Lesson 2

Lesson 2

1. The sound of long E (i) as in "beet" is represented by a small figure eight symbol. This sound is often spelled using "ee," which helps in remembering this symbol.

beet need feed geese   keys 

2. The sound of A (ae) in "cat" is represented by a circle with a tick mark inside. The pen moves to the middle of the circle before continuing.

cat gnat bad bat can 

3. The NG sound, as in "sing," and NG+K sound, as in "sink," are represented by forward sloping lines.

NG and NK 

bang   bank   tang   tank 

4. The sound of SH and CH are represented by down and backward lines. The CH sound is actually the sound of T+SH.

SH and CH 

shave   cheek   shake   cash   catch   shack