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Read these · 40 words

◆ marks a word that does NOT follow today's pattern — Blumenfeld boxes these on the page. Teach it by heart; do not let the class sound it out and lose faith in the rule.

Read the sentences

• Mark has a red car.
• "Park the car in the yard," said Art.
• Mark's farm has a barn.
• Father went far away on the plane.
• It is dark in the park.
• "Start the car," said Ma.
• The dog will bark in the dark.
• Mark's arm has an itch.

Write what you hear

Say the word, have them repeat it, count the sounds on fingers, THEN write. The count is what stops a child writing the first letter and guessing the rest.