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Reading Bear teaches children to read by introducing phonics principles painlessly and systematically, while teaching new vocabulary. We are planning 50 presentations. [more]

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SETTINGS

short a

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b
c
d
e
a as in fan
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short e

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b
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e as in jet
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short i

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b
c
d
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i as in pig
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short o

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b
c
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o as in pot
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short u

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b
c
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u as in hut
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"short a" to "short u"

c and k

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b
c
cat, kid
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ck

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b
c
d
ck as in lock
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blends (ending, part 1)

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b
c
gift, melt, send
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blends (ending, part 2)

a
b
c
tent, ask, nest
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adding s

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b
c
d
e
f
cats, ducks, masks
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Review

"c and k" to "adding s"

digraphs and x

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b
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d
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king, fish, wax
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initial blends

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b
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d
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blink, skip, twin
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wh, qu, th

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b
c
d
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when, quack, moth
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ch, tch

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b
c
d
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f
chin, witch
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two syllables

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b
c
d
bathtub, rabbit
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Review

"digraphs and x" to "two syllables"

long e

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b
c
d
e
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be, seed, tea
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Review

"long e"
 
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