When substitute teaching, the guest teacher is often required to do a Language Arts lesson or task based on phonics. The following is some basic information to help you in those lessons.
- The English Alphabet Code 'Key' : 44 phonemes with their common 'sound pattern' representations:
- Vowels (19):
/a/ mat
/ae/ ape, baby, rain, tray, they, eight
/air/ square, bear
/ar/ jar, fast
/e/ peg, bread
/ee/ sweet, me, beach, key, pony
/i/ pig, wanted
/ie/ kite, wild, light, fly
/o/ log, orange
/oe/ bone, boat, snow
/oi/ coin, boy
/oo/ book, would, put
/ow/ down, house
/or/ fork, ball, sauce, law,
/u/ plug, glove
/ur/ burn, teacher, work, first
/ue/ blue, moon, screw, tune
/uh/ (schwa) button, computer, hidden, doctor
/w/ wet, wheel - Consonants (25):
/b/ boy, rabbit
/ks/gz/ box exist
/c/k/ cat /key, duck, school
/ch/ chip, watch
/d/ dog, ladder
/f/ fish, coffee, photo, tough
/g/ gate, egg, ghost
/h/ hat, whole
/j/ jet, giant, cage, bridge
/l/ lip, bell, sample
/m/ man, hammer, comb
/n/ nut, dinner, knee, gnat
/ng/ ring, singer
/p/ pan, happy
/kw/ queen
/r/ rat, cherry, write
/s/ sun, dress, house, city, mice
/sh/ ship, mission, station, chef
/t/ tap, letter, debt
/th/ thrush
/th/ that
/v/ vet, sleeve
/y/ yes
/z/ zip, fizz, sneeze, is, cheese
/zh/ treasure
(Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_phonics )
This next link will provide additional information on phonic sounds and blends:
http://www.tampareads.com/realaudio/tests/index-rm.htm
Test 5 is on Consonant Sounds. Note: c and g have two sounds.
Test 8 is on the Short Vowel sounds.
Test 9 is on the Long Vowel sounds.
Tests 6, 7, 11, and 12 provide information and practice on
- Blends - bl - cl - fl - gl - pl - br - cr- dr - fr - gr - pr - tr -sk - sl - sp - st - sw - spr - scr -str (20 blends)
- Consonant Digraphs - ch - sh - th - wh
- Vowel Digraphs - ai - ee - ie - oa - ea - ay
- Complex Vowel Sounds - ou - oi - oy - au - aw - oo - ow
I'll be providing more information on phonics and other educational topics in the future.
