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Decoding the Long I VCE Syllable
A VCE syllable has a vowel-consonant-silent e pattern. The vowel makes its long sound because of the silent e. All of the vowels have VCE...
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Decoding the Long E VCE Syllable
A VCE syllable has a vowel-consonant-silent e pattern. The vowel makes its long sound because of the silent e. All of the vowels have VCE...
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Decoding the Soft G Sound
The most common sound of the letter g is the /g/ sound. This is the hard g sound. The letter g also makes the /j/ sound. This is the soft...
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Decoding the Soft C Sound
The most common sound of the letter c is the /k/ sound. The letter c also makes the /s/ sound. The cat and kite rule is a helpful way to...
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Decoding the Sounds of the Letter Y
The letter y makes many different sounds. As a consonant, y makes the /y/ sound. The letter y can also make vowel sounds. In fact, the...
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Decoding the Long A VCE Syllable
A VCE syllable has a vowel-consonant-silent e pattern. The vowel makes its long sound because of the silent e. All of the vowels have VCE...
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Decoding the Trigraph DGE
The trigraph dge makes the /j/ sound after a short vowel. Introducing the Trigraph DGE Look at the pictures below and point to the...
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Decoding the Trigraph TCH
The trigraph tch makes the /ch/ sound after a short vowel. Introducing the Trigraph TCH Look at the pictures below and point to the...
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The Digraph QU
The Basics The most commonm sound of the digraph qu is the /kw/ sound. Introducing the Digraph QU Look at the pictures below and point to...
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Decoding the Letter X
The sound of the letter x is the /ks/ sound. Introducing the Letter X Look at the pictures below and point to the letter making /ks/...
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Decoding the Voiced TH Sound
One of the sounds of the digraph th is the voiced /th/ sound. Introducing the Voiced TH Sound Look at the pictures below and point to the...
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Decoding the Unvoiced TH Sound
One of the sounds of the digraph th is the unvoiced /th/ sound. Introducing Unvoiced TH Look at the pictures below and point to the...
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Decoding the Letter Z
The sound of the letter z is the /z/ sound. Introducing the Letter Z Look at the pictures below and point to the letter making /z/ sound....
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Decoding the Letter Y
The consonant sound of the letter y is the /y/ sound. The letter y more commonly makes vowel sounds. You will learn more about the...
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Decoding the Digraph CH
The most common sound of the digraph ch is the /ch/ sound. Introducing the Digraph CH Look at the pictures below and point to the letters...
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Decoding the Letter W
The sound of the letter w is the /w/ sound. Introducing the Letter W Look at the pictures below and point to the letter making /w/ sound....
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Decoding the Letter V
The sound of the letter v is the /v/ sound. Introducing the Letter V Look at the pictures below and point to the letter making the /v/...
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Decoding the Digraph SH
The sound of the digraph sh is the /sh/ sound. Introducing the Digraph SH Look at the pictures below and point to the letters making /sh/...
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Decoding the Digraph CK
The sound of the digraph ck is the /k/ sound. We use the digraph ck to make the /k/ sound after a short vowel. Introducing the Digraph CK...
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Decoding the Letter U
The letter U is a vowel. That means we have to open our mouths to make the sound. All vowels make more than one sound. In this lesson, we...
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