phonics examples grade 1

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🍎 Short Vowel Sounds: Vowels like 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u' have short sounds. Examples: cat, bed, pig, dog, cup.
• 🔤 Consonant Sounds: Consonants are letters like 'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', etc. They make sounds like /b/, /k/, /d/, /f/.
• ✍️ Digraphs: Two letters that make one sound. Examples: sh, ch, th, wh.
• 💡 Blends: Two or three consonants blended together where you can still hear each sound. Examples: bl, st, fr, tr.
• 🪄 Silent E: When 'e' is at the end of a word, it makes the vowel say its name. Example: cake, bike, hope, tune.

🧪 Practice Quiz

1. Which word has a short 'a' sound?
   1. cake
   2. hat
   3. date
2. Which word starts with the 'bl' blend?
   1. star
   2. blue
   3. tree
3. Which word has a silent 'e'?
   1. hop
   2. hope
   3. hat
4. Which digraph is in the word 'ship'?
   1. ch
   2. sh
   3. th
5. Which word has a short 'i' sound?
   1. kite
   2. pin
   3. mine
6. Which word starts with the 'fr' blend?
   1. stop
   2. frog
   3. clip
7. Which word has a short 'o' sound?
   1. rope
   2. dog
   3. note