Just Words Unit 1 and 2 Review

​Review Just Words: Unit 1 and 2

By Jacqueline Roque

Remember that...

Every human community has a language, or a way to speak to each other with understanding. 

Most human communities also have a way to transfer words that are spoken, to words that are written down. When you write words, you capture them. The exact words can be revisited again and again. They can also be passed along to others.

Remember that...

The oldest forms of writing that are based on pictures are called logographic writing systems. A logogram is a single written symbol which represents a complete word or idea. If you have ever seen a peace sign, you have seen a logogram.

Multiple Choice

What is a logographic?

• The way people would write

• A written language

• A written symbol that represents a word or idea.

• The letters people would use 1000 years ago.

Alphabetical Writing Systems

In English, there are now 26 letters that are used to represent all the words. These are made by rearranging a few basic shapes of lines, curves or circles, and dots.

By changing the combination, you create the different letters of the English alphabet.

There are 5 main vowels.
There are 20 consonants.
"Y" is a tricky one. Can be a vowel or consonant.

Multiple Choice

How many letters are there in the alphabet?

• 20

• 5

• 26

• 25

Open Ended

Write the 5 main vowels in our alphabet.

Open Ended

Write ALL the consonants in our alphabet.

Alphabetical Writing Systems

In our alphabetic writing system, these letters represent sounds, not words, and the sounds are put together to make hundreds and hundreds of words.

Alphabetical Writing Systems

The letter, m, matches a sound we say. That sound is /m/. That is what we mean when we say a symbol represents a sound. 

We can put together three symbols, or letters, m-a-t, to represent three sounds, /m/, /a/, /t/. So the letters, m-a-t, represent the word mat.

Consonants and Vowels

• These two letters together say /muh/. 

• If I would remove the “u” card, I would be left with the sound /m/. 

• Now, if I add in an “a” and a “t,” I get the word:

Consonants and Vowels

• The sounds are said: /muh/ /ă/ /tuh/, the word would not blend together to make mat. 

  But, if I would say /m/ /a/ /t/, they would blend together to say mat. Try not to drop your chin when you do this!

Consonants and Vowels

• Q is the only letter in English that will not be in a word by itself. It always needs to bring along it’s buddy, the u.

  Together, the “qu” says /kw/ as in queen.

Consonants and Vowels

• The vowels on our chart are the most important, because every word and syllable needs a vowel. Vowels are not words!!

Segmenting Words

• We are going to learn how to segment and blend familiar three letter words such as map.

• Remember that each finger represents one sound.

High Frequency Words

There are other kinds of words that you will need to master. These words are called high frequency words. These are words that are used most in English writing. They are the most common or the most frequent.

Some of these words are phonetic, but many do not follow the sound system. They break the rules.

High frequency words are learned by sight or memorization rather than sounding them out. Since so many high frequency words have parts that are not phonetic, they are not tapped out. These are the most common words so they are essential to know automatically. 

Warm-Up: Drill Sounds

Digraphs

These consonants stick together to form one sound even though there are two letters. That is why they are on one card. They are not separated. 

The “wh” is only found at the beginning of words and the digraph “ck” is only found at the end of words or syllables. That’s why they are put on the chart in that order. 

Open Ended

Write ONE word with the digraph: wh.

Open Ended

Write ONE word with the digraph: ch.

Open Ended

Write ONE word with the digraph: sh.

Open Ended

Write ONE word with the digraph: th.

Open Ended

Write ONE word with the digraph: ck.

Digraphs - Practice

Let’s tap out the word shed.

/sh/ - index finger to thumb

/ĕ/ middle finger to thumb

/d/ - ring finger to thumb

Digraphs - Practice

Let’s tap out the word duck.

/d/ - index finger to thumb

/ŭ/ middle finger to thumb

/ck/ - ring finger to thumb

Digraphs - Practice

In Just Words, we mark words to help solidify your understanding of word structure. Whenever a digraph is in a word, you can identify it by underlining it. 

A single line reminds us that it has one sound. Where is the digraph in this word?

Multiple Choice

What are we underlining in a word?

• The vowels

• The digraph

• The consonants

• Any random letter

Digraphs - Practice

We are going to practice now!

You need:
- your whiteboard
- a dry erase marker
- a napkin to clean the board

Open Ended

What is a digraph?

Digraphs Blends - Practice

We are going to practice now!

You need:
- your whiteboard
- a dry erase marker
- a napkin to clean the board

Digraphs

REMEMBER!

- Remember that digraphs are when 2 consonants stick together to form or make one sound even though there are 2 letters.

Digraphs

Open Ended

What is the digraph in the word: chat?

Open Ended

What is the digraph in the word: trash?

Open Ended

What is the digraph in the word: block?

Open Ended

What is the digraph in the word: thump?

Open Ended

What is the digraph in the word: blush?

Open Ended

What is the digraph in the word: droth?

Blends

When there are two or more consonants together, each

making its own sound, it is called a blend.

Blends

Multiple Choice

What is the blend in the word: STASH?

• S

• ST

• A

• SH

Multiple Choice

What is the blend in the word: vest?

• V

• E

• ES

• ST

Multiple Choice

Can a word have a digrapgh AND a blend all at once?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Syllables

Syllables

Syllables