# Phonic Chart - Source: McGuffey's First Reader (first-reader.gutenberg.org), Public domain, William Holmes McGuffey, 1879, via Project Gutenberg - Reading level: Grades 1 and 2 - Subjects: Stories - Topics: sound, book, last, parents, care, clean - Length: 332 words, about 2 min - Original: - Page: - Open in Sprouts: last slates write waste neat taken clean learn read'er par'ents sec'ond We have come to the last lesson in this book. We have finished the First Reader. You can now read all the lessons in it, and can write them on your slates. Have you taken good care of your book? Children should always keep their books neat and clean. Are you not glad to be ready for a new book? Your parents are very kind to send you to school. If you are good, and if you try to learn, your teacher will love you, and you will please your parents. Be kind to all, and do not waste your time in school. When you go home, you may ask your parents to get you a Second Reader. Long Vocals Sound as in Sound as in a ate e err a care i ice a arm o ode a last u use a all u burn e eve oo fool Short Vocals a am o odd e end u up i in oo look Diphthongs oi oil ou out oy boy ow now Aspirates f fifi t tat h him sh she k kite ch chat p pipe th thick s same wh why Subvocals Sound as in Sound as in b bib v valve d did th this g gig z zin j jug z azure n nine r rare m maim w we ng hang y yet l lull Substitutes Sub for as in Sub for as in a o what y i myth e a there c k can e a feint c a cite i e police ch sh chaise i e sir ch k chaos o u son g j gem o oo to n ng ink o oo wolf s z as o a fork s sh sure o u work x gz exact u oo full gh f laugh u oo rude ph f phlox y i fly qu k pique qu kw quit