Understanding Vowel Sounds and Digraphs

The video tutorial focuses on phonics for first graders, starting with letter sounds and moving into spelling practice. It introduces digraphs, specifically the 'ch' sound, and teaches students how to code these digraphs in words. The lesson includes spelling exercises with compound words and words containing long vowel sounds. Students also learn to identify and code suffixes in words.

What is the main focus of today's phonics lesson?

• Art and crafts

• Science experiments

• Phonics and letter sounds

• Mathematics

Which letter combination makes the 'r' sound?

• a r

• c r

• d r

• b r

What sound does the letter 'y' make?

• w

• z

• x

• y

Which letter can make the 'o' sound at the beginning of a word?

• o

• l

• n

• m

What is a digraph?

• Three letters making two sounds

• A single letter making a sound

• Two letters making one sound

• Four letters making three sounds

Which digraph makes the 'ooh' sound?

• oo

• aa

• ii

• ee

What combination makes the 'er' sound?

• o r

• i r

• a r

• e r

Which letter can make the 'e' sound?

• b

• f

• a

• e

What is the final stable syllable that makes the 'full' sound?

• f l e

• f l o

• f l u

• f l i

What type of word is 'myself'?

• Simple word

• Compound word

• Complex word

• Derived word