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Grade 2 · Day 76 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 128 · p.132 · 25.0 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 30 words
gymnast
gym
mystic
hymn
system
Lynn
symbol
myth
symptom
rhythm
syrup
lyric
syntax
Phyllis
Sheryl
cryptic
physics
gymnasium
mystery
syllable
sympathy
synonym
hypnosis
cylinder
typical
tyranny
synthetic
mystical
physical
physician
◆ 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.
Write what you hear
gymnast
gym
mystic
hymn
system
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.