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Orton-Gillingham Cards

100 phonogram cards. Front: the phonogram. Back: its description and example words. Printing produces 26 pages — a front page followed by its matching back page, 8 cards each. Print double-sided, Landscape, with Margins: None and "flip on long edge" — with default margins, browsers auto-scale each page to fit the printable area, and that scale factor drifts between the sparse front cards and the denser back cards, throwing off the cut alignment.

Long vowel e (open syllable), /ē/ sound. he, me

Short vowel, /ă/ sound. cat, map

Consonant, /s/ sound (also /z/ in some words). sun, sat

Consonant, /m/ sound. mom, mat

Short vowel, /ĭ/ sound. sit, big

Consonant, /d/ sound. dog, bed

Consonant, /t/ sound. top, cat

Consonant, /r/ sound. run, red

th (buzzy)

Short vowel, /ŏ/ sound. hot, dog

Consonant, hard /k/ sound before a, o, u. cat, cup

Digraph, voiced /th/ sound (vocal cords buzz). this, mother

Digraph, unvoiced /th/ sound (no vocal buzz). thumb, bath

Silent l before k, says /k/. walk, talk

Silent l before f, says /f/. half, calf

Consonant, /f/ sound. fan, leaf

Consonant, /n/ sound. net, sun

g (hard)

g (soft)

Hard g, /g/ sound before a, o, u. go, bag

Consonant, /w/ sound. win, web

Consonant, /l/ sound. leg, ball

Short vowel, /ŭ/ sound. cup, sun

Two-letter spelling of /sh/ in suffixes. mission, vision

Digraph, /sh/ sound. ship, wish

Open syllable, long i says its own name /ī/. I, hi

Soft g, /j/ sound before e, i, y. gem, giant

Consonant, /k/ sound. kite, sky

Consonant, /h/ sound. hat, hop

Long vowel a (open syllable), /ā/ sound. baby, apron

Two-letter spelling of /sh/ in suffixes. nation, action

R-controlled vowel, /ar/ sound. car, star

Consonant, /p/ sound. pig, cup

Consonant, /v/ sound. van, love

Long vowel o (open syllable), /ō/ sound. go, no

ear

air

ing

Digraph, /k/ sound after a short vowel. back, duck

Digraph, /ch/ sound. chip, lunch

Vowel team, /air/ sound. chair, hair

R-controlled vowel team, /er/ sound. heard, learn

Suffix, /ing/ sound. running, singing

Consonant, /b/ sound. bat, cab

Digraph, /f/ sound. phone, graph

Short vowel, /ĕ/ sound. bed, pet

wor

R-controlled vowel, /er/ sound. bird, girl

R-controlled vowel, /er/ sound. her, term

Consonant or vowel — says /y/, /ī/, or /ē/ depending on position. yes, fly, baby

Long vowel i, /ī/ sound. child, wild

Vowel team, long /oo/ sound. moon, food

W changes or to an /er/ sound. work, world

R-controlled vowel, /or/ sound. for, corn

R-controlled vowel, /er/ sound. fur, turn

que

Long vowel y, /ī/ sound at the end of one-syllable words. my, cry

Digraph, /w/ (or /hw/) sound. whale, when

Consonant, /j/ sound. jam, jump

Vowel team, short /oo/ sound. book, foot

Silent-letter spelling of /k/ at the end of a word. unique, antique

Consonant blend, /kw/ sound. queen, quick

Vowel team, /oo/ sound. fruit, suit

Long vowel u, /ū/ or /oo/ sound. unit, music

ōa

āi

Vowel team, long /ō/ sound. toe, hoe

Vowel team, long /ē/ sound. tree, see

Consonant, /z/ sound. zip, buzz

Consonant, /ks/ sound (also /gz/, /z/). box, exam

Vowel team, long /ā/ sound. rain, paint

Vowel team, long /ō/ sound. boat, road

Vowel team, long /ā/ or /ē/ sound. vein, ceiling

Vowel team, long /ē/ sound (also short /ĕ/). eat, bread

our

oor

igh

Vowel team, /or/ sound. door, floor

Vowel team, /ow-er/ or /or/ sound. hour, four

Vowel team/diphthong, /ow/ sound, often at the end of a word. cow, brown

Vowel team/diphthong, /ow/ sound in the middle of a word. out, loud

Vowel team, long /ā/ sound at the end of a word. play, day

Silent letter, or /f/ sound. ghost, tough

Vowel team, long /ī/ sound. light, night

Vowel + l, /aw/ sound. all, ball

eigh

a_e

i_e

o_e

u_e

y_e

Silent e makes the vowel say its name, /ā/. cake, name

Vowel team, /aw/ sound. saw, claw

Vowel team, long /ā/ sound. eight, weigh

Vowel team, long /ā/ or /ē/ sound. they, key

Silent e makes y say its name, /ī/. type, style

Silent e makes the vowel say its name, /ū/ or /oo/. cute, tune

Silent e makes the vowel say its name, /ō/. note, home

Silent e makes the vowel say its name, /ī/. kite, time

dge

tch

Diphthong, /oy/ sound in the middle of a word. coin, boil

Trigraph, /ch/ sound after a short vowel. catch, watch

Two-letter spelling of the /j/ sound. cage, page

Trigraph, /j/ sound after a short vowel. edge, bridge

Silent p before n, says /n/. pneumonia, pneumatic

Silent k before n, says /n/. knee, know

Silent g before n, says /n/. sign, gnat

Diphthong, /oy/ sound at the end of a word. boy, toy

cei

Silent u after g, says /g/. guess, guitar

Silent u after b, says /b/. build, buy

Silent n after m, says /m/. autumn, column

Silent b after m, says /m/. comb, lamb

Vowel team, /oo/ or /ū/ sound. blue, glue

Vowel team, /oo/ or /ū/ sound. new, few

Silent w before r, says /r/. write, wrist

Exception to 'i before e', says /s/ + long e. ceiling, receive

augh

Suffix, says /ĕz/ or /z/ after certain letters. boxes, wishes

Suffix, says /d/, /t/, or /ĕd/. played, walked, wanted

Vowel team, /aw/ sound. caught, taught

Vowel team, /aw/ sound. haul, sauce