Reinforce the concept that a digraph makes one sound. Both letters of a digraph fit into one sound box. Take care to exaggerate your pronunciation of the sh sounds, especially at the end of words. You can put your finger in front of your mouth as you say the sound in each word to connect to the motion.
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Activity: Words Are Made of Sounds
Standards
• Segment individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken one-syllable words.
• Identify the letter (grapheme) that makes each sound.
Reader Goals
I can hear and spell each sound in the word.
Target Words
jet, pop, sit, fish, bob, fin, shell, dish