Give an example of a blend.
Blend, Trip, crispy, twirl.....
Give an example of a digraph.
Check, there, what, ship, phone...
Give an example of a short vowel sound.
a, e, i, o, u
A, E, I, O, U
How many syllables are in the word understand?
3
Think of a sentence using a blend and write it
I got pretty flowers for Valentine's Day.
Think of a sentence using a digraph and write it
I need to talk on the phone.
Think of a word with a short vowel sound.
Think of word with a long vowel sound.
Ape, feed, ripe, low, true
How many phonemes are in the word thrash?
4
Have each person in your group write a consonant blend on the whiteboard and share it out loud.
block, brush, tree, spoon, swing, frog, dragon....
Have each person in your group write a consonant digraph on the whiteboard and share it out loud.
shark, chipmunk, twine, whale, graph
Have each person in your group write a word with a short vowel on the whiteboard and share it out loud.
mad, bed, pig, cot, fun...
Have each person in your group write a word using a long vowel on the whiteboard and share it out loud.
cake, sheep, night, coat, cube...
How many phonemes are in the word street?
5
Where in a word can a blend be found?
Beginning OR end!
Where in a word can a digraph be found?
Beginning OR end!
Tell me 4 rhyming words using the short 'a' vowel sound
cat, bat, hat, sat, fat, rat, tat...
What helps us know that a vowel will be long?
Magic 'e' at the end, "two vowels go walking the first one does the talking", double vowels
Does the word VCE pattern in the second syllable of the word, festive, spell a schwa or a long vowel sound?
Schwa
What is a blend?
Two letters that make one sound...but you hear BOTH letters.
What is a digraph?
Two letters that make ONLY ONE SOUND
What do you hear with a short vowel?
Its sound
What do you hear with a long vowel?
Its name
If I have the word scrap and add the letter e to the end, what word do I have now?
Scrape