LEM PHONICS Belgian Gardens State School

Single phonograms Written symbols for the sounds of the English

Language Represent a unit of sound 42 sounds of English 18 vowel sounds 24 consonant sounds THINK SOUND SPEAK SOUND

VOWEL

A= 5 sounds 1 2 3 Fat baby in the bath 4 5 all washed Aa may not represent the sound ‘ay’ at the end of a word. ay is usually used in (day).

a is a short letter a always says a if followed by a

consonant within the same syllable (tap, apple)

a usually says its second sound ‘ay’ at the end of a syllable (ba.by) a usually says its second sound

‘ay’ if a silent e ends the word (make)

a may say its third sound ‘ar’ if followed by two consonants (last)

a always says its fourth sound ‘aw’ if followed by ll or lk

a usually says it fifth sound ‘o’ after w.

Sound a A a

Rules

EVERY SYLLABLE MUST HAVE A VOWEL

Think sound

What do I hear? What do I see? What job/ function is being

performed?

RULES FOR THE SOUNDS OF A Write the words in a

list downwards. Leave a line between each word. In your book underline the letter which are underlined in the text.

ball

paper

chalk

basket

change

wallaby

ANSWERS 4 ball a always says its fourth sound ‘aw’ if followed by ll or lk 2 paper pa.per 2 syllables ‘a’ usually says its second sound ’ay’ at the end of a syllable 4 chalk only one syllable a usually says its fourth sound ‘aw’ if followed by ‘lk’ 3 basket bas.ket a may say its third sound ‘ar’ if followed by two consonants(last] 2 change one syllable, silent e a usually says its second sound ‘ay’ at the end of a syllable 5 Wallaby is an Aboriginal word wallaby wal.la.by has three syllables because every syllable must have a

vowel. a usually says its fifth sound ‘o’ after w and there must be a syllable break between two consonant

LEM PHONICS E e Is a short letter Reading rules e usually says ‘e’ when followed by a consonant within the same syllable (hen, in.sect) e usually says its second sound ‘ee’ at the end of a syllable (de.lay e-vil)

1st sound Second sound

Put each word into the correct sound and show the syllable marks- write the sound number above each word. echidna eclipse

eject enjoy

elaborate exit

epic emotion

eleven erase

edge exact elastic entrance emergency expect egg elated empty elephant

SILENT E AT THE END OF A WORD, A SILENT E HAS THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS: 1. e lets a vowel say its second sound(made, these,

bite, hope, flute/ cute) 2. e stops v or u from ending an English word

(give , blue) 3. e allows c or g to say their second sounds ‘s’ or

‘j’ (peace, large) 4. e can give a vowel to a syllable (gen.tle) 5. e can perform two functions at once (nice: e

allows i to say ‘igh’ and c to say ‘s’) 6. At times e does nothing but is left as a remnant

of Chaucerian English (house).

SILENT SERVANT ‘E’ HAS 6 FUNCTIONS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1. Allows the vowel to say its second sound eg: made these time lone rule/ cute style 2. Completes words ending in ‘u’ and ‘v’ For eg: true have x x 3. Allows the c and g to say their second sounds For eg: juice large 4. Allows both the vowel and the ‘c’ or ‘g’ to say their second sounds For eg: grace age 5. Adds the vowel to the syllable v v Bi.ble lit.tle 6. No job ‘e’ x x For eg: are house

SOUND IDENTIFICATION 1 1 e ‘e’ elegant pet 2 2 e ‘ ee’ emu he e makes 2 sounds, is a vowel, first sounds are short sounds, second sounds of vowels are long sounds, every syllable needs a vowel. 1 2 What phonograms can say e and e?

First sound Second sound

Extra rules notes

e pet e followed by a consonant in the same syllable usually says ‘e’

he e usually says ‘ee’ at the end of a syllable these e may say ‘ee’ because of the e on the end

e the silent helper at the end, helps in various situations Silent e markings We will focus on this next slide

Rule chart 2

RHYMING

words responses - your job now 1. sat, fat can, tan mop, top sack, back

1. Definition of rhyme: ____________________________________________ 2. Where do we usually see rhymes? 3. Complete 3 different lists of rhyming words approximately 10 words in each list. 4. Attempt to write a rhyme about our class. Word awareness 5. How many words are there in this paragraph? 6.How many sentences in this paragraph? Jarred stood unnoticed in the crowd thronging the great hall of the palace. He leaned against a marble pillar, blinking with tiredness and confusion. It was midnight. He had been roused from his bed by shouts and bells. He had pulled on his clothes and joined the crowd of noble folk surging towards the hall.

SYLLABICATION 2. Words Number of

syllables Student Response

today wonderful believe beautifully yes

PHONEMIC ISOLATION 3. Sound out student tap first sound bin first sound rat first sound art end sound back end sound mop end sound bat middle sound head middle sound time middle sound

PHONEMIC IDENTITY 4.

initial sound

could, cake, cat

rake, rat, drive, ran

lost, leg, last, log

The common sound at the end of each word following

pat, sent, Brett

ram, home, come

wrap, grip, step, pip Identify the word that has a different sound in the middle of the word hop, pot, moz, back

rip, rope, tick, tin

taz, hal, hot, tap

5..PHONEMIC SEGMENTATION Words Student

Answers Number of sounds

or x

rat him step

REVISION a 2

a 3 a

4 a

5 a

pat lady talk fade fast walk shade splat chat was what snake tall bake last walk late father

CONSONANT DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD One sound it is a consonant Sound identification d ‘d’ dog Voicing d to say ‘d’ the lips must form a circle.

The sound ‘d’ is voiced (coming from the voice box). The same mouth position is used for the sound ‘t’ but ‘t’ is unvoiced (air)

C has 2 sounds it is a consonant Sound identification 1 2 c c ‘k’ ‘s’

1 2 clowns in the circus Spelling rules c will usually be used to represent the sound ‘K’ (tractor), unless it is followed by e, i or y (king, not cing, rocket not rocet) or there is a possibility of adding an ending beginning with e, i or y (think – thinking, not thinc- thincing)

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SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS s 2 sounds s is a consonant Sound Identification 1 s ‘s’ yes 2 s ‘z’ please So students there is more on ‘s’ follow slinky snake to the next slide- we’re sizing up the ‘s’

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Reading Rules s is often doubled at the end of a one –syllable word following a single vowel if it says ‘s’(fuss) s says its second sound ‘z’ at the end of a word if it follows a vowel sound or a voiced consonant sound 2 2 2 ( says, loves, eggs ). Spelling Rules ss may never be used to represent the sound ‘z’. s may never be used to represent the sound ‘z’ at the beginning of a word. Voicing The sound ‘s’ is unvoiced. The same mouth position is used for the sound ‘z’ but ‘z’ is voiced.