Phonics & Word Study
Hard and Soft
C and G
Sometimes the letter "c" makes a hard sound, as in cat, cut and cube.
When the letter "c" is followed by an e, i, or y... the c makes a loft c sound.
city, center or bicycle
Sometimes the letter "g" makes a hard sound, as in grape, gum and glitter.
Just like the letter c, when a g is followed by an e, i, or y... the g makes a loft g sound.
gym, giraffe, gel
Bossy R
Bossy r makes the a sound like a pirate, “arrrr” = car, jar
Bossy r makes the o sound like the word “or” = more, chore
Bossy r makes words with ir, er, ur all make the “er” sound = bird, October, her
Syllables
Find the syllable. Split the word.
Contractions
Long Vowels
Vowels are called "long vowels" when they say their name.
When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking.
More Work With Long Vowels
Vowels are called "long vowels" when they say their name.
Magic e
Adding an e to the end of a word makes the vowel say it's name.
Digraphs
A digraph is the name for two letters that come together to make one sound.
Sh come together to make the sound in ship, shelter and shape.
Th come together to make he sound thank, thirsty and thick.
Ch come together to make the sound in chapter, chip and chin.
Wh are a little trickier. They come together to make the sound at the beginning of whip, what and where.
Consonant Clusters
(aka, Blends)
As students begin to read words with longer words, they notice that often see consonants next to each other. As we sound these words out, we can hear the sound connected with each letter, even though the sounds are blended smoothly when we say the word.
Blends with L = blob, flower and slide
Blends with L - blob, flower and slide
Blends with m- small, smell
Word Endings
Short Vowels
We can notice a pattern of letters to help read and write words.
Rhyming
We can identify and use rhyming words
in poems, songs and stories.
Words rhyme when they have the same ending vowel and consonant sounds. The first graders in Room 103 have been working with rhyming words.
stamp- lamp fat-cat well-bell fill-pill cook-book cube-tube snail-tail tree-bee parrot-carrot mug-jug