Phonics Lesson 1

Aa	as a beginning sound.
	axe	astronaut	ants	arrow
a	as a middle sound
	hat	cap	dad	“The fat cat sat on the mat.”
a-e	as in cake
	plate, lace	rake	cake	“a happy face and a sad face” and “The snake is in the lake.”
Bb	“Baby bears with big bellies.”	“Balls and balloons”	“buttons and bows”	“bugs and beetles”
b	as an ending sound
	sob	cub	tub	“Grab the cub to scrub in the tub, do a good job and give him a good rub!”
Cc	as a beginning sound
	cat	car	camera	calf, comb, cabbage

Listening and Speaking Exercise

at	bat	cat	fat	hat
mat	pat	rat	sat	tat
vat
brat	chat	drat	flat	grat
slat	that
cap	gap	lap	rap	map
nap	sap	tap	chap	clap
flap	slap
cab	dab	gab	jab	lab
nab	tab	blab	crab	flab
grab	scab	slab	stab
am	dam	ham	jam	ram
yam	clam	exam	gram	scam
sham	slam	tram
an	ban	can	fan	man
pan	ran	tan	van	bran
clan	span	than