Different ways to write the same sound
Adapted from Annandale et al 2005
Long a – as in day
may
mail
mate
eight
steak
straight
Long e – as in tea
vein
baby
they
crepe
cafe
pea theme
seed key
thief
quay
receive people he
ski baby
Short a – as in mat
ar – as in car
Short e – as in vet
er – as in her
sat
star
heart
clerk
laugh
egg
head
any
her
bird
burn
word
plait
half
path
said
friend
learn
journal
Long i – as in hide
Short i – as in hit
Long o – as in no
Short o – as in dog
wide
mind
tie
my
bin
build
myth
sieve
hose
go
boat
grow
job
what
cough
high
height
buy
dye
busy
pretty
women
toe
though
sew
brooch
Long u – as in tube
Short u – as in pup
or – as in port
oy – as in boy
tune
few
blue
fun
son
born
warm
haul
caught
bought
joy
join
feud
fruit
flood
touch
door
more
call
walk
broad
oo – as in zoo
oo – as in took
ow – as in cow
air – as in hair
soon
shoe
move
soup
fruit
good
wolf
put
should
now
loud
plough
chair
care
there
their
ear – as in hear
f – as in face
j – as in jam
k – as in king
beard
here
steer
fin
laugh
photograph
coffee
joke
bridge
key
come
duck
s – as in sun
z – as in zoo
ch – as in chip
sh – as in sheep
seat
cent
zigzag
is
chop
catch
she
issue
attention sure
machine special
chew
flute
glue
sleuth
truth
do
fierce
scene
glass
jazz
scissors
gentle
soldier
righteous
cello
© Topfer & Arendt, Guiding Thinking for Effective Spelling , Curriculum Corporation, 2010
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