
Vowel Chart

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to be reproduce
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© 1995, 1979
40924 • Copyright

Vowel Chart from

Phonics Charts
and Games
Aa Ee
Miniature
Alphabet
Flashcards

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 2. Learn to recognize the
consonants and their
sounds.
Consonant Chart (front and back)
from Phonics Charts and Games

40924 • Copyright © 1995, 1979 Pensacola Christian College • Not to be reproduced. Consonant Chart A · 2A

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3. Learn to blend.
Blending the
sounds of a
consonant and
a vowel is the
first step to
reading words.

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& Word B
My Blend

Blend L
adders

Blend Practice
Cards A
4. Learn to sound
one-vowel words.

When there is
one vowel in a word,
that vowel usually says
its short sound.

Word Book
My Blend &

I Learn to
Read, Bo
ok A

Note: Sight words cannot be ­pro­nounced

entirely by phonetic analysis. Chil-
dren learn to ­recognize sight words
such as the, I, and a.
5. Learn the sounds of the
long vowels. Learn to 
sound two-vowel words.
When there are two vowels in a word,
the first vowel says its long sound,
and the second vowel is silent.

I Do Read Book 1

l Chart
Long Vowe Ladders
from Ble n d
My Blend & Word Book
 6. Learn the special
  phonics sounds.
Phonics
Chart 8

thr in thr
The A Beka Book phonics program ee ir in bird
ar in star
contains 132 special sounds s oi in coin
ch in chu
(often called phonics rules), such rch oy
in boy
as those listed below: or in mor
ning oo
in boo
ou in out k
oo in tooth
bl in block ang in bang ow in owl
wor in wo
ear in bear gl in glue ow in bow rms
l ig h
cr in crab ay in pray er in vers
in nig
ht
e a ll
alk in walk str in stream ur in nur
in ball
se alk in wa
lk
Basic Pho
nics Cha
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Handbo
for Readinok
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Bridge B
ook
Additional skills:
a. Know and use prefixes and suffixes.
b. Divide words into syllables.
c. Use alphabetical order.
d. Recognize and work with rhyming words, oppo-
site words, same meaning words, same sounding
words, compound words, and contractions.
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Materials for
Teaching Phonics
A Beka Book offers complete day-by-day lesson
plans for phonics and reading from K4 through
grade 2. Listed below are teaching aids and read-
ers for the six steps of phonics.
1. Short vowels
Miniature Alphabet Flashcards K
Large Alphabet Flashcards K–2
Large Alphabet Vowel Chart from Phonics
Charts and Games Set K
Letter Picture Flashcards K
Vowel Chart from Basic Phonics Charts 1–2
2. Consonants
Miniature Alphabet Flashcards K
Large Alphabet Flashcards K–2
Consonant Chart from Phonics Charts
and Games Set K
Letter Picture Flashcards K
Consonant Chart from Basic Phonics
Charts 1–2
3. Blends
Blend Ladders K
My Blend and Word Book K
Blend Practice Cards Set A K–1
Basic Phonics Charts 1–2
4. One-vowel words
My Blend and Word Book K
Basic Phonics Charts 1–2
Handbook for Reading 1–2
Readers:
K4 Little Books 1-10 (10 books),
Old MacDonald’s Farm, Tip, Gus,
Wig on a Pig, Matt
K5 My Blend and Word Book
I Learn to Read, Book A, Book B, Book C
1 Fun with Pets, pp. 1–73
5. Long vowels and two-vowel words
My Blend and Word Book K
Basic Phonics Charts 1–2
Handbook for Reading 1–2
Readers:
K4 Pet Pete, Mike’s Coat, A Pal
K5 My Blend and Word Book
I Learn to Read, Book D
I Do Read, Books 1, 2, 3, 4
1 Fun with Pets, pp. 74–126
Tiptoes, pp. 3–42
6. Special phonics sounds
Basic Phonics Flashcards K–2
Clue Word Cards K–2
Basic Phonics Charts 1–2
Large Phonics Teaching Charts 1–2
Handbook for Reading 1–2
Readers:
K5 I Can Read Well, Books 1, 2, 3, 4
Big Owl Books (4 books)
Family Fun Books (7 books)
1 Tiptoes, Stepping Stones,
Secrets and Surprises,
The Bridge Book, Animals in the
Great Outdoors, Kind and Brave,
Aesop’s Fables, Strong and True,
Down by the Sea
2 Story Tree, Treasure Chest
A Beka Book R has a Basic Phonics Sounds CD
to assist in teaching phonics.
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