paperbacks with short, 40 more with long vowel patterns).
Once the student has learned to pronounce the consonant sounds correctly (without the
“uh”), the next step is to blend them to form a word. It will not help to tell the student to
“say the sounds faster.” It will help to blend only two sounds to begin a word, then add one
sound at a time. For example, to blend the word “bat”:
Pronounce the first two sounds separately.
b - a
Blend the first two sounds.
ba
Pronounce the third sound separately.
- t
Blend the third sound with the first two.
bat
(already blended)
Use your finger or a pointer for each step. Point to each letter as it is pronounced separately,
then slide it across beneath the letters when you blend. Teach the students to use the same
motions.
Syllable Rules
1.
The number of syllables equals the number of vowels heard (write, re-lease)
2.
Divide before a single consonant (fa-mous, fi-nal)
3.
Divide between two consonants, whether like or unlike (hap-pen, pic-nic)
4.
Do
not
divide digraphs or blends (a-chieve, an-gry)
5.
Divide before consonant preceding -le endings (un-cle, ta-ble)
6.
Divide after prefix or before suffix if a separate syllable (pre-heat-ed, played)
7.
Divide between words in a compound word (note-book, sun-shine)
Resource List
1.
Beacon Press, CA
1-800-962-1776
Self-Pronouncing Alphabet
Animal puppets, jingles, activities for each sound
2.
Educators Publishing Service
1-800-225-5750
Primary Phonics - supplementary readers for beginners
Solving Language Difficulties - phonics rules and practice
3.
Jolly Learning Phonics
1-800-488-2665
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Finger Phonics
Action for each sound, puzzles, stencils
4.
Open Court Publishing Company
1-800-435-6850
Response cards
Phonics cassette, many other useful materials
5.
Sing, Spell, Read & Write
1-800-321-8322
Videos and other instructional materials
6.
Wikki Stix
1-800-869-4554
Manipulatives made of wax-colored yarn
7.
Zoo-Phonics
1-800-622-8104
Phono-visual, tactile, kinesthetic approach to reading and spelling
Phonics Charts
Chart 1:
Single Consonants
b
k
t
d
l
v
f
m
x
h
n
y
j
p
z
r
Chart 2:
Variant Consonants
qu
/
kw/
c
/k/
/s/
g
/g/
/j/
s
/s/
/z/
x
/ks/
/gz/
Chart 3:
Consonant Digraphs
ch
ph
/f/
sh
th
(wh)
(gh)
/f/
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Chart 4:
Consonant Blends
bl
br
sc
scr
cl
cr
sk
spl
fl
dr
sm
spr
gl
fr
sn
squ
pl
gr
sp
str
sl
pr
st
tw
tr
sw
Chart 5:
Vowels
Long
Short
Special
a
a
a
(two-dot)
e
e
(schwa)
i
i
o
o
oo
(long)
u
u
oo
(short)
Chart 6:
Diphthongs
oi
oy
ou
ow
Chart 7:
Vowel Patterns
Short vowels
one-vowel pattern
Long vowels
two-vowel pattern
final e pattern
Special vowels
a, oo, oo, oi, oy, ou, ow
[2-dot, straight line, smile]
Bossy r
ar, er, ir, or, ur
Signal letters
e, i, y
Chart 8:
Outlaw Families
could
dove
should
love
would
shove
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