LEM PHONICS
Belgian Gardens State School
Single phonograms
 Written symbols for the sounds of the English
Language
 Represent a unit of sound
 42 sounds of English
 18 vowel sounds
 24 consonant sounds
 THINK SOUND
 SPEAK SOUND

VOWEL
Sound a
Rules
Aa
A= 5 sounds

1 2
3
 Fat baby in the bath
4 5
all washed

Aa may not represent
the sound ‘ay’ at the
end of a word. ay is
usually used in (day).
a is a short letter
 a always says a if followed by a
consonant within the same syllable
(tap, apple)
 a usually says its second
sound ‘ay’ at the end of a
syllable (ba.by)
 a usually says its second sound
‘ay’ if a silent e ends the word
(make)
 a may say its third sound ‘ar’ if
followed by two consonants
(last)
 a always says its fourth sound
‘aw’ if followed by ll or lk
 a usually says it fifth sound ‘o’
after w.

EVERY SYLLABLE MUST HAVE A VOWEL

Think sound
What do I hear?
 What do I see?
 What job/ function is being
performed?

RULES FOR THE SOUNDS OF A
Write the words in a
list downwards. Leave
a line between each
word. In your book
underline the letter
which are underlined in
the text.


ball

paper

chalk

basket

change

wallaby
ANSWERS
4
 ball
a always says its fourth sound ‘aw’ if followed by ll or lk
2
 paper
pa.per
2 syllables
‘a’ usually says its second sound ’ay’ at the end of a syllable
4
 chalk
only one syllable
a usually says its fourth sound ‘aw’ if followed by ‘lk’
3
 basket bas.ket
a may say its third sound ‘ar’ if followed by two consonants(last]
2
 change
one syllable, silent e
a usually says its second sound ‘ay’ at the end of a syllable
5
Wallaby is an Aboriginal word
 wallaby wal.la.by has three syllables because every syllable must have a
vowel. a usually says its fifth sound ‘o’ after w and there must be a syllable
break between two consonant
LEM PHONICS
Ee
 Is a short letter

Reading rules
e usually says ‘e’ when followed by a
consonant within the same syllable (hen,
in.sect)
e usually says its second sound ‘ee’ at the
end of a syllable (de.lay e-vil)
1st sound
Second sound
Put each word into the correct sound and show the syllable
marks- write the sound number above each word.
echidna
eclipse
eject
enjoy
elaborate
exit
epic
emotion
eleven
erase
edge
exact
elastic
entrance
emergency
expect
egg
elated
empty
elephant
SILENT E
AT THE END OF A WORD, A SILENT E HAS THE
FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
e lets a vowel say its second sound(made, these,
bite, hope, flute/ cute)
e stops v or u from ending an English word
(give , blue)
e allows c or g to say their second sounds ‘s’ or
‘j’ (peace, large)
e can give a vowel to a syllable (gen.tle)
e can perform two functions at once (nice: e
allows i to say ‘igh’ and c to say ‘s’)
At times e does nothing but is left as a remnant
of Chaucerian English (house).
SILENT SERVANT ‘E’
LANGUAGE
1.
HAS
6
FUNCTIONS IN THE
ENGLISH
Allows the vowel to say its second sound
eg: made
these
time lone rule/ cute style
2. Completes words ending in ‘u’ and ‘v’
For eg: true have
x
x
3. Allows the c and g to say their second sounds
For eg:
juice
large
4. Allows both the vowel and the ‘c’ or ‘g’ to say their second sounds
For eg: grace
age
5. Adds the vowel to the syllable
v
v
Bi.ble
lit.tle
6. No job ‘e’
For eg:
x
x
are
house
SOUND IDENTIFICATION
1
e
‘e’
elegant
2
 e
‘ ee’ emu
1
pet
2
he
e makes 2 sounds, is a vowel, first sounds are short
sounds, second sounds of vowels are long sounds,
every syllable needs a vowel.
1
2
 What phonograms can say e and e?
e
First sound
Second
sound
Extra rules
notes
pet
e followed by a
consonant in
the same
syllable
usually says ‘e’
he
e
usually
says ‘ee’
at the
end of a
syllable
e
the silent
helper at the
end, helps in
various
situations
Rule chart
2
these
e may
say ‘ee’
because
of the e
on the
end
Silent e
markings
We will focus
on this
next slide
RHYMING
words
responses - your job now
1.
sat, fat
can, tan
mop, top
sack, back
1. Definition of rhyme:
____________________________________________
2. Where do we usually see rhymes?
3. Complete 3 different lists of rhyming words approximately 10
words in each list.
4. Attempt to write a rhyme about our class.
Word awareness
5. How many words are there in this paragraph?
6.How many sentences in this paragraph?
Jarred stood unnoticed in the crowd thronging the great hall of the
palace. He leaned against a marble pillar, blinking with tiredness and
confusion. It was midnight. He had been roused from his bed by shouts
and bells. He had pulled on his clothes and joined the crowd of noble folk
surging towards the hall.
SYLLABICATION
Words
today
wonderful
believe
beautifully
yes
Number of
syllables
2.
Student Response
PHONEMIC ISOLATION
Sound out
student
tap
first sound
bin
first sound
rat
first sound
art
end sound
back
end sound
mop
end sound
bat
middle sound
head
middle sound
time
middle sound
3.
PHONEMIC IDENTITY
initial sound
could, cake, cat
rake, rat, drive, ran
lost, leg, last, log
The common sound at the end of each word following
pat, sent, Brett
ram, home, come
wrap, grip, step, pip
Identify the word that has a different sound in the middle
of the word
hop, pot, moz, back
rip, rope, tick, tin
taz, hal, hot, tap
4.
5..PHONEMIC SEGMENTATION
Words
rat
him
step
Student
Answers
Number of
sounds
or x
REVISION
a
2
a
3
a
4
a
5
a
pat
lady
talk
fade
fast
walk
shade
splat
chat
was
what
snake
tall
bake
last
walk
late
father
CONSONANT
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
One sound
 it is a consonant
 Sound identification d ‘d’ dog
 Voicing d

to say ‘d’ the lips must form a circle.
The sound ‘d’ is voiced (coming from
the voice box).
The same mouth position is used for
the sound ‘t’ but ‘t’ is unvoiced (air)
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
C has 2 sounds

it is a consonant

Sound identification
1
2
c
c
‘k’
‘s’
1
2
clowns in the circus
Spelling rules
c will usually be used to represent the sound ‘K’ (tractor),
unless it is followed by e, i or y
(king, not cing, rocket not rocet) or there is a possibility of
adding an ending beginning with e, i or y (think – thinking,
not thinc- thincing)
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
s
 2 sounds
 s is a consonant
Sound Identification
1
s ‘s’ yes
2
s ‘z’ please

So students there is more on ‘s’ follow slinky
snake to the next slide- we’re sizing up the ‘s’
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Reading Rules
s is often doubled at the end of a one –syllable word
following a single vowel if it says ‘s’(fuss)
s says its second sound ‘z’ at the end of a word if it
follows a vowel sound or a voiced consonant sound
2
2
2
( says, loves, eggs ).
Spelling Rules
ss may never be used to represent the sound ‘z’.
s may never be used to represent the sound ‘z’ at the beginning of a
word.
Voicing
The sound ‘s’ is unvoiced. The same mouth position is used for the
sound ‘z’ but ‘z’ is voiced.