W8 Trigraphs, Digraphs, Blends, Coding

Select two TRUE ALPHABET facts below.

• Six Vowels

• German

  and

  Greek letters

• Twenty-six

  Letters

  in all

• 20 Consonants

Tags

letter recognition

Select two VOWELS facts below.

• All vowels

  are long

• The letter

  Y

  is a Vowel

  ALWAYS

  at the end of a

  word

• Short vowels

  have a

  MACRON

• Vowels

  can be

  short or long

Tags

vowel facts

Select several FACTS about the Y.

• Y

  is a letter

• Y

  is a

  consonant

  only at the

  beginning of a

  word

• Y

  is a vowel

  only at the

  end of a word

• Yes,

  You,

  Yesterday

  start with the

  Y

  vowel

Tags

Letter Y facts

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Short Vowel Words

,

(b) Long Vowel Words

• scream

• Halloween

• sock

• cap

• nightmare

• dream

• receive

• fear

• pepper

• tap

Tags

short vowels, long vowels

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) CVC Words

,

(b) CVCe Words

,

(c) CCVC Words

,

(d) CCCVCV

• cap

• throne

• thrive

• slum

• spat

• spot

• dune

• mat

• sip

• stride

• rake

• drop

• dope

• sprite

• sede

• time

• strobe

• tap

• spit

• tub

Tags

trigraphs, CVC, CVCE, digraphs

categorizing spelling patterns

What is a DIGRAPH?

• Three consonants

  stuck together

  that make

  One sound

• Two consonants

  stuck together

  that make

  ONE sound

• Two letters

  stuck together

  that make

  ONE sound

• Two vowels

  stuck together

  that make

  TWO Sounds

Tags

recall facts about digraphs

What is a TRIGRAPH?

• Three consonants

  stuck together

  that make

  One sound

• Two consonants

  stuck together

  that make

  TWO sound

• Two letters

  stuck together

  that make

  ONE sound

• Two vowels

  stuck together

  that make

  TWO Sounds

Tags

defining trigraphs

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Digraphs

,

(b) Trigraphs

,

(c) Blends

• thoughtfully

• throat

• bring

• train

• buck

• sleep

• cheese

• shape

• scratch

• please

• spring

• with

• square

• speed

• squid

Tags

categorizing digraphs trigraphs blends

How are these words below related? Categorize them.

can, spam, trip, nap, strap, rang, copper, snack

• CVC

  Pattern

• Long Vowels

• Short Vowels

• Root Words

Tags

analyzing word commonalities

How are these words below related? Categorize them.

batch, catch, ditch, etch, hatch, clutch, itch

• CCVCC

  Pattern

• Long Vowels

• Silent Vowels

• Trigraphs