IceStone ESL Class #6Friday, April 13th, 2012

ESL

Good Afternoon! Today is Friday, April 13th, 2012.

Last week we reviewed the word ‘blend’ and the long and short vowel sounds of English. We also learned how to blend consonant sounds. We looked at consonant blends at the ends of words, the sound of ‘ck,’ the sound of ‘sh,’ and the two sounds of ‘th.’ Today we are going to review all of these sounds, and next week we’ll learn new sounds!

1. ________________

long vowel

short vowel

blended end consonants

‘ck’

‘sh’

hard ‘th’

soft ‘th’

Blend soundsb /b/ a /æ/

ba /bæ/

The vowel letters are:

A a, E e, ɪ i, O o, U u

The consonant letters are:

B b, C c, D d, F f, G g, H h, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, P p, Q q, R r, S s,

T t, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Long Vowels Short Vowels

a - /e/ - say a - /æ/ - Dafna

e - /i/ - read e - /ɛ/ - blend

i - /ai/ - Mike i - /ɪ/ - Jinpa

o - /o/ - Gonpa o - /ɔ/ - Rob

u - /u/ - new u - /ʊ/ - Kunchok

Vowels are different because they make more than one sound

Blending consonants:1. bend

gust2. The sound of ‘ck’ /k/

back3. The sound of ‘sh’ /š/

dish4. The two sounds of ‘th’

this /ð/ - hard soundthick /θ/ - soft sound