phonics #9

This was section was a giant review of everything we've learned about Phonemes. It was really beneficial for me to go to the back of the book, which practically stated the same thing, but in a more systematic format. Even though it was a lot of information, it was much easier to study and remember due to the way it was organized. While Phonics has rules, there are always exceptions, and this was a great time to review those. One thing I could definitely work on is being able to label each phoneme; it does not come easily for me to know which vowel phoneme I am using since each vowel grapheme has many different pronunciations.  Below is one way to organize the phoneme rules - which has been easy for me to navigate. 

CONSONANTS

Silent

b (comb, doubt)

c (scene, knock)

g (gnat) 

h (khaki, ghost, rhino; oh; hour)

k (knock)

l (calm, chalk, should)

Letters that Represent more than one Phoneme

c: /k/, /s/

d: /d/, /t/

g: /g/, /j/

n: /n/, /ng/

s: /s/, /sh/, /z/, /zh/

z: /z/, /s/, /zh/

Phoneme represented by more than one Letter

/f/: f, gh, ph

/j/: j, g, dg, d

/k/: k, ch, q

/s/: s, z

/w/: w, u

/z/: z, s

c or g - followed by e, i, y reps soft sound (city, gem)

c or g - followed by another letter, or it appears at end of letter - reps hard sound (cup, go)

-ed 

/t/ sound; ed sound - separate syllable or /d/ sound

q always reps /k/

c, q, x - no one distinctive sound

Fox, B. (2010). Phonics and structural analysis for the teacher of reading. (10 ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.