Kindergartners should know consonant digraphs by the end of the year, including: sh, th, ch, _tch, _ng, _ang, _ing, _ink, _ank, wh_. Since kindergartners should also know short vowel sounds, they can …
How to Teach Sight Words
Sight words are common words that are not entirely phonetic. For example, "the" is a sight word. "The" has a phonetic component /th/ and an irregular component /e/. Thus, the student needs to break …
Inflectional Ending /ing/ Worksheet
Are you working on teaching your student the /ing/ ending? Here's a fun /ing/ worksheet your student can read and color: ing Pdf Short Vowels and the /ing/ ending In this worksheet, teach …
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List of Phonics Sounds
There are 44 phonemes in English. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound. “Shop” for example contains 3 phonemes: sh-o-p. If you are new to the subject of phonics, you can pretty much substitute the …
What is Phonics?
Phonics is a method of teaching reading that focuses on sound/symbol correlations. Phonics advocates acknowledge that learning to read is not an “innate” skill that children acquire spontaneously. …