Kindergarten Language Arts
Sounding Out Words
Lesson 2
Welcome to Lesson 2 of Kindergarten Language Arts!
Watch these super fun videos on how to say the letters of the alphabet!
What sound does each letter make?
A - G
- A: "ae", "ah", "uh"
Examples: cat, late, all, and, around
- B: "buh"
Examples: bike
- C: "kuh", "suh"
Examples: cake, city
- D: "duh"
Examples: did
- E: "eh" "ee" (can be silent)
Examples: bed, free, late (the e is silent)
- F: "fuh"
Examples: fed
- G: "guh", "juh"
Examples: glad, large
H - M
- H: "huh" (can be silent)
Examples: hotel, what (the h is silent)
- I: "ah-ee", "ih"
Examples: light, sit
- J: "juh"
Examples: jump
- K: "kuh"
Examples: kite
- L: "luh", "ul"
Examples: lot, full
- M: "muh"
Examples: mother
N - T
- N: "nuh"
Examples: nest
- O: "ah", "uh", "oo"
Examples: hot, slow, computer, fool, good
- P: "puh"
Examples: pine
- Q: "kwuh"
Examples: quick
- R: "ruh", "ur"
Examples: race
- S: "suh", "zuh"
Examples: stick, is
- T: "tuh", "duh", (can be silent)
Examples: tree, better, mountain, interview, hot
U - Z
- U: "uh", "yoo", "oo"
Examples: up, use, flute, full
- V: "vuh"
Examples: very
- W: "wuh" (can be silent)
Examples: well, slow
- X: "ks", "zuh"
Examples: box, xylophone
- Y: "yuh", "ee", "ah-ee"
Examples: yes, happy, try, cylinder
- Z: "zuh"
Examples: zebra
Now, let's practice! Watch this video and try to say the words and letters out loud!
Let's play this super fun game to practice! Click the card to hear the word out loud and drag the card to the matching word.
There are special sounds for certain letters when they are put together! These special duos are called digraphs.
Let's learn about digraphs with Jack Hartmann!
There are some examples of digraphs below! Let's review what we learned in the video!
sh-
Try saying these words out loud to practice digraphs!
Examples:
she
sheep
shoes
shop
trash
cash
th-
Try saying these words out loud to practice digraphs!
Examples:
three
throw
Thursday
that
this
teeth
bath
ch-
Try saying these words out loud to practice digraphs!
Examples:
chair
chess
chat
cheese
catch
inch
wh-
Try saying these words out loud to practice digraphs!
Examples:
whale
wheel
what
who
wheat
when