Consonant digraph th

Digraph th

Th is a consonant digraph.

A consonant digraph is two consonant letters that come together to make a new sound. Consonant digraph th has 2 sounds.

We call these two sounds voiced and unvoiced.

Consonant th is voiced in the following words:

mother, feather, this, that, lather, them

Consonant th is unvoiced in the following words:

three, thing, thick, thigh, throne, thumb

Review Lesson

Nouns

Person, place or thing

Common Nouns

desk, girl, boy, cat, pencil

Proper Nouns

Barbara, Sarah, Missouri, Brazil

Singular Nouns

cat, dog, girl,

Plural Nouns

cats, dogs, girls

Verbs

Verbs are perhaps the most important part of speech in the English language. You can't do or be anything unless a verb lets you. Verbs are everywhere! Action verbs tell about something a person, animal, force of nature or thing can do or be. Can you cry, march, rinse, or turn? Can the wind blow or a cup fall? Yes, those are all actions.  Verb Examples: add allow bake bang call chase damage drop end escape fasten fix gather grab hang hug imagine itch jog jump kick knit land lock march mix name notice obey open pass promise question reach rinse scatter stay talk turn untie use vanish visit walk work yawn yell zip zoom

Digraph ck

Digraph ck

A digraph is two letters that come together to make one sound. There are two kinds of digraphs, consonant digraphs and vowel digraphs. A word that ends with the /k/ sound after a short vowel is usually spelled with the letters ck.

Examples:

duck

stuck

luck

backpack

Spelling With C and K

Spelling with c and k

What do you notice all these words have in common?

cot                   cup                 kid

How do you know when to spell with k and when to spell with c?

Spelling with K and C Rule

We spell the /k/ sound with the letter k when the sound is followed by the letters e, i, or y.

We spell the /k/ sound with the letter c when the sound is followed by the letters a, o, u or any consonant.

___ut

___ite

s___ill

___op

fa___t

___lock

Scrambled Sentences

Barbara,
Can you unscramble the words below to make sentences?

1. have I pet a snake

2. Mike puppet made a

3. your in pocket what is 

4. socks are not these my

5. legs a has spider eight

Consonant Blends

Consonant blends are two or three consonant letters that blend together to make a new sound. 

Examples: st, sw, fr, gl, gr, pl, sm, sn, sp, bl, cl, str

Naming Words

Are

Called Nouns

All sentences have at least one noun.

Nouns name people, places and things. 

Examples:   

man                  house                       boat

Common Nouns

These nouns name common things.

Examples: 

child     park    story

Proper Nouns

Proper nouns name special things. These words begin with capital letters.

Examples:   

Sam      Peace Park        

The Red Pony

Plural Nouns

Nouns can name more than one thing. Many nouns add s to name more than one.

Example:

One cat

Two cats

 Singular Nouns

Nouns that name one thing are called singular nouns.