But the book uses sounds Pip doesn't know yet!
Can you help Pip learn the sounds so she can read her book?
Try these with Pip:
s ยท a ยท t ยท p ยท i ยท n
Say each one out loud. Make the sound, not the letter name!
"s" โ ssssss ยท "a" โ aaa ยท "t" โ tuh
Watch Pip do it:
c โ a โ t โ cat ๐ฑ
d โ o โ g โ dog ๐ถ
Now you try blending: p โ i โ g โ what word is that?
Watch these magic pairs:
sh in ship ๐ข
ch in chip ๐
th in thumb ๐
These are called digraphs. The two letters are best friends โ they only make one sound together.
Three questions to see what you learned. Ready?
1. How many sounds are in the word "cat"?
2. Which word starts with the "sh" sound?
3. "the" is a:
You finished this lesson. You worked hard and learned something new today. ๐
Next module โ