Not all vowel teams are the same. There are vowel digraphs and vowel diphthongs. A digraph is when two letters spell one sound (/ai/ and /ea/), and diphthongs are a special kind of vowel sound (/ou/ or /oi/). So, all vowel teams are digraphs, and some are also diphthongs. Here...
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Digraphsare two letters that form a single phoneme (sound).Digraphs can be categorized as consonant digraphs or vowel digraphs. In aconsonant digraph, a joint set of consonants form one sound, like “sh” inshark. Consonant digraphs can appear at the beginning of a word (initial consonant dig...
Short ‘A’ Words With Consonant Digraphs and Double Consonants When students learn the consonant digraphs ch, sh, th, and wh, they can read and write the words below. When they learn how to use double consonants for a one-syllable short vowel word ending in f, l, s, or z, add thos...
One of the first activities I do when teaching a vowel digraph is to isolate that pattern in words with color coding. Provide students with a list of words with vowel teams and use a highlighter to trace the vowel team within the word. From there you can use a short decodable passage an...
For example, in the word 'voice' the sound the digraph 'oi' makes is a combination of the 'o' and the 'i.' In a normal vowel digraph, such as the word 'rain,' only one vowel sound is expressed. Even though the letters 'y' and 'w' are technically consonants, digraphs including...
Consonant Digraphs Consonant digraphs are different from consonant blends. A consonant digraph is when two consonants represent ONE new sound. For example, the wordschinandwishcontain consonant digraphs that make one sound. (Note that we also havevowel digraphs, aka vowel teams, in which the same...
Examples of Short A Sight Words:am an as at and can had has that than Short A CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) Words:bag gag tag sag wag jag rag lag nag cab dad sad fad jam pan tan can ran man van yak lap nap rap cap tap zap map gap Short A Words with Digraphs:...
Short I Words with Digraphs:chip chin ship thin whip fish wish dish Digraphs are a pair of letters that make a single sound, such as sh-, ch-, and th- and can appear at the beginning or ending or words. Give your child more practice with these digraph worksheets for first graders....