Pronounciation and Grammar

Pronunciation and Grammar

Some consonants are voiced and some or voiceless.

Voicing

Vowels and consonants make words.

Consonants

Pronunciation

Open Ended

What is a vowel?

Open Ended

What is a consonant?

Consonants

Voiced Consonants

Some consonants are voiced. When a consonant is voiced, our coal chords vibrate when we say them.

Example:
Say "d"

Consonants

Voiced Consonants

Sometimes this gets tricky when sounds are formed the same way in our mouth, but we use voiced and voiceless to have them different.

​Voiced	​Voiceless
​/v/ have	​/f/ half
​/g/gold	​/k/cold
​/b/bill	/p/​pill
​/z/ zip	/s/​ sip
​/d/ sad	/t/​ sat
/dƷ/ joke	​/t∫/ choke

Multiple Choice

Which word did you hear? (H)

• pear

• bear

Multiple Choice

Which word did you hear? (H)

• leaf

• leave

Multiple Choice

Which word did you hear? (H)

• Sue

• zoo

Multiple Choice

What word did you hear? (H)

• back

• bag

Multiple Choice

What word did you hear? (H)

• to

• do

Multiple Choice

What word did you hear? (H)

• come

• gum

Multiple Choice

What word did you hear? (H)

• bat

• bad

Multiple Choice

What word did you hear? (H)

• sip

• zip

Multiple Choice

What word did you hear? (H)

• fan

• van

Multiple Choice

What word did you hear? (H)

• cap

• cab

Word Sort

Get a yellow card sort from the teacher. Then watch the video explaining how to do the sort. Have a teacher check your answers before you glue!

Adjectives

What is an adjective?

Here are some sentences with adjectives. Use the examples with adjectives to be ready to explain what an adjective is.

The beautiful flower blooms in the spring.
My pink finger nail polish is chipping off my nail.

Open Ended

In your own words, explain what an adjective is.

Categorize

Options (20)

Dog

Table

Sky

River

Ball

Flower

Sun

Car

Happy

Tall

Red

Fast

Beautiful

Friendly

Small

Green

Joy

Joyful

Freedom

Courageous

Organize the words into two categories: Nouns or Adjectives

Nouns

Adjectives

Draw

Underline all of the adjectives in the conversation.

Word Cloud

Type your favorite adjective(s).