Unit Overview:

In this unit, six more consonant sounds and the most common spelling for each sound are introduced:

• /ch/ spelled ‘ch’ as in chin

• /sh/ spelled ‘sh’ as in shop

• /th/ (unvoiced) spelled ‘th’ as in thin

• /th/ (voiced) spelled ‘th’ as in them

• /qu/ spelled ‘qu’ as in quit

• /ng/ spelled ‘ng’ as in sing

The six sounds presented in Unit 7 differ from the sounds studied up to this point because all six are generally written with two letters instead of one. English has more than forty sounds and only twenty-six letters. The people who began transcribing English long ago solved this imbalance by using multiletter combinations to represent some sounds.

Unit Calendar:

Unit 7 is 17 instructional days with 3 pausing points. It is recommended that it be taught from February 7th to March 13th.