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Video: F&V Sounds

  • Phase 1: Pre-Alphabetic Course
  • F & V | Frogs
  • Prepare to Read

Standards

Know the letter-sound correspondences for consonants.

Reader Goals

I can recognize and pronounce letters f and v.

Focus

• sound of F: /f/
• sound of V: /v/

Helpful Hints

Use multisensory cues to help readers remember letter sounds.

Additional Resources

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  1. Watch the Letter F Sound video with readers
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  1. If possible, Use a mirror with readers. 
  2. Say
    Repeat the sound after me: /fff/
  3. Ask
    What do you feel?
  4. Say
    I feel my top teeth on my lower lip. If I hold my hand in front of my mouth, I can feel a stream of air.

 

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  1. Ask
    Can you stretch the sound /f/? Or do you bounce it?
  2. Say
    I can make the sound until I run out of air: /fffff/

 

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  1. Ask
    Let’s decide if /f/ is quiet or noisy. Cover your ears and make the sound. What do you feel?
  2. Ask
    Make the sound and feel your voice box in your neck. What do you feel?
  3. Say
    I don’t feel a vibration so it is a quiet sound.

 

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  1. Use a multisensory hand motion: Flap like a fish. 
  2. Say
    The sound /f/ begins the word fish so I flap my hands up and down like a fish flapping its fins.
  3. Have readers repeat the sound, the key word (fish), and the hand motion.

 

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  1. Watch the Letter V Sound video with readers
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  1. If possible, Use a mirror with readers.
  2. Say
    Repeat the sound after me: /vvv/
  3. Ask
    What do you feel?
  4. Say
    I feel my top teeth on my lower lip. If I hold my hand in front of my mouth, I can feel a stream of air.

 

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  1. Ask
    Can you stretch the sound /v/? Or do you bounce it?
  2. Say
    I can make the sound until I run out of air: /vvvvv/

 

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  1. Ask
    Let’s decide if /v/ is quiet or noisy. Cover your ears and make the sound. What do you feel?
  2. Ask
    Make the sound and feel your voice box in your neck. What do you feel?
  3. Say
    I feel a vibration so it is noisy.

 

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  1. Use a multisensory hand motion: Go back and forth like you’re playing a violin. 
  2. Say
    The sound /v/ begins the word violin so I am moving my hand back and forth like I’m playing the violin.
  3. Have readers repeat the sound, the key word (violin), and the hand motion.

 

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  1. Say
    Let’s review the sounds.
  2. Ask
    What is the name of this letter?
    (letter F)
    What sound does this letter make?
    (/f/)
    What is the hand motion of the sound?
    (I flap my hands up and down like a fish.)
  3. Push next to continue

 

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  1. Say
    Let’s do another one.
  2. Ask
    What is the name of this letter?
    (letter V)
    What sound does this letter make?
    (/v/)
    What is the hand motion of the sound?
    (I play the violin.)

 

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