Name:_________________________
IceStone ESL Class #3
Rob
rbmesl8@gmail.com
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Good afternoon everyone!
Today is Friday, March 23, 2012. Last week we said the alphabet, we wrote the alphabet,
and we looked at the alphabet. Today we are going to review the alphabet and look at the
International Phonetic Alphabet. Then we are going to start blending sounds together. This will
help us read in English!
Today’s words:
International Phonetic Alphabet
blend
sound
read
1. Take the lowercase and uppercase alphabet quiz!
2. International Phonetic Alphabet or IPA?
There are ____ letters in English.
Each letter makes a sound.
Each sound has a symbol.
Examples:
~The name of this letter is B b, it says /b/, like in the word Brooklyn.
~The name of this letter is P
p, it says /p/, like in the word panda.
~The name of this letter is K k, it says /k/, like in the word key.
~The name of this letter is G g, it says /g/, like in the word glass.
3. We are going to blend sounds, this will help us when we start reading!
Unit 1
Short Vowel a /æ/ - apple
bat
bag
bad
can
cap
cab
cat
dad
fan
fat
gas
hat
ham
had
jam
lap
lad
map
man
mat
nap Sam
pan tan
pad tap
quack tag
rat
van
ran wag
rag yak
rap am
sap tax
sad wax
Unit 2
Short Vowel i /ɪ/ - Jinpa
Bib
bin
bit
bill
big
dim
dip
fib
fit
fin
hit
hip
him
hill
hid
jig
kiss
kid
kill
lip
lid
miss
mill
mix
nip
in
pig
pill
quick
rib
rim
rid
sit
sip
sin
tip
tin
Tim
vim
win
wig
will
yip
zip
zig-zag
fig
rip
it
if
rig
fix
Unit 3
Short Vowel o /ɔ/ - Rob
Bob
Bog
Cot
Cob
Dog
Doll
Dot
Don
Fog
Got
Hot
Hop
Hod
job
lot
log
mob
mop
nod
not
pod
pop
pot
Rob
rot
rod
sop
sob
sod
tot
top
hog
on
off
box
fox
4. International Phonetic Alphabet
Consonant
Sounds
Vowel Sounds
Red = letters of the alphabet
P p - /p/
B b - /b/
T t - /t/
D d - /d/
K k - /k/
G ɡ - /ɡ/
F f - /f/
V v - /v/
Th th- /θ/ think
Th th- /ð/ this
S s - /s/
Z z - /z/
Sh sh- /š/
Vision/ž/
H h - /h/
Ch ch- /č/
J j - /ǰ/
M m - /m/
N n - /n/
ng - /ŋ/ thing
L l - /l/
R r - /r/
W w- /w/
Y y - /y/
Blue = sounds made by
blended letters!
Long Vowels
Short Vowel
E e
A a
/ɪ/ igloo
/ɛ/ elephant
/æ/ apple
- /i/
- /e/
/ / = symbol for sound
/ʌ/ but
/ə/ sofa
IPA is always in lowercase
letters!
U u - /u/
O o - /o/
Blended
Vowels
I i
owl
boy
- /ɑɪ/
- /ɑu/
- /ɔɪ/
Flapped
‘r’
/D/ in butter
Write the words using the International Phonetic Alphabet or IPA!
bat ________
bag ________
bad ________
can ________
cap ________
cab ________
cat ________
dad ________
fan ________
fat ________
gas ________
hat ________
ham________
had ________
jam ________
lap ________
lad ________
map________
man________
mat ________
nap ________
pan ________
pad ________
quack ________
rat
________
ran ________
rag ________
rap ________
sap ________
sad ________
Sam ________
tan ________
tap ________
tag ________
van ________
wag ________
yak ________
am ________
tax ________
wax ________
/ʊ/ put
/ɔ/ bouɡht
/ɑ/ father
blended