Phonograms-Resources for Studying
Click on this link to go to the sight word page:
Here's a link that gives the sounds and the hand signals to go with.
How to Study the Phonograms
Your child may now study the phonograms by going to the Spalding apps on both the android and the iPad. Search in the app store for "phonograms" or "Spalding phonogram".
Click on the link below to hear the phonogram sounds and to see how the letters are written.
Click on the link below to see a listing of the 70 phonograms.
With each phonogram you will see cue words for the sounds. The cue words are not meant to be memorized. They are only there, to help you get a clearer idea of the sounds, while helping your child. The student does NOT memorize the cue words, only the sounds:
http://beuerleblog.webs.com/spalding%20chart.pdf
Click on the link below to see
the 29 spelling rules
https://www.kyrene.org/cms/lib/AZ01001083/Centricity/Domain/1851/Spalding%20Spelling%20Rules.pdf
To practice your phonograms:
1. "Listen. Say. Listen." Then practice again, saying the sounds and then listening to see if you are saying them correctly.
2. Use the "3-second rule". You must be able to give the sound/s of the phonogram within three seconds. Practice each phonogram until you can easily say all its sounds in three seconds or less.
Phonogram Review Level1
We are currently studying the /ck/ digraph.
Here is a video to help.
Remember, if the word takes 2 letters to make the vowel sound, it will be followed k. (took, shook,) If it takes one letter to make the vowel sound, it will be followed by ck. (kick, tack, lock, peck)
A youtube video for practicing the multi-letter phonograms.
Sounds 27-54
Here is a video to help children remember the 5 "ers."
The sentence "Her first nurse works early" is generally used to help students remember the sounds for /er/ /ir//ur/ /wor/ /ear/
Word Chunks
Children need to be "chunking" by the end of their first grade year, if not sooner. This means reading words in chunks or pieces, rather than letter by letter. Word chunks (word families) are not to be confused with phonograms.
Phonograms are letters or groups of letters that represent one individual sound.
Word chunks are groups of letters that have more than one sound that have been blended, such as /ing/ /at/ /am/ /ine/ etc.
Below are a few videos to help with chunking. Studying word families are an important way to help with chunking. For more information about word chunks, go to Mrs. McGhie's Reading Page for a list of the word chunks (or word families as they are sometimes called) that we will be studying during our first grade year.
"Sounds Like an f, but it's a ph" song.
Silent e song
Email Mrs. McGhie if you have questions.
