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 · student sheet
voice ON/ʒ/s in 'measure' · postalveolar fricative
/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.

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

Read the sentences

Write what you hear

  1.  
  2.  
  3.  
  4.  
  5.