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Phonic Patterns

An Index of Basic Phonic Patterns by Vowel Types

from The Teaching of Reading: a Continuum from Kindergarten through College

Use this index to locate additional rimes (word families) that illustrate phonic principles taught in any reading series.
The following charts list various phonic patterns or word families associated with specific vowel patterns. To make it as easy as possible for a teacher or diagnostician to use, we have listed the most common patterns and arranged them according to the basic fourteen vowel phonemes in English. We list sample words first, so that a teacher or diagnostician can use these lists diagnostically and/or prescriptively. That is, a teacher can have a student attempt to either read or spell the words from a list. If while attempting to read the LONG A list the student misses the words: chair, paint, praise, and afraid, the teacher may consult the pages in The Patterns of English Spelling or Word Families in Sentence Context where additional words having the same basic patterns may be found. That way, the student may end up learning fifty or more words for the price of learning just one pattern. You can view a sample page (PDF) by clicking on one of the Sample Words in color.

LONG A
Sample Word pain sail claim paint wait praise afraid pay Vowel Pattern ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ay Rime ain ail aim aint ait aise aid ay Page 419 411 417 253 426 360 401 301 Sample Word hate cake made save place blaze stale tape Vowel Pattern a_e a_e a_e a_e a_e a_e a_e a_e Rime ate ake ade ave ace aze ale ape Page 347 328 321 324 343 360 330 341

eight range table

ei a_ _e a_ _e

eight ange able

426 367 610

page game safe

a_e a_e a_e

age ame afe

327 332 324

Long E
Sample Word seat meal weak please teach leave cheap clean feast sea beneath leaf believe field piece Vowel Pattern ea ea ea ea ea ea ea ea ea ea ea ea ie ie ie Rime eat eal eak ease each eave eap ean east ea eath ea ieve ield iece Page 427 412 408 435 437 441 424 420 438 305 275 406 406 442 432 Sample Word sleep need see peel sneeze peek sheet speech green sleeve teeth key we Steve Steven Vowel Pattern ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ey e e_e e_e Rime eep eed ee eel eeze eek eet eech een eeve eeth ey e eve even Page 424 402 305 412 435 408 427 437 420 441 278 306 304 325 858

LONG I
Sample Word light high kind wild tie Einstein Vowel Pattern igh igh i i ie ei Rime ight igh ind ild ie ein Page 428 308 229 240 308 442 Sample Word size hide white line pipe time Vowel Pattern i_e i_e i_e i_e i_e i_e Rime ize ide ite ine ipe ime Page 361 322 357 337 341 343

buy try smile drive

uy y i_e i_e

uy y ile ive

308 308 330 325

mice tribe like life

i_e i_e i_e i_e

ice ibe ike ive

344 320 329 325

LONG O
Sample Word road coat loan boast soak loam coax loaf goal go bold roll bolt most both won't Vowel Pattern oa oa oa oa oa oa oa oa oa o o o o o o o Rime oad oat oan oast oak oam oax oaf oal o old oll olt ost oth ont Page 403 429 421 438 409 418 268 407 413 309 241 153 248 235 277 249 Sample Word stone more note nose coke hope code dose robe stove hole home froze toe slow grown bowl Vowel Pattern o_e o_e (-r) o_e o_e o_e o_e o_e o_e o_e o_e o_e o_e o_e oe ow ow ow Rime one ore ote ose oke ope ode ose obe ove ole ome oze oe ow own owl Page 339 526 358 364 329 342 323 364 320 326 331 333 364 311 310 421 415

