Rules for phoneme mapping
1. Each sound gets its own box
Try to map these words: bag, run, jog
b
r
j
a
u
o
g
n
g
Rules cont.
2. Blends (bl, cr, dr, -mp, -nd) and clusters (str)
get broken down to individual sounds. Map
these words: blob, camp, close, stand, stripes
b
c
c
s
s
l
a
l
t
t
o
m
o
a
r
b
p
se
n
i
d
pe s
Rules cont.
• 3. Both consonant (sh, ch, th, wh) and vowel
digraphs (ee, ea, ai, oa) remain together
because they make one sound
Try to map: sheep, chose, steeple, wreck
sh
ch
s
wr
ee
o
t
e
p
s e
ee p
ck
n
le
Rules cont
4. Some other dipthong sounds get 1 box
dipthongs or glides (oi and oy, ou and ow)
Examples: joins, coy, broil
j
c
b
oi
oy
r
n
s
oi
l
Rules cont
• Other sounds that get 1 box –ng
Example: ring, sang, hung
r
s
h
i
a
u
ng
ng
ng
• R controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur) get 1 box
Examples: chirp, targets
ch
t
b
ir
ar
ar
p
g
t
e
er
t
S
Last rule
• -igh stays together
Final words: sigh, highlight, straight
s
h
s
igh
igh
t
l
r
igh t
aigh t