Phonograms | oasis-kinder

Phonograms are an essential part of learning how to read, write, and spell!

A phonogram is a letter or a combination of letters that represent a sound.

How Phonograms Work...

In spelling, each sound in a word is represented by a phonogram. Let's take the word past. If you pronounce the word slowly to hear the individual sounds, you will hear four different sounds: /d/–/o/–/g/–/s/. For each sound, we write down a phonogram: d o g s.

That was an easy example. Here are some more examples:

The word pat has three sounds (/p/–/a/–/t/) and three phonograms (p,a,t).
The word rain has three sounds (/r/–/ai/–/n/) and, therefore, three phonograms (r, ai, n).
The word cheese has three sounds (/ch/–/ee/-/s/) and, therefore, three phonograms (ch, ee, s, ).

Why Teach the Phonograms?

If a student knows the phonograms and which sounds they represent, spelling is much easier

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PHONOGRAMS TAUGHT TO DATE

Week of Aug 12 Week of Aug 19

/a/ /a/ /a/ ( at, April, above ) e: short /e/ long /e/ ( neck, Knee ) ee: /e/ ( see )

Week of Aug 26 Week of Sept 2

h: /h/ ( hot ) k; /k/ ( king )

Week of Sept 9 Week of Sept 16

m: /m/ ( man ) r: /r/ ( rug )

Week of Sept 23 Week of Oct 1

s: /s/ /z/ ( sit, is ) w; /w/ ( wave )

Week of Oct 7 Week of Oct 14

z: /z/ ( zipper ) i; / short i / / long i / ( itch, ice )

o: / short o / / long o/ /oo/ / short u/ (on, open, to, up )

Week of Oct 21 Week of Oct 28

c: /k/ /s/ ( cut, center ) d: /d/ ( did )

u: / short u/ /long u/ /oo/ ( up, use, put ) b: /b/ ( baby )

t: /t/ ( top ) n: /n/ ( no )

Week of Nov 4 Week of Nov 11

v: /v/ (vacuum) j: /j/ (jump)

P: /p/ (pop) b: /b/ (baby)

f: /f/ (fang)

Week of Nov 18 Week of Jan 8

l: /l/ (log) sh: sh: /sh/ as in quiet Qu: /kw/ (queen) th: /th/ without voice /th/ with voice ( thin, this )

Week of Jan 13 Week of Jan 21

ow: /ow/ /long O/ used at the end of english words ck: /k/ the 2 letter k we use at the end of words

ou: /ow/ /o/ /oo/ /u/ not used at the end of english words oo: /oo/ /oo/ (foot, boot)

Week of Jan 27 Week of Feb 3

ar: /ar/ Ar as in far ay:( long a ) (day) the two letter a that we do

ch: /ch/ /k/ /sh/ (chop, school, machine) use at the end of an English word

ai: ( long a ) (day) the two letter a that we do not use at the end of an English word

Week of Feb 10 Week of Feb 24

oy: (boy) oy that we do ng: "ng" as in sing

use at the end of an English word wh: "wh" of whisper

oi: (point) oy that we do not

use at the end of an English word

Week of Mar 2 Week of Mar 30

er: /er/ (her) pointing to a girl in the room wor: /wer/ (work) act as if you were digging a hole

ir: /er/ (first) out pointer finger up as if showing one ear: /er/ "er" the "er" of early Stretch your arms

ur: /er/ (nurse) put pointer and middle finger on wrist like you are stretching

Week of Apr 6 Week of April 13

oa: (boat) /long o/ O the O of boat aw: "ah" that we do use at the end of an english word

or: (north) or the or of north au: "ah" that we do not use at the end of an english word

Week of Apr 20 Week of Apr 27

ew: /ew/ /u/ that we do use at the end of an english word ed: /ed/ /d/ /t/ past tense ending

ui: /ew/ /u/ that we do not use at the end of an english word ey: /a/ /e/ they forgot their key

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