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Word Bank – increases as each letter sound is taught Some words are underlined. These words tend to give an inaccurate pronunciation. However, the pronunciations are so close that the children are able to tweak them and read them, especially if the words are in their vocabulary. Initially it is sensible to make sure the children know how to blend the words that are not underlined before using the underlined ones. The underlined words fall into different types, such as:- ? as, resist, is etc. – the /s/ sound is more like a light /z/ sound ? pasta, lemon, attack, packet etc. – in many words a vowel is not always pronounced accurately and makes an /uh/ type of sound. This is known as a schwa. Sometimes it can even sound a bit like a different vowel, as in packet /pacit/. This causes few problems with reading but makes spelling much harder. ? ink, tank, sunk etc. – the nk is pronounced /ngk/ - there are few problems for reading and the spelling difficulties can be overcome by teaching the children to write nk when they hear /ngk/, and learn the odd one that does not follow this advice, such as uncle . ? sense, sneeze, mouse, cassette, opposite etc. – the e on the end gives no sound but the word can be heard after blending the letter sounds that come before the e. ? apple, kennel, devil, royal, cheerful etc. – these all have an /l/ sound at the end. The children cope well for reading but have to remember which alternative to use for spelling. ? catch, pitch, hutch etc. – the t is not pronounced. ? doctor, collar, - the or and ar have an /er/ sound. Again spelling is more of a problem than reading. ? salt, alter, walrus etc. – the al gives an /or/ sound but the l is also pronounced. ? bold, told, sold etc. – the o is not a /o/ or an /oa/.