PHONIC LESSONS.
(Time, about twenty weeks.)
Directions. 1. In Phonic Lessons, First Half Year, Second Step, the child learned the consonant sounds and some of the common phonograms. In the second half year phonograms are analyzed for the purpose of recognizing the vowel sounds as elements. There are twenty elementary vowel sounds. The purpose of the phonic lessons is to associate these vowels with the symbols representing them. See page 113 for a scientific arrangement of the vowel sounds.
I.
a (short).
1. Separate at into the sound elements a and t. (Give the sound, not the name.)
2. Associate the sound with the letter.
3. Combine a (short) with the consonants n, m, t, p, d, to form the phonograms an, am, at, ap, ad.
4. Analyze short words containing the sound of a (short) into phonic elements. (A knowledge of the elementary sounds is the foundation upon which rests the power to recognize new words.)
| fan | jam | mat | sad | tap |
| f a n | j a m | m a t | s a d | t a p |
5. Analyze the following words, making prominent a (short): rat, Sam, pat, had, sat, thank, sang, ash, splash.