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Phonics: The Building Blocks of Early Reading

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Sample Graphemes Continued

/f/: staff, asphalt, rough, halff,ff,ph,gh,lf
/v/: very, givev,ve
/s/: suit, pass, scent, psychos,ss,sc,ps
/z/: zen, fuzz, rise, his, xeroxz,zz,se,s,x
/j/: judge, pagej,dge,ge
/l/: lice, pill, bubblel,ll,le
/r/: rat, wrist, under,dirt,surfacer,wr,er,ir,ur
/h/: harm, whoseh,wh