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I teach English as a foreign language for prek-12 kids in South America.

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Diphthongs & Digraphs

A diphthong is a gliding monosyllabic speech sound (as the vowel combination at the end of toy) that starts at or near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves to or toward the position of another.

Ideas

Here you have some general ideas to teach diphthongs with your children:

Name as many things that begins with.... (use the diphthong you are teaching or reviewing)

Say a word that rhymes with....

Does ......sound like ........?

Where is the sound.....in this word?

List words that ends with ....

Go on a .....sound hunt .

Can you name an animal that begins/ ends with .....?

Can you draw a fruit that begins / ends with ....?

Play "I spy a word that begins with..."

Make riddles using the blend you want to introduce or practise.

Write silly sentences beginning with that diphthong.

Digraphs

What is a digraph?

A digraph is a group of two successive letters whose phonetic value is a single sound.

Ideas

Here you have some general ideas to teach blends with your children:

Name as many things that begins with.... (use the digraph you are teaching or reviewing)
Say a word that rhymes with....
Does ......sound like ........?
Where is the sound.....in this word?
List words that ends with ....
Go on a .....sound hunt .
Can you name an animal that begins/ ends with .....?
Can you draw a fruit that begins / ends with ....?
Play "I spy a word that begins with..."
Make riddles using the blend you want to introduce or practise.
Write silly sentences beginning with that digraph.

** Some digraphs are linked to suggested activities**

chain
chair
chalk
challenge
chamber
champion
chance
change
chat
cheap
check
checkers
cheek
cheer
cheese
cheetah
chef
chant
chap
charm
chart
chase
cherry
chess
chest
chew
chick
chicken
chief
child
chimp
chin
China
chip
chocolate
choose
chop
church

Chicka chicka boom boom

than
thank
thanksgiving
that
the
their
them
then
there
therefore
thermometer
these
they
thin
thing
think
third
thirsty
thirteen
thirty
this
thorax
thorn
thorough
those
though
thought
thousand
three

thumb
thunder
Thursday

tooth

teeth

phone

photo

photographer

phase

phrase

phonic

phonemic

pharmacy

phobia

shack
shade
shadow
shake
shark
she
sheep
shelf
shell
shepherd
shine
shiny
ship
shirt
sham
shampoo
shamrock
shape
share
shock
shoot
shop
shore
short
shot
should
shoulder
shout
shovel
show
shower
shuck
shudder
shunt
shut