LONG OO
Sample Word igloo spoon loop loot Vowel Pattern oo oo oo oo Rime oo oon oop oot Page 312 422 425 429 Sample Word goose snooze groove choose Vowel Pattern oo_e oo_e oo_e oo_e Rime oose ooze oove oose Page 435 435 326 435

cool room proof pooch noodle food boost Snoopy you youth

oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo ou ou

ool oom oof ooch oodle ood oost oopy ou outh

414 418 407 437 611 404 438 719 317 277

include we use the use truce rule tune tube lose to true truth

u_e u_e u_e u_e u_e u_e u_e o_e o ue u

ude use use uce ule une ube ose o ue uth

323 365 346 346 331 340 320 365 312 314 278

LONG "OW!"
Sample Word cow town prowl ground shout Vowel Pattern ow ow ow ou ou Rime ow own owl ound out Page 318 421 415 231 431 Sample Word count grouch proud mouth mouse Vowel Pattern ou ou ou ou ou_e Rime ount ouch oud outh ouse Page 252 437 403 277 433

LONG AW
Sample Word draw crawl lawn hawk talk tall wash Vowel Pattern aw aw aw aw a a a Rime aw awl awn awk alk all wPage 319 416 423 410 410 147 504 Sample Word cloth long boss dog lost honk soft Vowel Pattern o o o o o o o Rime oth ong oss og ost onk oft Page 276 219 159 114 235 222 232

LONG OY

Sample Word boy join joint moist

Vowel Pattern oy oi oi oi

Rime oy oin oint oist

Page 303 423 253 438

Sample Word boil avoid choice noise

Vowel Pattern oi oi oi_e oi_e

Rime oil oid oice oise

Page 415 403 433 436

SHORT uu
Sample Word cook wood foot Vowel Pattern oo oo oo Rime ook ood oot Page 409 404 429 Sample Word would pull push Vowel Pattern ou u u Rime ould ull ush Page 241 155 211

SHORT A
Sample Word flag trap fat jam cab plan bad pal badge mask ranch Vowel Pattern a a a a a a a a a_ _e a a Rime ag ap at am ab an ad al adge ask anch Page 111 126 131 116 101 121 106 146 212 271 206 Sample Word black cash land bank stamp plant rang fast bath glass Vowel Pattern a a a a a a a a a a Rime ack ash and ank amp ant ang ast ath ass Page 214 209 227 220 269 249 217 233 275 156

SHORT E
Sample Word let red Vowel Pattern e e Rime et ed Page 132 107 Sample Word send best Vowel Pattern e e Rime end est Page 228 234

leg step them web men mess hex bread sweat death

e e e e e e e ea ea ea

eg ep em eb en ess ex ead eat eath

112 127 117 102 122 157 266 402 427 275

went French wreck stretch fresh left help shelf fence next

e e e e e e e e e e

ent ench eck etch esh eft elp elf ence ext

250 206 215 202 209 232 246 243 257 266

SHORT I
Sample Word trip sit tin hid big him fib miss stiff still fizz mix Vowel Pattern i i i i i i i i i i i i Rime ip it in id ig im ib iss iff ill izz ix Page 128 133 123 108 113 118 103 158 143 151 138 267 Sample Word sick wish think thing print list gift limp crisp frisk with live Vowel Pattern i i i i i i i i i i i i Rime ick ish ink ing int ist ift imp isp isk ith ive Page 215 210 221 218 251 235 232 270 273 271 276 325

SHORT O ("AH")
Sample Word not Bob rod Vowel Pattern o o o Rime ot ob od Page 134 104 109 Sample Word clock stomp notch Vowel Pattern o o o Rime ock omp otch Page 216 269 204

Don Tom box doll

o o o o

on om ox oll

124 119 268 153

blond dodge calm

o o_ _e a

ond odge alm

230 212 246

SHORT U
Sample Word tub sun bug bum but mud cup bus from won front dull stuff fuss fuzz Vowel Pattern u u u u u u u u o o o u u u u Rime ub un ug um ut ud up us om on ont ull uff uss uzz Page 105 125 115 120 135 110 130 160 828 832 249 155 145 160 140 Sample Word bump rush luck trunk must bunch hunt refund budge touch dunce flood come love Vowel Pattern u u u u u u u u u ou u oo o_e o_e Rime ump ush uck unk ust unch unt und udge ouch unce ood ome ove Page 270 211 216 222 236 207 230 230 212 205 257 404 333 325