You should, however, explicitly teach consonant digraphs in a systematic way. You don’t want to introduce too many new digraphs, just one or a few at a time, and provide lots of meaningful practice before moving to the next set. Students should be confident with all their consonants before...
For young readers, blends and digraphs can trip them up while reading. What's up with that jumble of letters at the beginning of a word, anyway? In this post, we will take a closer look at consonant blends and digraphs, and how to teach them to second grade learners. Jump to each s...
3Difference Between Consonant Blends and Digraphs The difference between consonant blends and consonant digraphs is that in consonant blends the original sounds of the consonant letters are still heard, even though they are blended together. On the other hand, in consonant digraphs the two consonants ...
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Blends can sometimes be confused with digraphs or trigraphs — where two or three letters come together to represent one sound (eg. sh or th) — but there is a difference. With a blend, the individual sounds can still be heard. In the example of 'frog,' you still distinctly hear an ...
14. Pairs, Digraphs, and Diphthongs Source:Mrs. Gillespie’s Thoughts What are the differences between these vowel pairs, anyway? 15. Sounds ofG Source:Glitzy in 1st Grade Is it a hardG? Is it a softG? Students will easily learn the difference between the two and get great examples too...
Digraphs As children progress in phonics they work onblends and digraphs. Digraphs are two consonants that make one sound such as /TH/ says thumb (phoneme). CH in the word “chair” and PH in the word “phone” are both examples of digraphs. Consonant blends have two constonants that ea...
We have a large collection of phonics mini-books for early readers. We have a book for each vowel and consonant sound, as well as blends and digraphs. Consonant blends are an essential part of phonics instruction in elementary school, particularly in kindergarten through second grade, when stude...
Complete the Word (Cut and Glue) Cut out the r-family blends (br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr) and glue them in the correct places to complete the words. 1st Grade Mix and Match Cut out the letter groups and phonics r-blends. Combine them to make words. (examples: br+oom=broom....
Blends can sometimes be confused with digraphs or trigraphs — where two or three letters come together to represent one sound (eg. sh or th) — but there is a difference. With a blend, the individual sounds can still be heard. In the example of "frog," you still distinctly hear an ...