f as ph · sh as ti, ssi, ci, ce, sci, xi, su, ssu; zh as si, su; ch as tu, ti
Grade 2 · Day 73 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 120, Lesson 121 · p.128–129 · 30.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
/ʒ/ · s in 'measure'
Our new sound: /ʒ/ written s in 'measure'
The same mouth as sh, with your voice ON. It is the sound in the middle of 'measure' and 'treasure'.
Check yourself: Hand on your throat: this one buzzes, sh does not.
Watch for: sh, and /dʒ/ as in 'jam'.
Read these · 40 words
Phil
phone
phantom
photograph
Philip
phony
pharmacy
telegraph
photo
pharmacist
telephone
Ralph
phonics
Philadelphia
graphic
graph
Phoenix
philosopher
emphasis
phase
philosophy
emphatic
phrase
pharmacist
emphasis
emphatic
ssi
nation
patient
fission
racial
station
patience
mission
facial
ration
action
admission
special
lotion
◆ 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
The ocean can be ferocious.
Ralph is a musician and won a special prize at the fair.
Jeff went to the train station to pick up Kate.
Did you see Gail's picture on the table?
Betty had a crucial question for the teacher.
"Thank you for being so patient," said Dad.
She phoned the pharmacy for special lotion.
Didn't you think that motion picture was obnoxious?
Write what you hear
Phil
phone
phantom
photograph
Philip
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.