Excellence Beyond Books
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Mm
/m/
A: Beginning sound.
man map mat mop mud mug mane
mule mute mail May meat my
moon
music measure mango Monday
Nn
/n/
nap name nine nail night
new
nurse nature November nephew niece
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Excellence Beyond Books
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Oo
/ʌ/ /ʊ/ /uː/ /ɔː/
A: Beginning sound.
oval owl orange onion oil otter
October
B: Middle sound. Short Oo /ʊ/.
dot mom/mother cot fox hop hot log
mop
rod pop pot top spot stop son
C: Long Oo /uː/.
bone cone home rope phone smoke
soap
goat boat coat road toad elbow
bow
2
Excellence Beyond Books
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pillow row window yellow
snow
Pp
/p/
A: Beginning sound.
pan pad pet pit pop pot
pup pine
pay pie pillow plate play paint
pink pencil
purple pull push pear picture
Qq
/kw/
A: Beginning sound.
quail quill quarter quiet quads Q-Tip
quick
Rr
/r/
A: Beginning sound.
3
Excellence Beyond Books
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ram rat red rib rip rod rug run rag
ride ripe right rope read rule rain ring
rainbow
Ss
/s/
A: Beginning sound.
sip skate sail say sea seed sky
spy suit Sunday Saturday September sleep slide
smile
smoke snake snow spoon spot stamp
stop
4
Excellence Beyond Books
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swim swing shell ship scale
school skunk
splash splint spray spring summer square
squid string
strong sister star sand soil sauce share
she son surprise station soup sandal slippers
Tt
/t/
A: Beginning sound.
tap ten tip top tub tape time tube tall
tail tie toad Tuesday tree truck test
three
5
Excellence Beyond Books
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teeth that this think tractor toy television
treasure
Uu
/ŭ/ = uh /ū/ = yoo /ū/ = oo
A: Beginning sound. /ŭ/ = uh
unhappy unplug under untie ugly understand up
B: Short sound (iddle). /ŭ/ = uh
bud bug cup hug jug mud mug
pup rug sun bun cub cut fun
gum
hum hut nut run tub drum truck
duck
nurse purple bush pull push
D: Beginning sound. /ū/ = yoo
6
Excellence Beyond Books
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unicorn uniform ukulele
E: Middle sound. /ū/ = yoo
cube tube cute mute June mule rule tune
music
F: Middle sound. /ū/ = oo
Tuesday fruit suit food boot
moon
G: Ending sound. /ū/ = oo
glue blue clue new dew
zoo
Vv
/v/
A: Beginning sound.
vacuum vase volcano viper vegetables vendor
violet
Ww
/w/
A: Beginning sound.
7
Excellence Beyond Books
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wet wig win wave wait window whale
white
wind walk whistle watermelon worm witch
wheel walnut woman
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Xx
/ks/ /gz/ /z/
A: /ks/
mix ox excursion x-ray fax fix tax
taxi excited ax
B: /gz/
exit exam exercise
C: /z/
xylophone xerox xenon
Yy
8
Excellence Beyond Books
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/yee/ /yuh/
A: Beginning sound.
yam yellow yes yarn yawn yard young
Zz
/z/
A: Beginning sound.
zip zigzag zucchini zest