Grade 1 Phonics

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What is a digraph?

Back

A digraph is two letters that come together to make one sound, like 'ch' in 'chop'.

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What sound does 'sh' make?

Back

The 'sh' digraph makes the sound like in 'shoe'.

Front

What sound does 'th' make?

Back

The 'th' digraph can make two sounds: a soft sound like in 'this' and a hard sound like in 'thing'.

Front

What is a vowel?

Back

A vowel is a letter that represents a speech sound made with an open vocal tract, like 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'.

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What is a consonant?

Back

A consonant is a letter that represents a speech sound made by partially or completely blocking the airflow, like 'b', 'c', 'd'.

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What is a blend?

Back

A blend is when two or more consonants are put together, and each sound can be heard, like 'bl' in 'black'.

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What is a picture of a 'joke'?

Back

A joke is something funny that makes people laugh.

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What is a picture of 'grow'?

Back

To grow means to become bigger or taller.

Front

What is the sound of 'wh'?

Back

The 'wh' digraph makes the sound like in 'whale'.

Front

What is a silent letter?

Back

A silent letter is a letter that is not pronounced in a word, like the 'k' in 'knight'.