Phonics: Consonant Blends and Digraphs, Learning Letter Sounds for Reading
In this ongoing class, students will learn and practice digraphs (ai, ea, ch, ph, etc.) and consonant blending (bl, st, gr, etc.) to help them grow in their phonics ability, sounding out words and ultimately reading. #academic.
Connie Duncan B.Th., Letters, Phonics and Word Fun
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(316)
What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade Pre-Kindergarten - 2
This is a once-a-week, ongoing class where students will practice consonant blends and digraphs. As children learn the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make they are then able to blend those sounds together to form words. Many of our words start or finish with consonant blends, such as “bl” - blue, blow, blink, or “st” - last, star, past.) In these blends, both letters have a distinct sound that we blend together. Working on these consonant blends will help students grow in their ability to sound out and read words. Digraphs, when two letters create only one sound, such as “ch”, “sh”, and "ea", are also extremely important to know when sounding out words, as students need to be able to recognize them and their sound, instead of blending the individual letter sounds. In each class we will learn and practice a few different consonant blends or digraphs, and look at some of the words that contain these blends/digraphs, focusing on sounding out the word so that your learners can grow in their reading abilities. This class will use visual aids and props, games, and activities to help students learn and practice. A student can join this course at any time as each class can stand alone, working on the specific consonant blends or digraphs for that particular class. Once we have covered all of the material we will start the cycle over. This ensures that no matter when your learner joins if they continue on, they will eventually go through each lesson. If your student is able to bring a pencil, pen or marker and paper, or a whiteboard, marker, and eraser to class to practice writing the blends and digraphs that would be great. A tentative schedule is as follows: Week of Aug. 26: Vowel Digraphs - ou (the 4 main sounds) Week of Sept. 2: Vowel Digraphs - ue, ui Week of Sept. 9: Vowel Digraphs - oe, au Week of Sept. 16: Vowel Digraphs - ie, ei Week of Sept. 23: Vowel Sounds - ow, aw, ew Week of Sept. 30: Ending Consonant Blends: The N Family: nd, ng, nk, nt Week of Oct. 7: Ending Consonant Blends: The R Family: rd, rf, rk, rl, (rg) Week of Oct. 14: Ending Consonant Blends: The R Family: rm, rn, rp, rt Week of Oct. 21: Ending Consonant Blends: The L Family: ld, lf, lk Week of Oct. 28: Ending Consonant Blends: The L Family: lm, lp, lt Week of Nov. 4: Ending Consonant Blends: ct, ft, pt Week of Nov. 11: Ending Consonant Blends: mb, mn, mp Week of Nov. 18: L Consonant Blends: bl, cl, fl Week of Nov. 25: L Consonant Blends: gl, pl, sl Week of Dec. 2: R Consonant Blends: br, cr, dr, fr Week of Dec. 9: R Consonant Blends: gr, pr, tr Week of Dec. 16: The H Brother's (digraphs): ch, gh Please note there will be no classes the Week of Dec. 23rd as I will be taking a Christmas break with my family. Week of Dec. 30: The H Brother's (digraphs): ph, sh Week of Jan. 6: The H Brother's (digraphs): th, wh Week of Jan. 13: Digraphs - ck, qu Week of Jan. 20: Digraphs - kn, wr Week of Jan. 27: S Consonant Blends: sc, sk, sl Week of Feb. 3: S Consonant Blends: sm, sn, sp Week of Feb. 10: S Consonant Blends: st, sw and their friend tw Week of Feb. 17: Vowel Digraphs - ai, ay Week of Feb. 24: Vowel Digraphs - ea (3 different sounds) Week of Mar. 3: Vowel Digraphs - ee, ey Week of Mar. 10: Vowel Digraphs - oa, oo Week of Mar. 17: Vowel Digraphs - oi, oy Week of Mar. 24: Vowel Digraphs - ou (the 4 main sounds) Week of Mar. 31: Vowel Digraphs - ue, ui Week of Apr. 7: Vowel Digraphs - oe, au Week of Apr. 14: Vowel Digraphs - ie, ei Week of Apr. 21: Vowel Sounds - ow, aw, ew Week of Apr. 28: Ending Consonant Blends: The N Family: nd, ng, nk, nt Week of May 5: Ending Consonant Blends: The R Family: rd, rf, rk, rl, (rg) Week of May 12: Ending Consonant Blends: The R Family: rm, rn, rp, rt Week of May 19: Ending Consonant Blends: The L Family: ld, lf, lk Week of May 26: Ending Consonant Blends: The L Family: lm, lp, lt Week of Jun. 2: Ending Consonant Blends: ct, ft, pt Week of Jun. 9: Ending Consonant Blends: mb, mn, mp Week of Jun. 16: L Consonant Blends: bl, cl, fl Week of Jun. 23: L Consonant Blends: gl, pl, sl Week of Jun. 30: R Consonant Blends: br, cr, dr, fr Schedule subject to change at the teacher's discretion.
Learning Goals
Through participation in this class, students will learn how to clearly sound out the different consonant blends and various digraphs (ph, sh, ch, ea, ie, ei, etc.) that help to make up our English language.
Other Details
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined October, 2020
5.0
316reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree from Northwest Bible College (now Vanguard College)
Hello. My name is Miss Connie and it is so nice to meet you. Thank you for checking out my profile.
Teaching language to students is fun and challenging (we have so many exceptions to the rule). Things such as letter names and sounds, consonant blends and digraphs, word recognition and blending, regular and irregular plurals, creating sentences using descriptive words, and so on, are rewarding to teach, because with all of these things comes growth in the ability to read, write and communicate.
I have always been fascinated by the uniqueness and diversity of animals. They are so many cool and interesting ones out there. Did you know that a blue whale’s tongue weighs more than the average elephant? Or that butterflies taste with their feet? I enjoy incorporating animals into my lessons when I can and hope to offer some classes soon on some specific animals.
I really enjoy working with kids and youth and feel privileged to have worked with them for over 25 years in various capacities including teaching in classroom settings, in community programs, in school assemblies, for homeschool organizations, at summer camps and retreats, at my church, and in online classrooms. Kids and youth are amazing people, each with their own likes, dislikes, personalities, skills, etc. It’s really is cool to meet each one and get to know them a little as we learn and grow.
Besides a love for teaching, I also love playing sports and games with my kids (especially basketball and dutch blitz), being creative with arts and crafts, and getting out in nature (beaches and mountains are both awesome!).
I look forward to meeting many amazing young people and hope to bring fun and excitement to the classroom as we learn and grow.Reviews
Live Group Class
$8
weekly1x per week
30 min
Completed by 452 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-8
1-8 learners per class
