2.1.2 SERIE B
2.1.3.8 BOLETÍN C-9
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/i/ as in fish
How formed: The /i/ sound is referred to as the short-i sound. To make the /i/ sound, the front part of the tongue is high in the mouth.
The lips are unrounded and the facial muscles are lax.
Spellings: The most common spelling of the /i/ sound is i (fish).
Other spellings of the /i/ sound include: y (gym), i_e (give), a_e (damage), e (pretty), ee (been), ei (counterfeit), ia (marriage), ie (sieve), o (women), u (busy), ui (build), ai (mountain), u_e (minute).
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bib
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/o/ as in lock
How formed: The /o/ sound is referred to as the short-o sound.
To make the /o/ sound, the central part of the tongue is low in the mouth.
The lips are rounded.
Spellings: The most common spelling of the /o/ sound is o (lock).
Other spellings of the /o/ sound include: a (watch), o_e (gone), ach (yacht), au (astronaut), eau (bureaucracy), ou (cough), ho (honor), oh (John), ow (knowledge).
Games and learning center activities are a fun way to practice and reinforce skills after initial instruction.
blob block blot bop box chop clock cob cod cot crop
dock doll dot drop flock flop fog fox frog gob got
hog hop hot job jog knob knock knot lock log lot
mom mop nod not on ox plod plop plot pod pond
pop pot prop rob rock rod rot shock shot shop slop
slot sob sock sod spot stop tock top trot
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/u/ as in duck
How formed: The /u/ sound is referred to as the short-u sound. To make the /u/ sound, the central part of the tongue is midheight in the mouth. The lips are unrounded and the facial muscles are lax.
Spellings: The most common spelling of the /u/ sound is u (duck).
Other spellings of the /u/ sound include: o (son), o_e (some), ou (double), oe (does), oo (blood), u_e (judge).
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bluff
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/ @ / as in alarm
How formed: The / / sound is referred to as the schwa sound or murmur sound. It is graphically represented by an upside-down e. Some linguists don’t consider it a sound, rather a phonetic variant or allophone. To make the / / sound, the central part of the tongue is midheight in the mouth. The lips are unrounded and the facial muscles are relatively tense.
Spellings: The / / sound can be spelled with any vowel—a (alone), e (happen), i (direct), o (gallop), u (circus). Several multisyllabic words beginning with a as their first unaccented syllable contain this sound. Below is a list of these words. The schwa sound appears in most multisyllabic words and is the most common sound in English.
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/â/ as in chair
How formed: The /â/ sound is an r-controlled vowel sound. The diacritical mark above the a is known as a circumflex.
Spellings: The most common spellings of the /â/ sound include air (chair), are (bare), and ear (wear).
Other spellings of the /â/ sound include: eir (their), ere (where), ayer (prayer), aire (doctrinaire), eer (Myneer), ey’re (they’re).
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air chair fair flair hair
pair stair bare blare care
dare fare flare glare hare
mare pare rare scare share
spare square stare bear pear
swear wear about
above account adult afloat afoot
afraid again ago agree ahead ajar
alarm alas alone along America among
anew annoy another apart appear applause
ashamed ashore aside asleep avoid await
awake aware away awhile awoke
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/û/ as in bird
How formed: The /û/ sound is an r-controlled vowel sound. The diacritical mark above the u is known as a circumflex.
Spellings: The most common spellings of the /û/ sound include ur (burn), er (verb), and ir (bird).
Other spellings of the /û/ sound include: ear (learn), err (err), eur (poseur), or (work), our (scourge), urr (purr), yr (myrtle).
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blur burn burst church churn curb curl curse curve fur hurt nurse purple
purr purse spur surf Thursday turkey turn turtle urge bird birth birthday chirp
circle circus dirt dirty fir firm first flirt girl quirk shirt sir skirt
squirm squirt stir swirl third thirst twirl whirl after better certain clerk ever
fern germ her herd jerk letter merge mother nerve other over perch perk
person river serve sister stern swerve term under verb verge verse water winter
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/ä/ as in car
How formed: The /ä/ sound is often an r-controlled vowel sound.
The diacritical mark above the a is known as a dieresis.
Spellings: The most common spelling of the /ä/ sound is a (car, father).
Other spellings of the /ä/ sound include: à (à la mode), aa (bazaar), ah (hurrah), al (calm), as (faux pas), at (éclat), ea (hearth), oi
(reservoir), ua (guard), e (sergeant).
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arch Arctic ark arm art artist bar bark
barn car card cart charge charm chart dark
dart far farm garden guard hard harm harp
jar lard large march mark marsh mart park
part party scar scarf shark sharp smart spark
star start starch tar tart yard yarn
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/ô/ as in ball
How formed: The /ô/ sound is referred to as the broad o sound.
The diacritical mark above the o is known as a circumflex. To make the /ô/ sound, the back part of the tongue is midheight in the mouth.
Spellings: The most common spellings of the /ô/ sound include o[r]
(for), a[l] (walk), a[ll] (tall), au (haul), and aw (hawk).
Other spellings of the /ô/ sound include: ou (cough), oa (broad), o (toss), ah (Utah), as (Arkansas), augh (caught), ough (sought).
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bore
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/oi/ as in boy
How formed: The /oi/ sound is a diphthong.
Spellings: The most common spellings of the /oi/ sound include oi (boil) and oy (toy).
Other spellings of the /oi/ sound include: eu (Freud), ois (Iroquois), uoy (buoy).
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/ou/ as in house
How formed: The /ou/ sound is a diphthong.
Spellings: The most common spellings of the /ou/ sound include ou (shout) and ow (town).
Other spellings of the /ou/ sound include: au (landau), ough (bough), hou (hour).
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avoid
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/ √ / as in moon
How formed: The /o_ o_
/ sound is referred to as the long sound of oo.
To make the /o_ o_
/ sound, the back part of the tongue is high in the mouth. The lips are rounded and the facial muscles are tense.
Spellings: The most common spellings of the /o_ o_
/ sound include oo (moon), u (ruby), ue (true), ew (chew), and u_e (tune).
Other spellings of the /o_ o_
/ sound include: o (do), ou (soup), ui (suit), o_e (move), eu (maneuver), ieu (lieu), oe (canoe), ou (route), ug (impugn), ooh (pooh), ough (through), oup (coup), ous (rendezvous).
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balloon
The letters oo can stand for two sounds about the same percentage of time.
Therefore, I often advise children to try both sounds when confronted with an unfamiliar word that contains this spelling. If the word is in their speaking or listen-ing vocabularies, then the approximation result-ing from tryresult-ing one of the sounds will help the students figure out the word. On the Word Wall, I write the /√/ words on moon shapes and the /∑/words on book shapes as visual reminders of the sound the letters oo stand for in each word listed.
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/ ∑ / as in book
How formed: The / / sound is referred to as the short sound of oo.
To make the / / sound, the back part of the tongue is high in the mouth.
The lips are rounded and the facial muscles are lax.
Spellings: The most common spellings of the / / sound include oo (book) and u (pull, put, push).
Other spellings of the / / sound include: oul (could), o (wolf), oui (bouillon).
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afoot book brook cook cookie crook foot football
good good-bye hood hoof hook look nook notebook
rook rookie shook soot stood took wood wooden
woof wool
Try It Out
◆ Use the word lists to create speed drills or individualized student practice sheets.
◆ Create phonics games and activities for learning centers using the word lists.
◆ Connect the word lists to your phonics instruction. Use the word lists for blending prac-tice prior to reading stories, or to create sentences and passages for reading pracprac-tice.
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