Silent letters Consonant sounds Vowel sounds Special partners Lazy vowels Indicates whispered sound Indicates voiced sound Group 2: Nasals - made through the nose Group 1: Plosives - like a little stop or explosion Group 4: Affricates - stop + vibrations Group 5: Lateral - air flows past the side of the tongue Group 6: Glides – goes smoothly into or from another sound Group 7: Combination of Sounds pen “ puh ” bag “ buh ” top “ tuh ” kite “ cuh ” Group 3: Fricatives - vibrations sun “ sss ” zebra “ zzz ” sh ell “ shhh ” mea su re “ zh ” lemons “ lll ” doll “ duh ” gun “ guh ” h at “ huh ” e x am “ gz ” ch ain “ ch ” j umper “ juh ” nest “ nnn ” r abbit “ rrr ” w eb “ wuh ” y o - yo “ yuh ” si x “ ks ” Group 1: Short “-” Vowel Sounds Group 3: Group 2: Long “—” Vowel Sounds m oo n “ew ” b ir d “er ” b oo k “oo ” c ar “ar ” h or se “or ” b oy “ oy ” b eer “ ear ” ch air “ air ” flow er “ uh ” c ow “ ow ” ea st “e — ” i ce - cream “i — ” o pen “ o — ” u niform “ u — ” a pple e lephant “e - ” i nsect “i - ” o range “o - ” u mbrella “u - ” “ a - ” Tricky ‘ y ’ is a consonant that pretends it is the vowel in some words Look at these words a pricot “a — ” mug “ mmm ” swi n “ ŋ ” fox “ fff ” van “ vvv ” th ongs thhh that “ th ” Letter Symbol and Color Code