Letter Sounds- Phonics Skills

A letter sound is the sound that a letter makes when pronounced. For example, the letter 'b' makes the sound /b/.

Phonics is a method of teaching reading and writing by developing learners' phonemic awareness, which is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate sounds in spoken words.

The letter 'd' makes the sound /d/ as in 'dog'.

The letter 's' makes the sound /s/ as in 'sun'.

A vowel is a letter that represents a speech sound made with the vocal tract open. The vowels in English are A, E, I, O, U.

A consonant is a letter that represents a speech sound made by obstructing the airflow in some way. Examples include B, C, D, F, etc.

In 'yo-yo', the letter 'y' makes the sound /y/.

The word 'bread' has the same sound as the underlined letter 'e'.

The word 'crayon' has the same sound as the underlined letter 'y'.

The word 'face' has the same sound as the underlined letter 's'.