1. Two consonant sounds may be omitted from the phonic work in the primary grades.
(a) Omit the breath sound of th as in thin, thick, thank, since the vocal sound as in this, then, they is more often in the child's vocabulary. It will be confusing to have two sounds for the same symbol.
(b) The zh sound as heard in pleasure, measure, treasure, does not occur in the Summers Readers and therefore is omitted. Let the symbol s at first represent the breath sound as in sit.
2. p, b, and m are in a horizontal line indicating that all are made by the same organs of speech.
t, d, n, l, r, all have the point of the tongue as the active organ and the upper gum as the passive organ in articulation.
q and x are not elementary sounds. They are double breath consonants. qu = kwh. x = ks.
VOWEL SOUNDS.
| Short | a | at | Short | o | hop | |||
| Long | a-e | ate | Long | o-e | hope | |||
| Italian | a(r) | arm | Short | oo | foot | |||
| aw | saw | Long | oo | food | ||||
| air | fair | ow | cow | |||||
| a | ask | oy | boy | |||||
| Short | e | bed | ore | more | ||||
| Long | ee | bee | Short | u | us | |||
| Short | i | pin | Long | u-e | use | |||
| Long | i-e | pine | ur | fur |
COMMON EQUIVALENT SPELLINGS.
| a-e = | ay, ai | day, | train | ||||
| ee = | ea, -e | each, | me | ||||
| i-e = | -y, igh | my, | high | ||||
| o-e = | -o, oa | so, | coat | ||||
| u-e = | ew | new, | view | ||||
| aw = | all, or | call, | corn | ||||
| ow = | ou | out, | found | ||||
| oy = | oi | boil | |||||
| ur = | er, ir | her, | sir |