Letter Sounds

Phonics links letters and sounds. We use it to read and spell.

Vowel teams make one sound: ea in read, oa in boat.

We can use phonics to spell. We segment and write the letters.

Word families share a pattern: cat, hat, bat have -at.

Consonant blends are two or three letters: st in stop, bl in black.

We try to sound out new words. If we're stuck we ask for help.

R-controlled vowels: ar, er, ir, or, ur. Car, her, bird, for, fur.

The same letter can make different sounds. C in cat vs. city.

Practice helps us get better at phonics. We read and spell more easily.

The ending -ing is common: running, playing, reading.

We look for patterns in words. Patterns help us read and spell.

Blending means putting sounds together. We say each sound then blend.

We reviewed how letter sounds work together to make words.

Short vowels have a quick sound: cat, bed, sit, top, cup.

Digraphs are two letters that make one sound: sh, ch, th, ck.

Segmenting is breaking a word into sounds. It helps us spell.

Long vowels say their name: cake, see, bike, boat, cube.

A syllable is a word part with one vowel sound. Rabbit has two syllables.

Silent E at the end can make the vowel long: cake, like, hope.

We use ck after a short vowel: duck, sock, pick.