Before you teach · about 90 seconds

Grade 1 · Day 10

L9 · Consonants p, r, t, v, w, y, z; final k

Today

p.11 — letters and their sounds in isolation. 24 words, 29.9 minutes.

The one thing

voice off
/p/ · p

Put your lips together. Hold the air behind them. Now pop them open — /p/. It is a quiet sound. Your voice stays off.

They check it: Hold your hand in front of your mouth. You should feel a little puff of air hit it. Now put your other hand on your throat — it should stay still.

Not in Somali, Arabic. For those children this is a new physical skill, not a reminder. Do not let the column start until the mouth can make it.

Watch for

Children swap /p/ and /b/. The lips do the same thing; only the voice differs.
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