Hunks and Chunks
s – h, sh, sh, sh. s – h, sh, sh, sh.
(ship, wish)
ship
c – h, ch, ch, ch. c – h, ch, ch, ch.
(chip, watch)
• cherry
t – h, th, th, th. t – h, th, th, th.
Chant the soft “th” first (tongue out).
Repeat saying hard “th” (tongue behind the teeth) (thorn, thistle)
• three
Say “o – w, ow. Going down, going down, d-o-w-n.
That’s the way to get down.” (cow, meow)
• cow
Say “o – u, ou. O-u-t, o-u-t get out of here you
bumble bee.” (mouse, south)
• mouse
Say “o – o, oooooo.” (book)
• book
Say “o – o, ooooooo” (boot)
• boot
Say “i-n-g, ing, ing, ing. i-n-g, ing, ing, ing.”
(sing, king)
• king
Say “a-l-l, a-l-l, all, all, all.” (call, tall)
• ball
Say “car, car, c-a-r, you stick your hand in a jar
of stars. A-r, ar, ar, ar.” (jar, start)
• car
Say “ o-r, or, or, or. O-r, or, or, or. I want more
fish please.” (for, more)
• core
Say “o “ said to “a”, Oh I love you and “a” said
absolutely nothing. So when you see oa you say “o”
(Long o sound like in boat and coat)
• coat
Say “i-g-h, i-g-h, I, I, I.”
• knight
Say “ you take a scaredy cat “e”. You take a
scaredy cat “a”. You put them together and
what do they say? EEEEEEEEE !!!
• Teacher
When you see the double e you say ee, ee. It’s a
bumble bee party! When you see the double e you say
ee,ee. It’s a bumble bee party! (see, three)
• tree
“Some letters a-y, ay, ay, ay. Hey do you want to play? Swish,
score, hooray! Yay! But don’t forget this……….. Some letters a-y,
ay, ay, ay. That’s at the end of a word and don’t you forget it!
(play, day)
• play
“A” said to “i,” hey “i” get out of my way. I’m saying
“ay” today! So when you see a-i you say “ay”. (rain)
•
rain
E-i-g-h, “ay, ay.” E-i-g-h, “ay, ay.” (eight, sleigh)
• sleigh
“Let’s take a ride on a motorcycle. I-r, ir and u-r, ur in
the middle of a word. But it’s e-r, er, e-r, er at the end
of a word.”
•
bird
surf
mother
“0-i, oi, oi, oi in the middle of a word. But
it’s o-y, oy, oy, oy at the end of a word.”
point
boy
“T-i-o-n, tion, tion, T-i-o-n, tion, tion.
Take it
low s-i-o-n, sion, sion, s-i-o-n, sion, sion.”
(question, television)
•
question
television
“When you see
p-h, you don’t say p-h, you say
f….F, F, F. When you see p-h, you don’t say p-h,
you say f…F, F, F.” (phone)
• phone
“When you see k-n, you don’t say the k, you say
n, N, N, N.” (knock)
•
knot
“Shh, don’t wake the w. Shh, don’t wake
the w. Wr says RRRRRR.”
•wreath
“When you see
e-d at the end of a root word
say t, “t”, d, “d”, also say “ed”.
• Jumped, whispered, waited
W-h, w-h, wh, wh, wh. It’s a question word –
who, what, when, where, why and which.
whistle
A-w, aw. (paw)
•
paw
A-u, au. A-u, au, au, au, au. (automobile)
• automobile
A-u-g-h-t, aught. A-u-g-h-t, aught. (daughter)
• daughter
O-u-g-h-t-, ought. O-u-g-h-t, ought. (bought)
• thought
E-w, oooooo. They are so in love.
(few)
•stew
U-i. Put them together they say “oooooo”.
(fruit)
fruit
I-o-n, i-o-n, “ion, ion, ion.” I-o-n, i-o-n, “ion,
ion, ion.” (onion)
•
onion
Sometimes you say “ow” but sometimes you say “o” when you see
o-w at the end of a word. Sometimes you say “ow” but sometimes
you say “o” when you see o-w at the end of a word.
• cow, snow
I-c-e, i-c-e, ice, ice! I-c-e, i-c-e, ice, ice!
(nice)
•
dice
A-c-e, a-c-e, ace, ace! A-c-e, a-c-e, ace, ace!
(face)
•
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