Then teach him to read the short selection. Continue teaching phonics by finding other short reading selections, each highlighting one of the letter combinations from the phonic list. Please notice that letters and letter combinations appear in different places in words. Vowels often occur in the middle of words. Phonic skills must be put into connected print in order to become useful.
Connected print is short selections in magazines or books.
Two books, both by Dr. Seuss, have wonderful selections to help a child apply a phonic skill by reading connected print. Red Red They call me Red. Very, very sad. I cannot hear. It is fun to sing if you sing with a Ying.