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Phonics: The Building Blocks of Early Reading

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1. We spell with letters and letter combinations

• Single letters: trap, spend
• Digraphs: Chain, shrink, either, phone
• Trigraphs: wedge, botch
• Silent letter combinations: comb, autumn, folk, cake