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Phonics: The Building Blocks of Early Reading

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Pneumono: related to the lung
ultra: beyond, exceeding
micro: very small
scopic: related to sight
(ultramicroscopic: exceedingly small to the sight)
silico: related to hard stone
volcano: related to volcanic dust
con: dust (from Greek: Konis)
iosis: disease