Letter sounds

http://pbskids.org/sesame/

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/leo/index.htm

http://www.kidport.com/GradeK/LanguagesArts/Workbook/LangK_MissingAlpha.htm

http://www.learningplanet.com/act/fl/aact/index.asp

http://www.mrsalphabet.com/links.html

http://www.mrsalphabet.com/alphakids.html

http://www.free-phonics-worksheets.com/html/free_phonics_worksheets.html

    a        He likes apples so much that he turned into
                an apple.        He says aaaah aaaah apple!

    e       Ed e rocks back and forth on a rocking chair.
             What sound does he make? eh?   

     i        We know what he does. Look at that paper flying.
                r i p  i i i i i i i i i     It is an Indian!

    o        This is the sick one. Open your mouth and say  ..... o
 

    u         He likes to look up all day long.  He is always
            pointing toward the sky.   up  up

We pretend the long vowels are very tall and very long and very proper and they are adults. They always say their name.

   A    E    I   O   U

PBS Song-"Two Vowels"
click song The first vowels do the talking (while the second vowels do the walking.  The second vowels are quiet because they are not adults. They like to listen but they remind the long vowels to say their name.    "Say your name."

ai    We hear the a              train a

                ay    We hear the a                     tray  a

ea    We hear e                   treat  ice cream e

ee    We hear the e             feet   e

oa    We hear the o            boato

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/index.shtml

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When the "magic"
e
is at the end of the word
we sometimes call it the silent e
It tells us to say the name of the first vowel in the word.

http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/games/magic_e_sounds.jsp

cake   rake

Steve

 bikedime
                      phone   stove

tube cube   

ar   We hear ar         stars     car 

oo     We hear the oooo    moon

oo      We hear ooo           book

bl  
 black

cl    
 clock

fl    
 flowers

pl   
 plate
 

sl    
 slide

 

br 
 brown
 

cr    
crown

dr  
dress

fr   
 frog

pr   
 princess

 
 
 prince

tr   
 tree
   
train
      

scr     
scrapbook

 
 scraper

 sp   
spaghetti
     
spider

spl
  splash

spr
  spray
             
sprinkler
 

st
stars

stapler

statue

str 
  street
     
 strawberries
 

 stripes 
 

thr  
throne
 
                                       
      three 

 thread

Digraphs we need to know

ch        chocolate  chicken             

ph  says f      phone photo album

sh         Shhh (quiet)     ShoeShip                Sheep

TH
sound

th
voiced
unvoiced

the

thermometer                      thumb     

though

thr
         thread

through
 

think      thought

 

the

they

them

this

that

these

those

there

wh       whale     wheelchair

Who did it?
What is it?
Where am I?
When did it happen?
Why did it happen?
 
 

ck     says   c     block              


we don't hear the b.  It is silent.
mb  says m   comb thumb

We don't hear the k.  It is silent.
kn says n   knife          knight knit

These sounds can look like several combination of letters.

F      f  ph  gh

J      j  g

K     k  c  ck  ch  qu

R      r  wr  rh

S     s  ps   c   sc

T      t  ed    pt  tt  d  th

W   often with h

Ending sounds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dgi.shtml

Links

http://www.learnanytime.co.uk/EAL/EAL%20activities.htm

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/phonetic/

http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/consonants-order.htm

http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/infant/sounds/bksound.html

Vowel families
http://www.janbrett.com/phonograms/phonogram_fc_main.htm

http://www.adrianbruce.com/reading/room3/index.html
Writing letters

http://www.auburn.edu/%7Emurraba/letters.html

Alphabetical Order
http://english.donnayoung.org/guidew.htm

Letter Game

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/apps/games/jumble

Fun ABC song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=epyQLWu0GZQ