Phonic Drill upon phonograms and the consonant sounds may be given in two ways:
1. Combine different consonant sounds with the same phonogram.
2. Combine different phonograms with the same consonant sound.
For convenience the first is called a Phonic Series; the second is called a Word List.
Phonic Series. Combine f, r, s, with at to form this phonic series. Review the un series of words.
Develop the blend as follows:
(a) Write at on the blackboard and pronounce it. (The children will recognize the word, having seen it many times in the reading lessons.)
(b) Select a consonant, r for example, and write it in front of at.
(c) Combine the two elements into a whole word without making more of a separation than is necessary to explain the blending of the sounds.
Prefix f and s in the same way.