The Long a sound and spellings Review

Let´s review the many spellings of the Long a sound. It can be written:

-a like in acorn, vacation and famous
-ai like in rain, snail and brain
-ay like in play, crayon and Monday
-ea like in great, break and steak
-eigh like in neighbor, eight and sleigh
-a_e like in name, snake and plate
-ey like in they

Can you read these words?

/ch/ Sound and Vocabulary Review

Today, we reviewed the /ch/ sound like in chicken, children, watch and witch. Then, we copied the words in our Phonics Dictionary. Have a look!

The two sounds of th -1

This week, we learned that the letters th can make two different sounds. Sometimes, they make the same sound as in bathroom, think and mouth. However, they can also make the same sound as in father, weather and there. 

Making the /Z/ sound with -s

We have already learned that the /z/ sound can be written with the letter z like in zipper, zoo and zero. Today, we will learn that the s sometimes makes the /z/ sound too, like in nose, rose and easy.