Unit 1
Where do we go on our computers to build words using color and letter tiles?
Letter Tile Free Play
What are nonsense words?
What is the phoneme for the digraph /ch/?
/ch/
What is a two sound blend?
When two consonant letters are next to each other each making their own sound.
- lamp
Add the consonant phoneme /k/ to the beginning. What is my new word?
Delete the sound /p/ at the end of my word. What is my new word?
Change the vowel phoneme /a/ to /e/. What is my new word?
clamp
clam
Clem
How would you finger stretch these three words?
wish, sack, and tug
You would use your fist to say the word first, then sounding out each phoneme on your fingers starting with your thumb.
wish: w - i - sh
sack: s - a - ck
tug: t - u - g
I'm going to give you a word. You must say the word, stretch it, tell me how many letters and color tiles you would need, and then spell the word.
Your word is zud.
zud
z - u - d (starting with your thumb)
3 letters and 3 color tiles
z - u - d
What consonant does the digraph /ph/ sound like?
/f/ like in food.
What is the difference between a digraph and a two sound blend?
Can you give me an example of a digraph and a two sound blend?
A digraph is two consonants together that make one sound. A two sound blend is made up of two consonants that make two different sounds.
Examples vary
Using syllable stomp, show me how many syllables are in the following words.
habitat, story, crunchy, gymnastics, and pie
Lightly pounding fist across the table for each syllable.
habitat - 3, story - 2, crunchy - 2, gymnastics - 3, pie - 1
What are the short vowel sounds and what action do we do for each sound?
a - swipe like you're holding an apple
e - run your fingers along the edge of the table
i - itching your arm
o - octopus tentacles above your head
u - two fingers going in the diagonal up direction
If your word is shell...
What are the phonemes? How many are there? What is the vowel sound? Is the vowel sound short or long?
Phonemes are /sh/ /e/ /l/, there are 3 phonemes, the vowel sound is e like in edge, it is a short vowel sound.
Build the following nonsense words by saying the word, stretching it, stating how many color and letter tiles you would need, spelling the word, and stating the digraph.
Your words are: zick and meck
zick and meck
z - i - ck, m - e - ck (starting with your thumb)
3 color tiles and 3 letter tiles
z - i - ck, m - e - ck
the digraph is ck or /ck/
Sort the following words into the two categories digraph and two sound blend.
Your words are: flap, thud, when, prod, crab, skim, chat, shed, stem, whale
Digraphs: thud, when, chat, shed, and whale
2 sound blend: flap, prod, crab, skim, and stem
Should we look for the vowels or the consonants when we try to figure out how many syllables are in a multisyllabic word?
The vowels.
What is the difference between a phoneme and a grapheme?
A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a spoken word. A phoneme is a sound, not a letter.
A grapheme is a letter or letter combination that spells a phoneme.
Determine whether the following words have a digraph or not.
hot, cloth, Thad, some, phone, wish, tomato, situation, apple, hospital, rack, charger
Digraph: cloth, Thad, phone, wish, rack, and charger
No Digraph: hot, some, tomato, situation, apple, hospital
Build the following by saying the word, stretching it, stating how many color and letter tiles you would need, spelling the word, and stating the digraph.
Your words are: math and whiz
math or whiz
m - a - th, wh - i - z (starting with your thumb)
3 color and letter tiles
m - a - th , wh - i - z
th and wh
What is the difference between an initial 2-sound blend and a final 2-sound blend?
Which word has a final 2-sound blend? play or fast
An initial two sound blend is when there is a two sound blend at the beginning of a word. A final two sound blend is when there is a two sound blend at the end of a word.
fast
Pumpkin
How many vowels are in this word?
Are the vowels together or apart?
How many Syllaboards would I use?
Which vowel would be on the left board, which vowel would be on the right?
There are 2 vowels and they are apart.
I would use 2 syllaboards to separate the two vowels.
I would write the letter u on the left board and the letter i on the right board.
Sort the following words into closed and not closed syllables.
hid, pie, stand, camp, picnic, zero, attic, me, hero, yes
Not Closed: pie, zero, me, hero
Closed: hid, stand, camp, attic, picnic, yes
What are the 6 digraphs we've learned about?
sh, wh, ph, ck, ch, and th.
Why do I underline the two words in a digraph with one line instead of two?
Because a digraph makes one sound so we underline it with one line.
Your nonsense word is prush:
Say it, stretch it, how many letter and color tiles, spell it, tell me what the 2 sound blend is and what the digraph is in this word.
prush, p - r - u - sh (starting with your thumb)
4 letter and 4 color tiles
p - r - u - sh
2 sound blend = pr, digraph = sh
Your nonsense word is snabmentric
How many vowels are there? Are the vowels together or apart? Underline the vowels. How many Syllaboards? What vowels go where on the Syllaboards? Add the consonants to each Syllaboard. Read the word.
There are 3 vowels that are apart. (a, e, i)
You need 3 Syllaboards with a on the left, e in the middle, and i on the right.
snab - men - tric
snabmentric