A = /eɪ/
ENGLISH START · WARM-UP3 min
Letters have names, but they also have sounds
Phonics adventurers, let’s go!
Today we are not memorizing the alphabet. We learn the sounds letters make in words and blend them together.
👂 Listen🗣️ Say🧩 Blend🎯 Read
Open your mouth and say it out loud. It is okay to make a mistake.
STOP 1 · NAME VS SOUND4 min
A does not always say its name
The letter A is named /eɪ/, but in cat what does it say?
cat = /æ/
In cat, what sound does a make?
STOP 2 · THREE CONSONANTS5 min
Get three sounds right first
b is a balloon losing air, c is a cat coughing, t is a ticking clock.
Read it three times to a partner. Do your lip shapes match?.
STOP 3 · BLEND MAGIC5 min
Three sounds together make a word
/k/ — /æ/ — /t/. Slide into it: cat!
/k/+/æ/+/t/=cat 🐱
Which word blends /k/ + /æ/ + /t/?
STOP 4 · SOUND SWAP6 min
Change one sound, change the word
Swap the /k/ in cat for /h/. What word do you get?
c at→h at🎩
c → h. cat becomes…?
STOP 5 · SHORT VOWELS5 min
Each short vowel has a mouth trick
u opens wide like a yawn: /ʌ/, blending into sun.
cat 猫
pig 猪
sun 太阳
The vowel in sun is…?
STOP 6 · WORD CHALLENGE7 min
Use the sounds you learned today
Read them one by one. See if you can get them right.
🧢 cap🐶 dog📖 book
How do you read the first word, cap?
FINISH · SHOW WHAT YOU CAN DO5 min
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YOU EARNED FOUR PHONICS BADGES
English is not memorized; it is blended one sound at a time.
Hear each letter sound.
Blend sounds into words.
At home, find three things whose names you can read with CVC sounds.